Digital forensic investigations: a new frontier for informing systems

P. M. Bednar, V. Katos

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Abstract

Digital forensic investigators experience a need for support in their everyday struggle to overcome boundary problems associated with cyber crime investigations. Traditional methods are socio-culturally and physically localised and dependent on strict and historically prescriptive political management. The new internet-worked cyber-world creates unprecedented difficulties for digital forensic investigations. This is directly linked with the inherently complex uncertainties and ambiguities related to a constant need for framing and re-framing of problem spaces under investigation. As such, in this paper we propose the recruitment of the discipline of Informing Systems in the context of digital discovery. Early findings of such an exercise indicate that informing systems approaches can assist the investigation process by offering means for structuring uncertainty. As it is accepted that uncertainty is an inherent element in a crime scene, not least in a cyber crime scene, we consider the contribution of Informing Systems vital for the effectiveness of digital forensic investigation practices.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInformation Systems
Subtitle of host publicationPeople, Organizations, Institutions, and Technologies - ItAIS: The Italian Association for Information Systems
EditorsAlessandro D'Atri, Domenico Saccà
PublisherPhysica-Verlag
Pages361-371
Number of pages11
ISBN (Electronic)9783790821482
ISBN (Print)9783790821475, 9783790829006
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2010
Event5th Conference of the Italian Chapter of the Association for Information Systems - Paris, France
Duration: 13 Dec 200814 Dec 2008

Conference

Conference5th Conference of the Italian Chapter of the Association for Information Systems
Abbreviated titleItAIS 2008
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityParis
Period13/12/0814/12/08

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