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Performance of a Logical, Five- Phase, Multithreaded, Bootable Triage Tool
Progress in Pattern Recognition, Image Analysis, Computer Vision, and Applications
  • Ibrahim Baggili
  • Andrew Marrington
  • Yasser Jafar
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-1-2014
Abstract

This paper describes a five-phase, multi-threaded bootable approach to digital forensic triage, which is implemented in a product called Forensics2020. The first phase collects metadata for every logical file on the hard drive of a computer system. The second phase collects EXIF camera data from each image found on the hard drive. The third phase analyzes and categorizes each file based on its header information. The fourth phase parses each executable file to provide a complete audit of the software applications on the system; a signature is generated for every executable file, which is later checked against a threat detection database. The fifth and final phase hashes each file and records its hash value. All five phases are performed in the background while the first responder interacts with the system. This paper assesses the forensic soundness of Forensics2020. The tool makes certain changes to a hard drive that are similar to those made by other bootable forensic examination environments, although the changes are greater in number. The paper also describes the lessons learned from developing Forensics2020, which can help guide the development of other forensic triage tools.

Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Disciplines
Indexed in Scopus
No
Open Access
Yes
Open Access Type
Bronze: This publication is openly available on the publisher’s website but without an open license
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44952-3_19
Citation Information
Ibrahim Baggili, Andrew Marrington and Yasser Jafar. "Performance of a Logical, Five- Phase, Multithreaded, Bootable Triage Tool" Progress in Pattern Recognition, Image Analysis, Computer Vision, and Applications Vol. 8827 (2014) p. 279 - 295 ISSN: <a href="https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/issn/0302-9743" target="_blank">0302-9743</a>
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/andrew-marrington/2/