Forensic Analysis
Noun · Security & Infosec
Definitions
The structured examination of digital evidence to determine what happened, how it happened, and what systems or data were affected. Forensic analysis combines technical artifacts with timelines, context, and chain-of-custody discipline.
In plain English: Carefully studying digital evidence to reconstruct an incident.
Example: "Forensic analysis showed the attacker obtained persistence three days before the first visible alert."
Related Terms
- Chain of Custody
- Computer Forensics
- Digital Forensics
- Incident Forensics
- Memory Forensics
- Network Forensics
- Digital Chain of Custody
- Email Header Analysis
- Forensic Artifact
- Forensic Image
- Forensic Investigation
- Forensic Workstation
- Image Forensics
- Incident Investigation
- Intrusion Analysis
- Memory Dump
- Packet Analysis
- Payload Analysis
- Protocol Analysis