Computer forensics is a relatively young University discipline which has developed strongly in the United States and the United Kingdom but is still in its infancy in continental Europe. The national programmes and courses offered therefore differ in many ways. We report on two recently established degree programmes from two European countries: Great Britain and Germany. We present and compare ...

Digital triage is a pre-digital-forensic phase that sometimes takes place as a way of gathering quick intelligence. Although effort has been undertaken to model the digital forensics process, little has been done to-date to model digital triage. This work discusses the further development of a model that attempts to address digital triage, the Partially-automated Crime Specific Digital Triage P...

Information technology has become infused with many aspects of everyday life. Naturally, aspects of information technology have become more common in both civil and criminal law. However, the people called upon to address these technological issues are typically versed exclusively in either law or technology. The authors contend that a new discipline is emerging from the intersection of forensi...

Welcome to the Technology Section of the Journal of Digital Forensics, Security, and Law. The goal of this section of the journal is to explore the technical details of the various technologies used in digital forensics, security, and law—or conversely, to explore the technical details of the technologies used by hackers and other digital perpetrators. Since this column was initially proposed b...

The computer forensic discipline was established around 2000 in mainland China, which was further developed along with Chinese judicial appraisal system in 2005. This paper introduces the reformation of computer forensic legal system in mainland China, the general concept of computer forensic legal system, the management of computer judicial experts, the management of computer judicial expertis...

Most of the effort in today’s digital forensics community lies in the retrieval and analysis of existing information from computing systems. Little is being done to increase the quantity and quality of the forensic information on today’s computing systems. In this paper we pose the question of what kind of information is desired on a system by a forensic investigator. We give an overview of the...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is on a mission: to strengthen law enforcement’s computer forensic capabilities throughout the United States. How are we fulfilling such a sweeping and ambitious mandate? Through an innovative initiative entitled the Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory (RCFL) Program. RCFLs provide much needed computer forensic expertise and training to thousands of l...