Preface

It is our pleasure to place before you the book *Digital Forensic Science*. This book makes up a major part of the broad specialty of Digital Forensic Science, comprising mainly of tools and technologies of cyber forensic experts for their future practice. This book is designed to merge a range of new ideas and unique works of authors from topics like fundamental principles of forensic cyber analysis, and protocols and laws related to the digital world. This information is very much-needed for the best of digital forensics. We hope that it will be useful to practitioners of forensic medicine, experts, cyber experts, law makers, investigating authorities, and undergraduate and postgraduate medical school graduates of medicine.

The experienced and enthusiastic authors have presented many ideas and innovative approaches. They have given a new outlook to this book and most importantly enabled us to grow and push through many hurdles, in our minds and in the process, and also learn how to edit and publish. We are truly proud of this book.

We wish to express our solemn sentiments and sincere thanks to Dr. Aditi S Shetty, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology from Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (M.A.H.E), Manipal for her valuable feedback and suggestions while editing this book.

We wholeheartedly thank Mr. Mateo Pulko, Author Service Manager, and Ms. Sandra Bakic, Senior Commissioning Editor of IntechOpen, for their constant support and suggestions during the process of editing and thank the entire team of IntechOpen publisher for giving us the unique opportunity in this process. We would like to place our gratitude to our university, the Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal.

> **B. Suresh Kumar Shetty and Pavanchand Shetty H.** Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India

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Section 1

Digital Forensics -

Computer and Network

Section 1
