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The University of New Haven announced today it has created a digital forensic evidence archive to revolutionize how investigators around the world analyze cyber forensic evidence and share critical data.
July 11, 2017
The new , will document how various apps and digital information used as forensic evidence are structured and decoded. It will record where and what type of digital evidence can be located and, if data is encrypted, how to unencrypt it.
The initiative, modeled after the groundbreaking , unites researchers and practitioners to centralize knowledge about digital forensic
artifacts. Now a law enforcement professional in Chicago can see how a researcher
in Miami decoded an app such as , which uses a location-based - to connect users. Investigators can avoid having to themselves "crack the code" of
each device or version of an app.
The database will allow investigators worldwide to solve cases more quickly as they will no longer have to figure out for themselves what others have already learned. Using the AGP platform, they can research what has been done before or message other investigators for help.
So many applications and so many technologies are being created and continuously updated, that forensic investigators can’t keep up.
– Ibrahim Baggili, Ph.D., Elder Family Endowed Chair of the Cyber Forensics Research Group
Ibrahim Baggili, Ph.D.
"Without the artifact archive, every investigator is trying to figure out every technology." said Ibrahim Baggili, Elder Family Endowed Chair and founder of the university’s .
Now when investigators determine how to get information from a smartphone, for example, they can upload the "artifact" -- information about where and how they found the information --- to the Artifact Genome Project.
The AGP allows researchers to keep up with technology in drones, Fitbits, mobile phones, laptops with different operating systems, and millions of applications in the Google Play and Apple Stores, Baggili said.
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Second-year students were encouraged to “own their power” as they prepared to build on their success as members of the 鶹AV community.
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Building off the momentum of a historic fundraising year and the hiring of former State of Connecticut Chief Manufacturing Officer Paul Lavoie, the University has raised $10 million – supported by a $7.2 million anonymous donor commitment – to renovate a 130,000-square-foot signature commercial space directly adjacent to campus.
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Stephanie Bonnes, Ph.D., assistant professor of criminal justice, has written a highly regarded book, shared her findings at a national military conference, and received new grant funding that will enable her to work closely with her students to expand her research.