A Framework for Database Forensic Analysis

An Authorization Framework for Database Systems

Today, data plays an essential role in all levels of human life, from personal cell phones to medical, educational, military and government agencies. In such circumstances, the rate of cyber-attacks is also increasing. According to official reports, data breaches exposed 4.1 billion records in the first half of 2019. An information system consists of several components, which one of the most im...

Forensic framework for honeypot analysis

Toward a Framework for Internet Forensic Analysis

The world of network security is an arms race where attackers constantly change the signatures of their attacks to avoid detection. Aiding the white-hats in this race is one fundamental invariant across all network attacks (present and future): for the attack to progress there must be communication among attacker, the associated set of compromised hosts and the victim(s), and this communication...

Database Forensic Analysis with DBCarver

The increasing use of databases in the storage of critical and sensitive information in many organizations has lead to an increase in the rate at which databases are exploited in computer crimes. While there are several techniques and tools available for database forensics, they mostly assume apriori database preparation, such as relying on tamper-detection software to be in place or use of det...

Identifying Evidence for Implementing a Cloud Forensic Analysis Framework

Cloud computing provides several benefits to organizations such as increased flexibility, scalability and reduced cost. However, it provides several challenges for digital forensics and criminal investigation. Some of these challenges are the dependence of forensically valuable data on the deployment model, multiple virtual machines running on a single physical machine and multiple tenancies of...