- Title
- A Critical Evaluation of Validation Practices in the Forensic Acquisition of Digital Evidence in South Africa
- Creator
- Jordaan, Jason, Bradshaw, Karen L
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- text
- Type
- book
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/440174
- Identifier
- vital:73754
- Identifier
- ISBN 9783030660390
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66039-0_9
- Description
- Accepted digital forensics practice requires the tools used in the forensic acquisition of digital evidence to be validated, meaning that the tools perform as intended. In terms of Sect. 15 of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002 in South Africa, validation would contribute to the reliability of the digital evidence. A sample of digital forensic practitioners from South Africa was studied to determine to what extent they make use of validated forensic tools during the acquisition process, and how these tools are proven to be validated. The research identified significant concerns, with no validation done, or no proof of validation done, bringing into question the reliability of the digital evidence in court. It is concerning that the justice system itself is not picking this up, meaning that potentially unreliable digital evidence is used in court.
- Format
- 15 pages, pdf
- Publisher
- Springer Cham
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Jordaan, J., Bradshaw, K. (2020). A Critical Evaluation of Validation Practices in the Forensic Acquisition of Digital Evidence in South Africa. In: Venter, H., Loock, M., Coetzee, M., Eloff, M., Eloff, J., Botha, R. (eds) Information and Cyber Security. ISSA 2020. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1339. Springer, Cham
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