Assisting digital forensic analysis via exploratory information visualisation
Gavin Hales · Abertay Research Portal (Abertay University) · 2016
BackgroundDigital forensics is a rapidly expanding field, due to the continuing advances in computer technology and increases in data stage capabilities of devices.However, the tools supporting digital forensics investigations have not kept pace with this evolution, often leaving the investigator to analyse large volumes of textual data and rely heavily on their own intuition and experience. AimThis research proposes that given the ability of information visualisation to provide an end user with an intuitive way to rapidly analyse large volumes of complex data, such approached could be applied to digital forensics datasets.Such methods will be investigated; supported by a review of literature regarding the use of such techniques in other fields.The hypothesis of this research body is that by utilising exploratory information visualisation techniques in the form of a tool to support digital forensic investigations, gains in investigative effectiveness can be realised.