Digital Evidence, step by step
Work on a verified copy, never on the original.
- Identify and isolateLocate devices and prevent remote wiping or further writes.
- AcquireTake a forensic image rather than examining the original device.
- VerifyHash the image and source to show the copy is faithful.
- AnalyseExamine the copy, recording tools, versions and every action taken.
- ReportState what was found, what was inferred and what remains unknown.
Educational reference. Attributing activity to a person is an inference about who was using a device, not a direct reading.
Questions about the Digital Evidence poster
- What’s on the Digital Evidence poster?
- 5 numbered steps. Work on a verified copy, never on the original. Identify and isolate — Locate devices and prevent remote wiping or further writes.; Acquire — Take a forensic image rather than examining the original device.; Verify — Hash the image and source to show the copy is faithful.; Analyse — Examine the copy, recording tools, versions and every action taken.; Report — State what was found, what was inferred and what remains unknown.. Educational reference. Attributing activity to a person is an inference about who was using a device, not a direct reading.
- Who is the Digital Evidence poster for?
- Digital Evidence belongs to the Criminal Justice section rather than to a school year, because law & society is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning forensic science can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Digital Evidence poster?
- Use it when device activity is being attributed to a particular person. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Digital Evidence belongs on the wall where that law & society work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Digital Evidence?
- Chain of Custody, Crime Scene Management and DNA Databases sit alongside Digital Evidence in the Criminal Justice section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Chain of CustodyCrime Scene ManagementDNA Databases
- Is the Digital Evidence poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Digital Evidence downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Criminal Justice section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Digital Evidence poster print at?
- Digital Evidence is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Digital Evidence loses nothing.Printing guide
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