Hello,
I've spent many years as an ASIC (Hardware) engineer and have always been interested in digital forensics.
Part of my job (but not the main part so I'm not an expert on the subject -) ) is insertion of test
structures such as boundary scan, BIST, JTAG, etc. I've always wondered why these structures werent used
more by the police, courts etc as we insert test so that as much of the device whether it be a phone
or memory is available to the outside world. I'm due to start an MSc in Digital Forensics (I've already
read the project ideas which seem good) and I did a search in this forum for ideas on JTAG use in digital forensics. One thing I noticed was that the discussion on JTAG and its use in forensics turned,er, slightly
heated… Can anyone advise me on why courts etc have found this forensic technique unreliable? Is this
still the case now? Does anyone know the issues that need adressing so that it is more acceptable to
the courts? This sounds like a good project area to me. As previously said, I'm a hardware engineer
so I'm looking to you as you have more experience in this area.
Many thanks,
Alibaba