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A Bibliometric Analysis and Systematic Review of a Blockchain-Based Chain of Custody for Digital Evidence (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
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

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 em... Read More about A Bibliometric Analysis and Systematic Review of a Blockchain-Based Chain of Custody for Digital Evidence.

An Auditable Framework for Evidence Sharing and Management using Smart Lockers and Distributed Technologies: Law Enforcement Use Case (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Onyeashie, B., Leimich, P., McKeown, S., & Russell, G. (2023, August). An Auditable Framework for Evidence Sharing and Management using Smart Lockers and Distributed Technologies: Law Enforcement Use Case. Presented at EAI BDTA 2023 - 13th EAI International Conference on Big Data Technologies and Applications, Edinburgh

This paper presents a decentralised framework for sharing and managing evidence that uses smart lockers, blockchain technology, and the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS). The system incorporates Hyperledger Fabric blockchain for immutability and tamp... Read More about An Auditable Framework for Evidence Sharing and Management using Smart Lockers and Distributed Technologies: Law Enforcement Use Case.

Forensic Considerations for the High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF) (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mckeown, S., & Russell, G. (2020, June). Forensic Considerations for the High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF). Presented at International Conference on Cyber Incident Response, Coordination, Containment & Control (Cyber Incident 2020), Dublin, Ireland

The High Efficiency File Format (HEIF) was adopted by Apple in 2017 as their favoured means of capturing images from their camera application, with Android devices such as the Galaxy S10 providing support more recently. The format is positioned to re... Read More about Forensic Considerations for the High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF).

Sub-file Hashing Strategies for Fast Contraband Detection (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McKeown, S., Russell, G., & Leimich, P. (2018, June). Sub-file Hashing Strategies for Fast Contraband Detection. Presented at IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Protection of Digital Services (Cyber Security 2018), Glasgow, Scotland

Traditional digital forensics processes do not scale well with the huge quantities of data present in a modern investigation, resulting in large investigative backlogs for many law enforcement agencies. Data reduction techniques are required for fast... Read More about Sub-file Hashing Strategies for Fast Contraband Detection.

Reducing the Impact of Network Bottlenecks on Remote Contraband Detection (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McKeown, S., Russell, G., & Leimich, P. (2018, June). Reducing the Impact of Network Bottlenecks on Remote Contraband Detection. Presented at IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Protection of Digital Services (Cyber Security 2018), Glasgow, UK

Cloud based storage is increasing in popularity, with
large volumes of data being stored remotely. Digital forensics
investigators examining such systems remotely are limited by
bandwidth constraints when accessing this kind of data using
traditi... Read More about Reducing the Impact of Network Bottlenecks on Remote Contraband Detection.

Fast Filtering of Known PNG Files Using Early File Features (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McKeown, S., Russell, G., & Leimich, P. (2017, May). Fast Filtering of Known PNG Files Using Early File Features. Presented at Annual Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law, Daytona Beach, Florida

A common task in digital forensics investigations is to identify known contraband images. This is typically achieved by calculating a cryptographic digest, using hashing algorithms such as SHA256, for each image on a given media, comparing individual... Read More about Fast Filtering of Known PNG Files Using Early File Features.

Dynamic fine-grained access control in e-Health using: The secure SQL server system as an enabler of the future Internet (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Paulin, A., & Thuemmler, C. (2016, September). Dynamic fine-grained access control in e-Health using: The secure SQL server system as an enabler of the future Internet. Presented at 2016 IEEE 18th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services (Healthcom)

This paper describes the use of the Secure SQL Server system (SecSQL) – a system for dynamic fine-grained access control, in the context of e-Health. The system was used in two heterogeneous use-cases of a European project, namely: to govern drugs al... Read More about Dynamic fine-grained access control in e-Health using: The secure SQL server system as an enabler of the future Internet.