Digital Forensics Research: The Next 10 Years

Abstract

Today's Golden Age of computer forensics is quickly coming to an end. Without a clear strategy for enabling research efforts that build upon one another, forensic research will fall behind the market, tools will become increasingly obsolete, and law enforcement military and other users of computer forensics products will be unable to rely on the results of forensic analysis. This article summarizes current forensic research directions and argues that to move forward the community needs to adopt standardized, modular approaches for data representation and forensic processing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA549288

Entities

People

  • Simson Garfinkel

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Computational Forensics
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Computing Devices
  • Cybersecurity
  • Digital Media
  • Electronic Mail
  • Forensic Analysis
  • Internet
  • Law Enforcement
  • Mobile Phones
  • Operating Systems
  • Standards
  • Training
  • Web Browsers

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Systems Analysis and Design