Trusted computing and forensic investigations

The Trusted Computing Group was set up with a view to pioneer the concept that a computer should work in accordance with an expectation. The Group aims to achieve this expectation by putting in place mechanisms to attest to the state of the software applications that run under an operating system and upon a hardware platform (for a detailed explanation, the reader is directed to 'TCG Specification Architecture Overview' Revision 1.2 dated 28 April 2004, available in electronic format on the Trusted Computing Group web site - https://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/home).