Computer forensic experts have become a vital part of the litigation process. In the past few years, reports of cyber attacks that were orchestrated by criminals with technical knowledge of hacking into company computers have been very common. This is why electronic evidence has been of critical importance in courts for convictions. Forensics is the use of science to give facts in a civil or a criminal court. Computer forensics, on the other hand, is the examination, acquisition and the reporting of data found on networks and computers in regards to criminal investigations.