Caratteristiche innovative nell'acquisizione di dati di informatica forense in ambienti virtuali

This research project wants to develop a valid system from both a technical and a judicial perspective which is aimed at easing the search for truth. The purpose is to create a versatile and easy-to-use tool and to make it available to judicial authority and, if need be, to active judiciary police in order to promote the continuation of the investigation within a very short time lap and with a sensible reduction in costs of legal proceedings in comparison to the services offered by the traditional Court-appointed technical consultant. The project focuses on computer forensic analysis of digital media in relation to different types of proceedings which would normally require the involvement of a technical consultant. This scientific trial includes a system of direct participation of the judicial police and the judicial authority to computer analysis by making available, in the form of workstations and virtual disks, the contents of confiscated media. This way the related material can be viewed on a simple external PC just like the original media. The technical consultant becomes therefore a simple guide for judicial police and judicial authority to computer forensic investigation, which provides to the judge and all the parties involved a better understanding of the information required by the questioning. The key steps of the trial are as follows: ࢠ¢ More guarantees for the defence, since they will gain access to the same resources available to the prosecution. ࢠ¢ Centralization and scalability of the system. ࢠ¢ Methods of data storage and transmission which ensure data integrity, privacy and availability. ࢠ¢ Time and cost reduction compared to the traditional technical consultancy. ࢠ¢ Direct content visualization of analyzed media for the involved parties and the judge, specific to the information required for law enforcement purposes