Exploring the Open Computer Forensics Architecture
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Author(s): RALF SPENNEBERG
Automate the forensics process with the Dutch police department’s Open Computer Forensics Architecture.
Digital crime often puts the police under pressure. They don’t have the staff to collect and analyze the volumes of digital evidence that often accompanies a large-scale investigation. At the same time, digital evidence is becoming increasingly important – data on mobile phones and computers belonging to suspects can provide circumstantial evidence and even hard facts. The Dutch police developed the Open Computer Forensics Architecture (OCFA) as an open source tool for professional criminal investigators. Dutch authorities use the modular OCFA framework for forensic investigations. The OCFA architecture is a combination of several existing forensic tools and libraries. OCFA splits the forensic process into two parts. First, specialists with knowledge of digital forensics extract content from hard disks and other devices. Then, criminal investigators use a simple web interface to analyze the data and look for evidence.
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