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dc.contributor.author | Singh, Avinash![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Ikuesan, Richard Adeyemi![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Venter, H.S. (Hein)![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2022-11-23T08:42:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-11-23T08:42:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-02 | |
dc.description.abstract | Securing digital evidence is a key factor that contributes to evidence admissibility during digital forensic investigations, particularly in establishing the chain of custody of digital evidence. However, not enough is done to ensure that the environment and access to the evidence are secure. Attackers can go to extreme lengths to cover up their tracks, which is a serious concern to digital forensics – particularly digital forensic readiness. If an attacker gains access to the location where evidence is stored, they could easily alter the evidence (if not remove it altogether). Even though integrity checks can be performed to ensure that the evidence is sound, the collected evidence may contain sensitive information that an attacker can easily use for other forms of attack. To this end, this paper proposes a model for securely storing digital evidence captured pre- and post-incident to achieve reactive forensics. Various components were considered, such as integrity checks, environment sandboxing, strong encryption, two-factor authentication, as well as unique random file naming. A proof-of-concept tool was developed to realize this model and to prove its validity. A series of tests were conducted to check for system security, performance, and requirements validation, Overall, the results obtained showed that, with minimal effort, securing forensic artefacts is a relatively inexpensive and reliable feat. This paper aims to standardize evidence storage, practice high security standards, as well as remove the need to create new systems that achieve the same purpose. | en_US |
dc.description.department | Computer Science | en_US |
dc.description.uri | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6287639 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | A. Singh, R. A. Ikuesan and H. Venter, "Secure Storage Model for Digital Forensic Readiness," in IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 19469-19480, 2022, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3151403. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2169-3536 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3151403 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/88450 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | en_US |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 License. | en_US |
dc.subject | Digital forensics | en_US |
dc.subject | Encryption | en_US |
dc.subject | Secure storage | en_US |
dc.subject | Standards organizations | en_US |
dc.subject | Digital forensics readiness | en_US |
dc.subject | Integrity verification | en_US |
dc.subject | Digital forensics soundness | en_US |
dc.subject | Cloud computing | en_US |
dc.title | Secure storage model for digital forensic readiness | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |