Enterprise-wide data identification, sharing and management, and searching forensic data

A system and method of automatically identifying relevant or suspect data during a digital forensic investigation. Input raw data are extracted from various digital data sources. The system determines to which one or more identification modules the unknown raw data should be delivered to for processing. This determination is based on the type of data in the extracted raw data coming into the application. Suspect or relevant data that are identified includes that data that are identical to or similar to the extracted unknown raw data. If there are suspect data, the system transmits a message or alert to interested parties or stores the findings/report on a storage device. In this manner, the suspect data are identified automatically, without intervention by a human being.