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Digital forensic research: current state of the art

Digital forensic research: current state of the art Digital forensics is the process of employing scientific principles and processes to analyze electronically stored information and determine the sequence of events which led to a particular incident. In this digital age, it is important for researchers to become aware of the recent developments in this dynamic field and understand scope for the future. The past decade has witnessed significant technological advancements to aid during a digital investigation. Many methodologies, tools and techniques have found their way into the field designed on forensic principles. Digital forensics has also witnessed many innovative approaches that have been explored to acquire and analyze digital evidence from diverse sources. In this paper, we review the research literature since 2000 and categorize developments in the field into four major categories. In recent years the exponential growth of technological has also brought with it some serious challenges for digital forensic research which is elucidated. Within each category, research is sub-classified into conceptual and practical advancements. We highlight the observations made by previous researchers and summarize the research directions for the future. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png CSI Transactions on ICT Springer Journals

Digital forensic research: current state of the art

CSI Transactions on ICT , Volume 1 (1) – Nov 13, 2012

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2012 by CSI Publications
Subject
Computer Science; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems; Systems and Data Security; Computer Communication Networks; Input/Output and Data Communications; Computer Science, general
ISSN
2277-9078
eISSN
2277-9086
DOI
10.1007/s40012-012-0008-7
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Abstract

Digital forensics is the process of employing scientific principles and processes to analyze electronically stored information and determine the sequence of events which led to a particular incident. In this digital age, it is important for researchers to become aware of the recent developments in this dynamic field and understand scope for the future. The past decade has witnessed significant technological advancements to aid during a digital investigation. Many methodologies, tools and techniques have found their way into the field designed on forensic principles. Digital forensics has also witnessed many innovative approaches that have been explored to acquire and analyze digital evidence from diverse sources. In this paper, we review the research literature since 2000 and categorize developments in the field into four major categories. In recent years the exponential growth of technological has also brought with it some serious challenges for digital forensic research which is elucidated. Within each category, research is sub-classified into conceptual and practical advancements. We highlight the observations made by previous researchers and summarize the research directions for the future.

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CSI Transactions on ICTSpringer Journals

Published: Nov 13, 2012

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