Week 8 - Obstacles Revisited

Question 1

What is one of the biggest obstacles for digital forensics?

Answer 1

Anti-forensics

Question 2

What is Anti-forensics?

Answer 2

The use of tools and methods to inhibit a digital investigation. This includes encyrption, hiding data etc..

Question 3

What are the main technical challenges of digital forensics?

Answer 3

Encryption
Lack of Standard Forensic Tools
Volatility of Digital Evidence
Bankwidth Restrictions and Storage Issues
Limited Life span of Digital Media
Sohistication of Digital Crimes
New Technologies and Devices
Anti-forensics
Cloud Computing
Aquisition of information from smaller less noticable devices (USBs)
Potential Limited Window of time to aquire evidence

Question 4

What are the main legal challenges for digital forensics?

Answer 4

Jurisdiction
Admissibility of Digital Forensics Tools, Technologies and Digital Evidence
Ethical Issues of Data Collection
Privacy
Insufficient Support for Legal, Criminal or Civil Prosecution
Prosecutin Digital Crimes (Difference in Legal Process)

Question 5

What are the main personnel-related challenges for digital forensics?

Answer 5

Lack of Qualified Digital Forensics Personnel
Lack of Standardisation of terms in Digital Forensics (Semantic disparities)
Lack of Foresnsics Knowledge Resuse among Personnel
Forensic Investigator Licensing Requirements
Lack of Unified formal Representation of Digital Forensics Domain Knowledge

Question 6

What are the main operational chellenges of digital forensics?

Answer 6

Incident Detection, Response and Prevention
Lack of Standardized Processes and Procedures
Significant Manual Intervention and Analysis
Digital Forensic Readiness Challenge in Organizations
Trust of Audit Trails