A web-based KM system for digital forensics – knowledge sharing capability

Abstract

The main goal of digital forensics is the extraction of suspected files from the target devices that can be defined as digital evidence. Nowadays, law enforcement agencies in Malaysia such as The Royal Malaysian Police have extensively varying capabilities to conduct forensics, and sometimes have to enlisting the assist from other agencies or outside consultants to perform digital forensics investigation and analysis. Unfortunately, new forensics discoveries are seldom formally shared among the organization or agency even under the same roof. One main problem needs to be addressed is there is no effective way that allows digital forensics experts to share their expertise and collaborate among them. A web-based Knowledge Management System (KMS) for digital forensics is needed to encourage experts in digital forensics share and improve their knowledge. This paper presents a prototype web-based application using the concept of Web 2.0 technologies integrated with the suitable features of KM System. We had adopted throwaway prototyping methodology and the results show that the system had passed the unit testing.