Abstract

In the modern socially-driven, knowledge-based virtual computing environment in which organisations are operating, the current digital forensics tools and practices can no longer meet the need for scientific rigour. There has been an exponential increase in the complexity of the networks with the rise of the Internet of Things, cloud technologies and fog computing altering business operations and models. Adding to the problem are the increased capacity of storage devices and the increased diversity of devices that are attached to networks, operating autonomously. We argue that the laws and standards that have been written, the processes, procedures and tools that are in common use are increasingly not capable of ensuring the requirement for scientific integrity. This paper looks at a number of issues with current practice and discusses measures that can be taken to improve the potential of achieving scientific rigour for digital forensics in the current and developing landscape.

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

2019

Volume

3

Issue

2

School

School of Education

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Publisher

International Association of Educators and Researchers (IAER)

Identifier

Andrew Jones

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1085-2915

Comments

Jones, A., & Vidalis, S. (2019). Rethinking digital forensics. Annals of Emerging Technologies in Computing (AETiC), 3(2), 41-53. https://doi.org/10.33166/AETiC.2019.02.005

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10.33166/AETiC.2019.02.005