Predicting Digital Geotechnical Forensic Investigation using Internet of Things (IoT)

Digital Forensic Investigations is explained as are sponse to an event that has already occurred in relation to information which is highly classified or is of prime importance to a criminal incident. Forensics Challenges in IoT Environments IoT would soon pervade all aspects of our life from managing our home temperature to thinking cars and smart management of the cities. The application of professional engineering principles and methodologies to investigating failures and incidents, usually to determine causation. Normally, it involves preparing a report of findings, which may form the basis for testimony in legal proceedings as an expert witness. A forensic engineer may serve as an engineering consultant to members of the legal profession and as an expert witness in courts of law, arbitration proceedings and administrative adjudication proceedings. Forensic engineering is a part of professional engineering practice that may cover all disciplines of engineering. It is a specialized set of skills that can include multidisciplinary training in failure analysis, simulation, safety, accelerated life testing and statistical analysis, as well as knowledge of the specific engineering field.

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Case Based Interpretation of Windows 10 Registry Forensics

International Journal of Innovative Computing ◽

10.11113/ijic.v8n1.165 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Hasan Binjuraid ◽

Mazura Mat Din

Keyword(s):

Computer System ◽

Digital Forensics ◽

Second Phase ◽

Mass Storage ◽

Forensic Investigation ◽

Storage Devices ◽

Digital Forensic ◽

Digital Forensic Investigations ◽

Result Analysis ◽

Transfer Protocol

With the advancement in computer technologies, cybercrimes advanced too. As in today’s world, the technology knowledge to attack a computer is less than ever, with the help of advanced tools that does most of the work. Digital forensic investigations are crucial in solving this type of crimes, and it must be done professionally. Computer registries play a big part in the digital forensic investigation, it can help find artifacts that are left by the cybercrimes, dates of the crimes on the computer system and the user at the time of the crime. In this research, interpretation of these artifacts is the main focus, committees and jurors are the focus of the interpretations of the registries. Two types of cases are subject to investigation in this research. BitTorrent clients’ use for downloading illegal o copyrighted content, and three clients are chosen for this digital forensic investigation uTorrent, Vuze and BitComet. Theft using USB storage devices is the second type of case, where there are three types of USB devices Mass Storage Class, Picture Transfer Protocol and Media Transfer Protocol, each type of USB devices leaves different artifacts behind during insertion and removal. A web based dashboard will be developed to help with the process of interpretation the artifacts found in the registry of the computer system. A categorization process of each cybercrime case will be conduct to evaluate the severity of the case depending on the artifacts found in the digital forensics investigation process. The research methodology will consist of three phases. The first phase will be information gathering including literature review, requirements gathering and dataset gathering for the research. Performing digital forensics analysis will be the second phase and it includes planning, identification and reconnaissance. Last phase will include result analysis and discussion.

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Ensuring the Reliability of Conclusions in the Expert's Statement in the Course of a Forensic Construction Investigation

Theory and Practice of Forensic Science ◽

10.30764/1819-2785-2017-12-3-78-84 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 78-84

Author(s):

A. Yu. Butyrin ◽

Z. V. Trifonova

Keyword(s):

Expert Testimony ◽

Expert Witness ◽

The Body ◽

Forensic Investigation ◽

Expert Evidence ◽

Assessment Criterion ◽

Legal Proceedings ◽

The Subject ◽

Witness Statement ◽

The One

The appointment and production of forensic investigation is one of the most common procedural actions in modern legal proceedings, along with the evaluation of the expert witness statement by the body (person) that ordered the examination. The article deals with a number of problems associated with evaluating of the expert witness statement reflecting the progress and results of a forensic construction investigation. Reliability is the most complex and contradictory criterion in the evaluation of expert testimony. Taking into account the courts' constantly growing need for construction forensics expert services, on the one hand, and insufficient elaboration of this assessment criterion for this kind of expert evidence, on the other hand, the authors explore the subject in depth and present their interpretation of the notion of «reliability», as applied to the evaluation of construction forensics expert statements.

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Relevance of An Expert Witness Report Submitted as Evidence in a Case

Theory and Practice of Forensic Science ◽

10.30764/1819-2785-2017-12-4-78-82 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 78-82

Author(s):

Z. V. Trifonova

Keyword(s):

Expert Opinion ◽

Expert Witness ◽

Forensic Investigation ◽

Land Surveying ◽

Forensic Engineering ◽

Major Criterion ◽

Main Factors ◽

Administrative Proceedings ◽

Crucial Part

The expert witness report plays a crucial part in any type of forensic investigation; forensic engineering and land surveying are no exception. This article focuses on relevance as a major criterion in the evaluation of a forensic expert’s report. The author identifies the main factors that shape the characteristics of this type of evidence that ensure the relevance of expert opinion in criminal, civil, or administrative proceedings

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