Author(s)

Xiaoyi Yuan

Corresponding Author

Xiaoyi Yuan

Abstract

With the popularization of electronic information technology represented by the Internet, human society has fully entered the information age. Illegal and criminal activities have also followed the development of information technology in a large number of new situations, and electronic data has widely appeared in various types of crime. Electronic forensics to a certain extent puts forward new requirements and brings new challenges to the technical work of forensic evidence collection. How to regulate electronic evidence collection procedures and achieve effective electronic evidence collection is bound to become an important issue at present. The purpose of this article is to study the legal risks and standardization of electronic forensics. This article introduces the concept of electronic evidence to complete the conceptual understanding and grasp of electronic evidence. Then on this basis, it introduces the process of electronic forensics and points out the legal risks that may exist in the process of electronic forensics. In the experimental part, a questionnaire survey method was used. In this paper, 100 subjects were selected. The question “What do you think of the implementation of the 2016 Regulations and the 2017 Cyber Security Umbrella Law?” Respondents found it difficult to implement and needed improvement. Aiming at the difficulty of law enforcement, this article puts forward suggestions to promote the standardization of electronic forensics.

Keywords

Electronic Forensics; Electronic Evidence; Legal Risk; Standardization of Forensics; Process of Forensics