Date of Award
4-2020
Culminating Project Type
Starred Paper
Department
Information Assurance and Information Systems
College
Herberger School of Business
First Advisor
Abdullah Abu Hussein
Second Advisor
Lynn A Collen
Third Advisor
Balasubramanian Kasi
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Keywords and Subject Headings
Anti-forensics, Taxonomy, Forensics
Abstract
Computer Forensic Tools are used by forensics investigators to analyze evidence from the seized devices collected at a crime scene or from a person, in such ways that the results or findings can be used in a court of law. These computer forensic tools are very important and useful as they help the law enforcement personnel to solve crimes. Computer criminals are now aware of the forensics tools used; therefore, they use countermeasure techniques to efficiently obstruct the investigation processes. By doing so, they make it difficult or almost impossible for investigators to uncover the evidence. These techniques, used against the computer forensics processes, are called Anti-forensics. This paper describes some of the many anti-forensics’ method, techniques and tools using a taxonomy. The taxonomy classified anti-forensics into different levels and different categories: WHERE, WHICH, WHAT, and HOW. The WHERE level indicates where anti-forensics can occur during an investigation. The WHICH level indicates which anti-forensics techniques exist. The WHAT level defines the exact method used for each technique. Finally, the HOW level indicates the tools used. Additionally, some countermeasures were proposed.
Recommended Citation
Katamara, Ziada, "Taxonomy for Anti-Forensics Techniques & Countermeasures" (2020). Culminating Projects in Information Assurance. 109.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/msia_etds/109
