ABSTRACT

It’s impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits, seemingly meaningless fragments of personal information.

William Gibson, writer (b. 1948)

At the scene of a suspected fraud, computer misuse or other workplace misdemeanour, there is usually a range of seemingly irrelevant items that may be significant and which merit attention. Many of these potential sources of evidence are unrelated to the computer systems, but they are all worthy of consideration.