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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2016
Subject: LCSH
Cyber forensics, Computer forensics
Disciplines
Computer Engineering | Computer Sciences | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Forensic Science and Technology | Information Security
Abstract
The number of successful cyber attacks continues to increase, threatening financial and personal security worldwide. Cyber/digital forensics is undergoing a paradigm shift in which evidence is frequently massive in size, demands live acquisition, and may be insufficient to convict a criminal residing in another legal jurisdiction. This paper presents the findings of the first broad needs analysis survey in cyber forensics in nearly a decade, aimed at obtaining an updated consensus of professional attitudes in order to optimize resource allocation and to prioritize problems and possible solutions more efficiently. Results from the 99 respondents gave compelling testimony that the following will be necessary in the future: 1) better education/training/certification (opportunities, standardization, and skill-sets); 2) support for cloud and mobile forensics; 3) backing for and improvement of open-source tools 3) research on encryption, malware, and trail obfuscation; 4) revised laws (specific, up-to-date, and which protect user privacy); 5) better communication, especially between/with law enforcement (including establishing new frameworks to mitigate problematic communication); 6) more personnel and funding.
DOI
10.1016/j.cose.2015.10.007
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Repository Citation
Harichandran, Vikram S.; Breitinger, Frank; Baggili, Ibrahim; and Marrington, Andrew, "A Cyber Forensics Needs Analysis Survey: Revisiting the Domain's Needs a Decade Later" (2016). Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Faculty Publications. 36.
https://digitalcommons.newhaven.edu/electricalcomputerengineering-facpubs/36
Publisher Citation
Vikram S. Harichandran, Frank Breitinger, Ibrahim Baggili, Andrew Marrington (2016). A cyber forensics needs analysis survey: revisiting the domain's needs a decade later. Computers & Security 57, March 2016, pp. 1-13. doi:10.1016/j.cose.2015.10.007
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Comments
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Vikram S. Harichandran, Frank Breitinger, Ibrahim Baggili, Andrew Marrington (2016). A cyber forensics needs analysis survey: revisiting the domain's needs a decade later. Computers & Security 57, March 2016, pp. 1-13 which is published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.cose.2015.10.007. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with the CC/BY/NC/ND license.
Dr. Ibrahim Baggili was appointed to the University of New Haven's Elder Family Endowed Chair in 2015.