2012 Symposium Posters

Project Members
Francis Ripberger (Advisor: Dr. Marcus Rogers)

This study hopes to identify the issues preventing the Cyber Forensic field from maintaining validity in its procedures, software, and expert witnesses; in additional to discovering general needs of the field’s practitioners. Every day new issues are discovered; as well as existing issues continue to plague the field. The issues for the field range from simple regulations on how to conduct a forensic procedure, to a lack of certifications, to judicial law shortcomings to properly enforce rules and guidelines. And, as the individuals who are engrossed in the field are aware of one problem or another, many do not know the underlining issues. Therefore, research is conducted based on the researcher’s experience not on the field’s needs. On the other hand, some have completed research on issues in localized general regions, but no one has performed a national study. This study aims to address these issues. It will ask for volunteers of Cyber Forensic Analysts from each state’s law enforcement and students and professors from universities that offer a cyber forensic program. All participants will complete a three-round delphi study. From these questions, a list of categorized issues will be generated. In addition, the top five issues in each category, as well as the top ten overall, will be identified. Once the results have been properly organized and reviewed, it will be made available for public use.