Christa Miller

Digital Forensics Research Update: May 2022

24th June 2022

Research published last month covered a wide range of issues in digital forensics, from limitations and challenges to new tools and techniques and lessons for those in higher education. Digital forensic techniques, now and in the future The National Institute

In April, Research Examines Reliability, Hybrid Learning, and New Insights on Familiar Names

23rd May 2022

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April’s lineup of scholarly articles continues the conversation around measuring reliability of forensic sciences; revisits the topic of learning and education in the pandemic era; and as always, offers new technical insights, as well as a look at forensic science

March’s Spread of Digital Forensics Research Examines Implementation

25th May 202216th May 2022

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Apart from the papers presented at the Digital Forensics Research Workshop (DFRWS), March also saw additional work from around the globe. This month’s roundup takes a look at: Integrating cognitive psychology into forensic practiceResearch exploring how digital forensic evidence is

DFRWS-EU 2022: The Future of Digital Forensics Is Now

25th April 2022

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Moving digital forensics forward in terms of methods and frameworks, as well as organizational and cross-cultural collaboration, was an overarching theme of this year’s European Union edition of the Digital Forensics Research Workshop (DFRWS). After 40 years, mainstays like file

Forging Trust in Digital Forensics as Technology Evolves

24th March 2022

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February’s publications continued a trending topic in recent research: establishing reliability in forensic science as a whole, and digital forensics particularly. Even as some works explored the decryption of encrypted data, and the use of “hacked” data from encrypted devices,

How Better Processes and Information Can Improve Digital Forensic Science: January’s Research Roundup

14th February 2022

As digital forensics moves toward a more established presence within the forensic sciences, 2022 starts off on an existential note thanks to a set of papers exploring digital forensic expertise and process, and the language used to describe both. Technical

How Human Factors Confound and Enrich Digital Forensics: The November-December Research Roundup

17th January 2022

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Human complexity lies at the heart of so much of digital forensics – both the artifacts that offer insights into people’s motives, means, and opportunity to commit wrongdoing, and the investigations that reveal them. Our research roundup for the end

Lab Management and Novel Methods and Tools in the Forensic Sciences: Research from October

19th November 2021

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This month’s roundup features an eclectic assortment of research on mobile, IoT, and vehicular devices, as well as file forensics, image forensics, and threat detection. Much of this research explores novel acquisition techniques for newer technologies, although new methods for

Todd Shipley on the Dark Net, and the Importance of Relationship-Building for Investigations

16th November 20211st November 2021

Christa: Digital forensics is all about tracing the electronic artifacts that can show a suspect behind a keyboard. However, in the past decade or so, the dark web has complicated this process by anonymizing buyers and sellers, making them harder

Encouraging Different Perspectives in Digital Forensics: September Research

15th October 2021

The discussion about how to mitigate human bias in forensic science continued in September. Inclusiveness is a key part of this, not just in terms of racial, gender, ability, or other identity, but also in terms of expertise. This month

Binalyze’s Emre Tinaztepe and Tom Blumenthal on Enterprise Forensic Readiness

16th November 202112th October 2021

Christa: What is forensic readiness, and what does it mean for enterprise forensics? How can incident responders find the right balance between speed and effectiveness as well as what’s required at each stage of an incident response? To help us

Research Roundup: Problem Solving In Digital Forensics

2nd August 2021

Digital forensics research last month fell fairly neatly into two categories, each of which sought to solve bigger problems in the field. In the first category is ensuring quality via frameworks such as service levels, better supporting first responders, reporting,

Back On The Beach: Recapping Techno Security Myrtle Beach 2021

23rd July 2021

After a year so many spent cooped up in their homes, it seems only fitting that the first return to an in-person event should happen at a beloved vacation spot: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, site of the 22nd edition of

Forensic Focus Legal Update July 2021: Reliability And Credibility Of Digital Evidence

22nd February 202319th July 2021

This quarter’s edition of our legal update starts with a look at improving digital forensics experts’ credibility, as well as the reliability of the evidence they find — all while dealing with rapidly advancing technology. Two recent academic papers, plus

Research Roundup: New Tools And Techniques And Ensuring Their Quality

7th July 2021

The month of May saw a robust, diverse set of academic papers published. Tools and techniques are as present as ever — focusing that month on Windows 10 and mobile malware — but so are discussions about how to ensure

Automating And Sharing Digital Forensics Knowledge Through Hansken

2nd July 2021

What if you could automate digital forensics processes, centralize them, and then offer them at scale through the internet? Researchers at the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) set out to answer the first question—then took the path through the second and

Research Roundup: Micro Analysis To Macro Implications In Digital Forensics

26th May 2021

Our brief roundup this month looks at seven recent papers, which look at improving malware detection and acquisition, analyzing instant messaging apps and the Zoom platform, the future of digital forensics tools and practice, and finally, a framework for forensic