Inproceedings
Battling the Digital Forensic Backlog
Contribution Summary
The paper addresses the pressing issue of the digital forensic backlog, which is a significant challenge for law enforcement agencies worldwide. The author examines the technical challenges contributing to this backlog, including the identification, acquisition, storage, and analysis of digital evidence from various sources. The discussion covers the increasing complexity of digital investigations, the proliferation of digital devices, and the need for more efficient digital forensic processes. The author outlines potential research topics to address these challenges, aiming to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of digital forensic investigations.
Keywords: Digital Forensic Backlog; Digital Evidence Analysis; Cloud-Based Services; IoT Devices; Digital Investigation Efficiency; Law Enforcement Challenges; Digital Forensics Research; Investigation Complexity
Abstract
Given the ever-increasing prevalence of technology in modern life, there is a corresponding increase in the likelihood of digital devices being pertinent to a criminal investigation or civil litigation. As a direct consequence, the number of investigations requiring digital forensic expertise is resulting in huge digital evidence backlogs being encountered by law enforcement agencies throughout the world. It can be anticipated that the number of cases requiring digital forensic analysis will greatly increase in the future. It is also likely that each case will require the analysis of an increasing number of devices including computers, smartphones, tablets, cloud-based services, Internet of Things devices, wearables, etc. The variety of new digital evidence sources pose new and challenging problems for the digital investigator from an identification, acquisition, storage and analysis perspective. This talk explores the current challenges contributing to the backlog in digital forensics from a technical standpoint and outlines a number of future research topics that could greatly contribute to a more efficient digital forensic process.
BibTeX
@inproceedings{scanlon2016keynote,
author={Scanlon, Mark},
title="{Battling the Digital Forensic Backlog}",
booktitle="{Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Cloud Security and Forensics (WCSF 2016)}",
year=2016,
month=08,
month={August},
pages=10-14,
address={Dublin, Ireland},
publisher={IEEE},
abstract="Given the ever-increasing prevalence of technology in modern life, there is a corresponding increase in the likelihood of digital devices being pertinent to a criminal investigation or civil litigation. As a direct consequence, the number of investigations requiring digital forensic expertise is resulting in huge digital evidence backlogs being encountered by law enforcement agencies throughout the world. It can be anticipated that the number of cases requiring digital forensic analysis will greatly increase in the future. It is also likely that each case will require the analysis of an increasing number of devices including computers, smartphones, tablets, cloud-based services, Internet of Things devices, wearables, etc. The variety of new digital evidence sources pose new and challenging problems for the digital investigator from an identification, acquisition, storage and analysis perspective. This talk explores the current challenges contributing to the backlog in digital forensics from a technical standpoint and outlines a number of future research topics that could greatly contribute to a more efficient digital forensic process."
}