Phase-Oriented Advice and Review Structure (PARS) for Digital Forensic Investigations

Abstract

The PARS is the first documented peer review methodology for the digital forensics field, a six staged approach designed to formally support organizations and their staff in their goal of facilitating effective peer review of digital forensic work, from investigative tasks to forensic activities and forensic analysis processes (Pollitt et al., 2018). This assignment discusses how the PARS methodology can be implemented, and the available options and mechanisms available to ease the interpretation of this model into existing practices. Both the early ‘Advisor’ and later ‘Reviewer’ roles in PARS are discussed and their requirements and expectations are defined. Keywords: Digital forensics, Peer review, Digital evidence, Quality assurance, Forensic science Multi-staged Rview, Multi-person Review BOOK Chapter ǀ Research Nexus in IT, Law, Cyber Security & Forensics. Open Access. Distributed Free Citation: Aliloulaye Tchaou (2022): Phase-Oriented Advice and Review Structure (PARS) for Digital Forensic Investigations Book Chapter Series on Research Nexus in IT, Law, Cyber Security & Forensics. Pp 173-180 www.isteams.net/ITlawbookchapter2022. dx.doi.org/10.22624/AIMS/CRP-BK3-P28