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{{ForensicScience|digital}}
'''Database forensics''' is a branch of [[digital forensics|digital forensic science]] relating to the forensic study of [[databases]] and their related [[metadata]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Olivier|first=Martin S.|title=On metadata context in Database Forensics|doi=10.1016/j.diin.2008.10.001|date=March 2009|volume=5|issue=3–4|journal=Digital Investigation|pages=115–123|citeseerx=10.1.1.566.7390}}</ref>
The discipline is similar to [[computer forensics]], following the normal forensic process and applying investigative techniques to database contents and metadata. Cached information may also exist in a servers [[RAM]] requiring [[Digital forensics#live analysis|live analysis]] techniques.
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