Web-based expert system to determine digital forensics tool using rule-based reasoning approach

Abstract

Digital forensics is a method to trace the digital evidence using knowledge of science. There are several stages in the method of digital forensics. Each stage has their own way to use the method collaborate with the tool of digital forensics. Nowadays, there are tools that we can use in digital forensics. Therefore, not all the tool coming with the help document on how to use the tool. This situation makes the investigator have to check the feature of the tool one by one in order to suit which one is the best tool to use in some stage. To overcome this problem, we made a system to determine the right tool in digital forensics using rule-based reasoning approach. The result of this paper is web-based system to determine the right tool in digital forensics. The system shows that only 40% in suitability to help the investigator to determine the right tool. This cause by lacking of the rule consists in the reasoning approach.