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New Questionnaire (Assistant Chief Forensics Investigator)
New Questionnaire (Assistant Chief Forensics Investigator)
My job is to retrieve, catalogue, and safeguard digital data related to cybercrime investigations. I am
also in charge of preserving evidence to ensure its admissibility in court. I normally also advise other
investigators about the value of digital evidence and Train Judges that mostly handle of Case in court.
I must do this training most often so that Judges and court clerks have an understanding of the
importance of digital evidence and the interpretation of this data.
I am also involved in all the processes of the digital forensics process. That is from evidence seizure to
the preservation and all the way to scanning and retrieving evidence.
1 2 3 4 5
Digital Evidence 5
Computer Forensic Process 5
Computer Technology 5
Internet Applications 5
5. Do you feel the involvement of forensic evidence, in general, makes a case more or less
complicated than a case not involving forensic evidence?
Yes
a. Why do you feel this way?
Basically, the forensics side of evidence gathering and interpretation is quite very new
and complicated for a lot of Judges. That is why there is a need for more training and
observation.
b. Does your feeling depend on the type of forensic evidence?
Yes
8. (Attorneys only) Have you ever used a digital forensic expert to assist in any of your cases?
a. What types of services did they perform? (Case review, forensic analysis, reporting,
testimony, etc.)
b. What characteristics of the individual helps in admitting him/her as an expert witness in
court?
c. What were the factors that prompted you to consider or hire such an expert?
d. In what ways, if any, did you find the court's expert helpful?
e. How, if at all, do you think that the use of such an expert affected the outcome of the
case?
9. Tell me about recommendations that you might make to other judges to improve their own
knowledge and awareness of digital forensic evidence.
10. In general, how do you think the use of digital forensics method has influenced the delivery
of justice in our court?
Factors 1 2 3 4 5
Heterogeneous sources of data 5
Expanding the diversity of digital devices 5
Diversity of data 5
anti-forensics (such as artefact wiping, data hiding, trail 5
obfuscation, data encryption, and attacks against
computer forensics tools and processes)
Big volume of data 5
Legal requirements such as compliance with the law 5
Efficiency of digital forensic departments 5