A Bibliometric Analysis and Systematic Review of a Blockchain-Based Chain of Custody for Digital Evidence

Onyeashie, Belinda I; Leimich, Petra; McKeown, Sean; Russell, Gordon

Abstract

The effective management of digital evidence is critical to modern forensic investigations. However, traditional evidence management approaches are often prone to security and integrity issues. In recent years, the use of blockchain technology has emerged as a promising solution to enhance the security, transparency, and integrity of digital evidence. This systematic review critically evaluates the current state of research on blockchain-based chain of custody for digital evidence and its potential to transform the digital forensic community. By analysing papers from major databases, this study provides a bibliometric analysis of the research trends and opportunities for blockchain-based evidence management since 2015. The review highlights the benefits of blockchain technology in providing an immutable and decentralised structure for documenting and auditing evidence trails. Additionally, this research identifies the challenges and limitations of implementing a blockchain-based chain of custody and presents practical and scalable solutions for overcoming these challenges at Big Data scale.

Citation

Onyeashie, B. I., Leimich, P., McKeown, S., & Russell, G. (2023, August). A Bibliometric Analysis and Systematic Review of a Blockchain-Based Chain of Custody for Digital Evidence. Presented at EAI BDTA 2023 - 13th EAI International Conference on Big Data Technologies and Applications, Edinburgh, UK

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: EAI BDTA 2023 - 13th EAI International Conference on Big Data Technologies and Applications
• Start Date: Aug 23, 2023
• End Date: Aug 24, 2023
• Acceptance Date: Jul 27, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Jan 31, 2024
• Publication Date: 2024
• Deposit Date: Aug 23, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 31, 2024
• Publisher: Springer
• Series Title: Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
• Series Number: 555
• Series ISSN: 1867-8211
• Book Title: Big Data Technologies and Applications. BDTA 2023
• ISBN: 978-3-031-52264-2
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52265-9_8
• Keywords: Bibliometric Analysis, Big Data, Chain of Custody, Digital Evidence, Digital Forensic
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3176156
• Related Public URLs: https://infoscale.eai-conferences.org/2023/