Use of Automation in Correlation of Metadata Activity in Digital Forensic Investigations

Mabrouka Abuhmida, Eric Llewellyn, Glenn Nor*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Extracting relevant information from large volumes of digital evidence is a significant challenge for digital forensic investigators. Manual analysis is time-consuming and error-prone, and the sheer volume of data can make it difficult to identify correlations and key events. To address this challenge, this research project has developed a new framework that extracts metadata activity timelines and identifies correlations between them. By using this framework, investigators can generate automated correlation data for use in timeline or graph-based visualization. This framework is designed to extract relevant activity or event-based data, design a framework that allows the creation of custom activity or event-based, custodian-specific correlation data, and test the theoretical framework by creating proof-of-concept python implementation code. The resulting insights are novel, enabling investigators to identify crucial correlations and information about document content, order of document revisions, and other relevant metadata activities.
Original languageEnglish
Article number51447
Pages (from-to)1002-1009
JournalInternational Journal for Research in Applied Science & Engineering Technology
Volume11
Issue numberV
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 May 2023

Keywords

  • Digital forensics
  • metadata activity timelines
  • automated insights
  • data correlation

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