A study on digital forensic tools

As the data storage and usage are increasing exponentially in today's world, the risk of data being misused is also increasing. This has resulted in the data collected by machines or human and stored in controllers, mobile devices or computers being vulnerable to various cyberattacks. In today's world there are a lot of digital forensic tools that help in conducting investigations by gathering evidence through various methods. In this paper, we have a comprehensive study on various digital forensic tools that are used by corporations, government agencies and individuals to gain, extract and present the collected information. In this work, we also compare the forensic tools based on different criteria so that the users can easily select the tool according to their needs. We also briefly talk about some of the challenges people face in using digital forensic tools.