Abstract
Digital forensic science provides tools, techniques and scientifically proven methods that can be used to acquire and analyze digital evidence. There is a need for law enforcement agencies, government and private organisations to invest in the advancement and development of digital forensic technologies. Such an investment could potentially allow new forensic techniques to be developed more frequently. This research identifies techniques that can facilitates the process of digital forensic investigation, therefore allowing digital investigators to utilize less time and fewer resources. In this paper, we identify the Visual Basic Integrated Development Environment as an environment that provides set of rich features which are likely to be required for developing tools that can assist digital investigators during digital forensic investigation. Establishing a user friendly interface and identifying structures and consistent processes for digital forensic investigation has been a major component of this research.
Highlights
Digital forensics plays an important part in the investigation of crimes involving digital devices
This research identifies the Visual Basic Integrated Development Environment (VBIDE) as a set of rich features that are likely to be required for developing tools that can assist digital investigators during digital forensic investigation
Digital evidence must be precise, authenticated and accurate in order to be accepted in the court
Summary
Digital forensics plays an important part in the investigation of crimes involving digital devices. The law enforcement and corporate security professionals require tools for effective digital evidence acquisition These tools already exist to capture, preserve and analyze data from hard drives, memory and network streams. These tools are available through open source licenses with their own unique user interface and feature and run on a variety of operating systems. This presents a challenge to digital forensic investigator since they must become acquainted with the operational characteristics and user interface of each tool they want to use. This research identifies the Visual Basic Integrated Development Environment (VBIDE) as a set of rich features that are likely to be required for developing tools that can assist digital investigators during digital forensic investigation
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