Computer forensics

Description

The process of examining and recovering digital data from sources for legal evidence and crime investigation.

Occupations requiring this skill

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Skill demand overview
  • Essential in 2 occupations
  • Optional in 1 occupations
  • Total: 3 occupations
  • Most common in: ISCO major group 2 (Professionals)

Essential for

  • Digital forensics expert
    Digital forensics experts retrieve and analyse information from computers and other types of data storage devices. They examine digital media that may have been hidden, encrypted o…
  • Ethical hacker
    Ethical hackers perform security vulnerability assessments and penetration tests in accordance with industry-accepted methods and protocols. They analyse systems for potential vuln…

Optional for

  • ICT security administrator
    ICT security administrators plan and carry out security measures to protect information and data from unauthorised access, deliberate attack, theft and corruption. Other titles The…

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Last updated on February 18, 2026

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