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There’s no code of ethics to govern digital forensics – and we need one
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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 08:11:49 +0000 (UTC)
https://theconversation.com/theres-no-code-of-ethics-to-govern-digital-forensics-and-we-need-one-45755 By John J Sloan, III The Conversation August 10, 2015Let me begin with a disclaimer: I am neither a digital forensics practitioner nor do I play one on television.
I am, however, a professor in, and former chair of, an academic department at a research university that houses a graduate program in computer (digital) forensics I helped design. In 2011, I cofounded a computer forensics research center at my university. Finally, for more than 10 years, I have taught undergraduate and graduate courses on professional ethics for criminal justice and digital forensics students.
These experiences helped me to identify a glaring issue in the field of digital forensics: a lack of professional and ethical standards governing practitioners. And as digital forensics gains prominence in the legal landscape, the lack of agreed-upon standards is a big problem.
What is digital forensics?Digital or computer forensics involves the identification, recovery, analysis and presentation in court of relevant information taken from electronic devices such as computers and cellphones.
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