Research Trends, Challenges, and Emerging Topics in Digital Forensics: A Review of Reviews

【Author】 Casino, Fran; Dasaklis, Thomas K.; Spathoulas, Georgios P.; Anagnostopoulos, Marios; Ghosal, Amrita; Borocz, Istvan; Solanas, Agusti; Conti, Mauro; Patsakis, Constantinos

【Source】IEEE ACCESS

【Abstract】Due to its critical role in cybersecurity, digital forensics has received significant attention from researchers and practitioners alike. The ever increasing sophistication of modern cyberattacks is directly related to the complexity of evidence acquisition, which often requires the use of several technologies. To date, researchers have presented many surveys and reviews on the field. However, such articles focused on the advances of each particular domain of digital forensics individually. Therefore, while each of these surveys facilitates researchers and practitioners to keep up with the latest advances in a particular domain of digital forensics, the global perspective is missing. Aiming to fill this gap, we performed a qualitative review of all the relevant reviews in the field of digital forensics, determined the main topics on digital forensics topics and identified their main challenges. Despite the diversity of topics and methods, there are several common problems that are faced by almost all of them, with most of them residing in evidence acquisition and pre-processing due to counter analysis methods and difficulties of collecting data from devices, the cloud etc. Beyond pure technical issues, our study highlights procedural issues in terms of readiness, reporting and presentation, as well as ethics, highlighting the European perspective which is traditionally stricter in terms of privacy. Our extensive analysis paves the way for closer collaboration among researcher and practitioners among different topics of digital forensics.

【Keywords】Digital forensics; Systematics; Forensics; Market research; Internet; Computer crime; Standards; Digital forensics; cybersecurity; review of reviews; forensic investigations; meta review

【标题】数字取证的研究趋势、挑战和新兴主题：评论回顾

【摘要】由于其在网络安全中的关键作用，数字取证已经得到了研究人员和从业人员的极大关注。现代网络攻击的复杂性不断提高，这与证据获取的复杂性直接相关，这往往需要使用多种技术。到目前为止，研究人员已经提出了许多关于该领域的调查和评述。然而，这些文章都集中在数字取证的每个特定领域的进展上。因此，虽然这些调查有助于研究人员和从业人员了解数字取证特定领域的最新进展，但却缺少全球视角。为了填补这一空白，我们对数字取证领域的所有相关综述进行了定性审查，确定了数字取证课题的主要议题，并确定了其主要挑战。尽管课题和方法多种多样，但几乎所有的课题都面临着几个共同的问题，由于反分析方法和从设备、云端收集数据的困难，大部分问题都停留在证据获取和预处理方面。除了纯粹的技术问题，我们的研究还强调了在准备、报告和展示方面的程序问题，以及道德问题，突出了在隐私方面传统上比较严格的欧洲观点。我们的广泛分析为研究人员和从业人员在数字取证的不同主题之间更紧密的合作铺平了道路。

【关键词】数字取证；系统学；取证；市场调查;互联网;计算机犯罪；标准；数字取证；网络安全;审查审查；法医调查；元评论

【发表时间】2022

【收录时间】2022-03-31

【文献类型】Review

【论文大主题】区块链政策法律

【论文小主题】区块链的司法政务应用

【影响因子】3.476

【翻译者】丁子仪