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The Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science

Forensic Science Standards Library

SWGDE: 17-F-002-2.0 Best Practices for Computer Forensic Acquisitions

This standard is archived.

Date added to the archive

08/04/2026

Archival Reason

First added to the OSAC Registry: 1/13/2025. Replaced on the Registry by SWGDE 17-F-002-2.1.

Superceded by

SWGDE: 17-F-002-2.1 Best Practices for Computer Forensic Acquisitions

Standard Number

SWGDE: 17-F-002-2.0

Document Owner

Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence

OSAC Committee(s)

Digital Evidence

Status

OSAC Registry Archived

SDO Published Standard

SDO Published Standard Url

https://www.swgde.org/documents/published-complete-listing/17-f-002-best-practices-for-computer-forensic-acquisitions/

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