Hi there can anyone suggest me some good digital forensic management system for me to refere as i am currently working on developing a online based digital forensic management system where the investigator will be entering all the case details ,item confisticated online.Really loking for someone to guide me as i am still confused over the fields which i need to put in ,so that it really cover the entire forensic manegement system.
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I'm just a student, but my first thoughts are web based + forensics = No. I'd rather do things locally, on machines I can validate and control. Maybe I'm wrong though…I'll be interested in what the pros have to say.
I might be wrong but "online" could designate a local network.
I guess most forensic workstations are part of a LAN and setting up a sql/php management system can be a good idea as you can have a centralized system while allowing each examiner to access and update it from their workstation…
Technical answer …
Have a look at Autopsy. It is web based, you can run it across a network if you so desire … And the source code is available for you to examine as well.
Methodological Answer …
So long as you aren't considering doing work which would involve the transmission of prohibited material from your server to your workstation (in which case, don't) I can't see why, with sufficient, and by sufficent - I mean a lot of - security in place that this wouldn't be possible.
You are going to need end-to-end encryption to your application - some form of VPN, a locked down client and server configuration and a lot of testing.
To be fair, you are just suggesting a case management system, not actually anything that handles evidence, so, whilst I would still construct it to be as secure as possible, your potential exposure is less.
It was so glad to get some feedback .Is there any software which i can refer to in order to get some idea.As currently i am using a forum based evidence collection .
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