Computer Forensic Laboratory: Aims, Functionalities, Hardware and Software

Digital data transformation is most challenging in developing countries. In recent days, all the applications are functioning with the support of internet of things (IoT). Wearable devices involve the most insightful information, which includes individual healthcare data. Health records of patients must be protected. IoT devices could be hacked, and criminals use this information. Smart cities with IoT use information technology to collect, analyze, and integrate information. Smart reduces the network traffic using the ground sensors, micro-radars, and drones monitor traffic to the traffic controller based on that signals are designed. The data collected includes the images and convey information to smart vehicles, which in turn, if data are hacked, may affect many people. Smart city includes important features such as smart buildings, smart technology, smart governance, smart citizen, and smart security. Cyber threat is a challenging problem, and usage of apps may increase malware that affects various customers.

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A Survey of Cloud Computing Challenges from a Digital Forensics Perspective

Grid and Cloud Computing ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-0879-5.ch511 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 1221-1236

Author(s):

Gregory H. Carlton ◽

Hill Zhou

Keyword(s):

Cloud Computing ◽

Digital Forensics ◽

Service Providers ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Forensic Analysis ◽

Remote Locations ◽

System Components ◽

Computing Environments ◽

Computer Forensic ◽

Associated Data

Computing and communication technologies have merged to produce an environment where many applications and their associated data reside in remote locations, often unknown to the users. The adoption of cloud computing promises many benefits to users and service providers, as it shifts users’ concerns away from the physical location of system components and toward the accessibility of the system’s services. While this adoption of cloud computing may be beneficial to users and service providers, it increases areas of concern for computer forensic examiners that need to obtain data from cloud computing environments for evidence in legal matters. The authors present an overview of cloud computing, discuss the challenges it raises from a digital forensics perspective, describe suitable tools for forensic analysis of cloud computing environments, and consider the future of cloud computing.

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Evidentiary Implications of Potential Security Weaknesses in Forensic Software

New Technologies for Digital Crime and Forensics ◽

10.4018/978-1-60960-515-5.ch004 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 60-70

Author(s):

Chris K. Ridder

Keyword(s):

Law Enforcement ◽

Electronic Evidence ◽

Chain Of Custody ◽

Computer Forensic

Computer forensic software is used by lawyers and law enforcement to collect and preserve data in a “forensic image” so that it can be analyzed without changing the original media, and to preserve the chain of custody of the evidence. To the extent there are vulnerabilities in this software, an attacker may be able to hide or alter the data available to a forensic analyst, causing courts to render judgments based on inaccurate or incomplete evidence. There are a number of legal doctrines designed to ensure that evidence presented to courts is authentic, accurate and reliable, but thus far courts have not applied them with the possibility of security weaknesses in forensic software in mind. This article examines how courts may react to such claims, and recommends strategies that attorneys and courts can use to ensure that electronic evidence presented in court is both admissible and fair to litigants.

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