The term “forensics” refers to the method of using science to discover evidence of criminal activity. Extending this to software broadens the use case to consider all the purposes of software investigation techniques. Software is ubiquitous, and is a part of all mission-critical systems. As such, software failures have tremendous real-world effects. In software, “forensics” refers to the method of using tools and techniques to uncover software evidence for purposes such as criminal investigations, civil cases (e.g. safety failures), commercial product failures, and security breaches.
