Description
The discipline of digital forensics, or as it was then known ‘forensic computing’, began with a focus on retrieving admissible evidence from computer systems (typically personal computers). However, with the increased pervasiveness of connected digital technologies in the last 20 years, a wide variety of new and complex sources of digital evidence have emerged. This has presented a range of opportunities and challenges for forensic practitioners.In this presentation, I will discuss a selection of digital forensics research that I have conducted, with my colleagues and collaborators, in areas such as cloud forensics, mobile forensics and Internet of Things (IoT) forensics. We will look at the challenges of identifying, preserving, collecting and analysing evidence from these platforms, along with proposed solutions, and discuss the applicability of these techniques to the challenges of the next decade.