Digital forensics deals with the acquisition, preservation, examination, analysis and presentation of electronic evidence. Networked computing, wireless communications and portable electronic devices have expanded the role of digital forensics beyond traditional computer crime investigations. Practically every crime now involves some aspect of digital evidence; digital forensics provides the techniques and tools to articulate this evidence. Digital forensics also has myriad intelligence applications. Furthermore, it has a vital role in information assurance - investigations of security breaches yield valuable information that can be used to design more secure systems.

Advances in Digital Forensics V describes original research results and innovative applications in the discipline of digital forensics. In addition, it highlights some of the major technical and legal issues related to digital evidence and electronic crime investigations. The areas of coverage include: themes and issues, forensic techniques, integrity and privacy, network forensics, forensic computing, investigative techniques, legal issues and evidence management.

This book is the fifth volume in the annual series produced by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 11.9 on Digital Forensics, an international community of scientists, engineers and practitioners dedicated to advancing the state of the art of research and practice in digital forensics. The book contains a selection of twenty-three edited papers from the Fifth Annual IFIP WG 11.9 International Conference on Digital Forensics, held at the National Center for Forensic Science, Orlando, Florida, USA in the spring of 2009.

Advances in Digital Forensics V is an important resource for researchers, faculty members and graduate students, as well as for practitioners and individuals engaged in research and development efforts for the law enforcement and intelligence communities.

Themes and Issues

Digital Forensics as a Surreal Narrative
Digital Forensic Research: The Good, the Bad and the Unaddressed
Towards a Formalization of Digital Forensics
Forensic Techniques
Bulk Email Forensics
Analyzing the Impact of a Virtual Machine on a Host Machine
Temporal Analysis of Windows MRU Registry Keys
Using DCT Features for Printing Technique and Copy Detection
Source Camera Identification Using Support Vector Machines
Forensic Analysis of the Sony Playstation Portable
Integrity and Privacy
Implementing Boot Control for Windows Vista
A Forensic Framework for Handling Information Privacy Incidents
Network Forensics
Tracking Contraband Files Transmitted Using Bittorrent
A Model for Foxy Peer-to-Peer Network Investigations
Detecting Fraud in Internet Auction Systems
Forensic Computing
A Cloud Computing Platform for Large-Scale Forensic Computing
Password Cracking Using Sony Playstations
Investigative Techniques
A Cost-Effective Model for Digital Forensic Investigations
Analysis of the Digital Evidence Presented in the Yahoo! Case
Legal Issues
Assessing the Legal Risks in Network Forensic Probing
A Survey of the Legal Issues Facing Digital Forensic Experts
An Extended Model for E-Discovery Operations
Evidence Management
Concept Mapping for Digital Forensic Investigations
System Support for Forensic Inference.