It boasts a thousand experts in data encryption, computer forensics, disaster planning and recovery.

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The court-appointed coordinating discovery attorney thus recommended that the court hire a computer forensics expert.

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As far as the criminal law is concerned, computer forensics has come a long way.

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The company has hired Protiviti, an internal audit and consulting firm, and Guidance Software and Data Forte, computer forensics firms.

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"I tell my clients to keep as little as possible, " advises Joan Feldman, president of Computer Forensics, a Seattle, Wash.

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Others, especially those with graduate degrees, will go on to careers in law enforcement working for the National Security Administration, the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies in need of hackers with special computer skills, such as advanced programming and digital forensics.

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