Category: Position

  • Challenges with Automation in Digital Forensic Investigations

    Challenges with Automation in Digital Forensic Investigations

    Abstract The use of automation in digital forensic investigations is not only a technological issue, but also has political and social implications. This work discusses some challenges with the implementation and acceptance of automation in digital forensic investigation, and possible implications for current digital forensic investigators. Current attitudes towards the use of automation in digital forensic investigations are examined, as…

  • What is Cybersecurity?

    Last week, a number of Korean organizations fell victim to cyber attacks. This has prompted discussions about cybersecurity in Korea, and while following this issue I’ve realized that Korea’s main challenge appears to be understanding what cybersecurity actually is. From many of the discussions, representatives from various organizations appear to believe that security is a…

  • Legal Protest and Distributed Denial of Service

    The United States government, via the “We the People” portal (petitions.whitehouse.gov), was petitioned by Dylan K. [1] to “Make, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), a legal form of protest”. The petition states that: With the advance in [Internet technology], comes new grounds for protesting. Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), is not any form of hacking in any way. It…