Digital Forensics, A Need for Credentials and Standards

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Date

2019-03-31

Department

School of Criminal Justice

Program

Digital Forensic

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Abstract

Despite the phenomenal growth in the digital world and crimes committed using digitaltechniques and tools, there are literally no foundational requirements to perform digitalforensic investigations. While there are several private and mostly for-profit organizationsthat “sell” training and certifications regarding digital forensics credentials, at the federaland state level in the United States, there seem to be nothing of the kind