NDLI: Network investigations of cyber attacks: the limits of digital evidence

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Chaikin, David
Copyright Year	2007
Abstract	Cyber attackers are rarely held accountable for their criminal actions. One explanation for the lack of successful prosecutions of cyber intruders is the dependence on digital evidence. Digital evidence is different from evidence created, stored, transferred and reproduced from a non-digital format. It is ephemeral in nature and susceptible to manipulation. These characteristics of digital evidence raise issues as to its reliability. Network-based evidence – ie digital evidence on networks – poses additional problems because it is volatile, has a short life span, and is frequently located in foreign countries. Investigators face the twin obstacles of identifying the author of a cyber attack and proving that the author has “guilty knowledge.” Even more is at stake when the cyber attacker is a trusted insider who has intimate knowledge of the computer security system of the organisation. As courts become more familiar with the vulnerabilities of digital evidence, they will scrutinise the reliability of computer systems and processes. It is likely that defence counsel will increasingly challenge both the admissibility and the weight of digital evidence. The law enforcement community will need to improve competencies in handling digital evidence if it is to meet this trend.
Starting Page	239
Ending Page	256
Page Count	18
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09254994
Journal	Crime, Law and Social Change
Volume Number	46
Issue Number	4-5
e-ISSN	15730751
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2007-03-15
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Social Sciences Political Science Criminal Law Criminology & Criminal Justice
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Law Pathology and Forensic Medicine

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

The prognosis of terrorist attacks - limits of scientific findings

Judicial oversight of policing: investigations, evidence and the exclusionary rule

Child soldiers and distributive justice: addressing the limits of law?

Transnational organised cyber crime: distinguishing threat from reality

Requirements of prosecution services to deal with cyber crime

Police accountability and the Irish law of evidence

Student Handbook of Criminal Justice and Criminology

RSPCA and the criminology of social control

The cultural limits on uniformity and formalism in the German penal code

Network investigations of cyber attacks: the limits of digital evidence

Similar Documents

The prognosis of terrorist attacks - limits of scientific findings

Judicial oversight of policing: investigations, evidence and the exclusionary rule

Child soldiers and distributive justice: addressing the limits of law?

Transnational organised cyber crime: distinguishing threat from reality

Requirements of prosecution services to deal with cyber crime

Police accountability and the Irish law of evidence

Student Handbook of Criminal Justice and Criminology

RSPCA and the criminology of social control

The cultural limits on uniformity and formalism in the German penal code

Network investigations of cyber attacks: the limits of digital evidence