Paper Type
ERF
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Digital forensics is an ever-growing field of science that is heavily involved in various fields. However, because of the expanding complexity of computer science, many new problems have arisen for digital forensics such as data scalability and cloud computing forensics data privacy, data traceability, integrity, and chain of custody. Blockchain can be useful for digital forensics to ensure security, like Proof-of-Work and Proof-of-Stake. Proof-of-Work verifies that one node has done adequate computational work to other nodes on the network. Proof-of-Stake is a similar consensus mechanism but relates more to cryptocurrency. In literature, there are several attempts to synthesize the blockchain’s digital forensics capabilities from a technical standpoint. After analyzing these review papers, we identify there is still a lack of classifying the solutions following an artifact classification taxonomy, understanding the broader impact of technical solutions following theories such as socio-technical theory, and summarizing the research contributions towards developing a design theory. The objective of this paper, thus, is to develop research propositions regarding the digital forensics use-case of blockchain following artifact taxonomy, socio-technical theory, and design theory.
Paper Number
1904
Recommended Citation
Badhon, Md Bahauddin; Carr, Nicholas; Hossain, Sazzad; Khan, M R H; Sunna, Asura Akter; Uddin, Mohammed Majbah; Chavarria, Juan A.; and Sultana, Tahmina, "Digital Forensics Use-Case of Blockchain Technology: A Review" (2023). AMCIS 2023 Proceedings. 29.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2023/sig_sec/sig_sec/29
Digital Forensics Use-Case of Blockchain Technology: A Review
Digital forensics is an ever-growing field of science that is heavily involved in various fields. However, because of the expanding complexity of computer science, many new problems have arisen for digital forensics such as data scalability and cloud computing forensics data privacy, data traceability, integrity, and chain of custody. Blockchain can be useful for digital forensics to ensure security, like Proof-of-Work and Proof-of-Stake. Proof-of-Work verifies that one node has done adequate computational work to other nodes on the network. Proof-of-Stake is a similar consensus mechanism but relates more to cryptocurrency. In literature, there are several attempts to synthesize the blockchain’s digital forensics capabilities from a technical standpoint. After analyzing these review papers, we identify there is still a lack of classifying the solutions following an artifact classification taxonomy, understanding the broader impact of technical solutions following theories such as socio-technical theory, and summarizing the research contributions towards developing a design theory. The objective of this paper, thus, is to develop research propositions regarding the digital forensics use-case of blockchain following artifact taxonomy, socio-technical theory, and design theory.
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