FAIRness in digital forensics datasets' metadata – and how to improve it

  • The availability of research data (datasets) and compliance with FAIR principles—Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability—is critical to progressing digital forensics. This study evaluates metadata completeness and assesses the alignment with the FAIR principles using all 212 datasets from NIST's Computer Forensic Reference DataSet Portal (CFReDS). The findings underscore deficiencies in metadata quality and FAIR compliance, emphasizing the need for improved data management standards. Based on our critical review, we then propose and discuss various approaches to improve the status quo.

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Author:Samuele Mombelli, James R. Lyle, Frank BreitingerORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:384-opus4-1175475
Frontdoor URLhttps://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/117547
ISSN:2666-2817OPAC
Parent Title (English):Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation
Publisher:Elsevier BV
Type:Article
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2024
Publishing Institution:Universität Augsburg
Release Date:2024/12/16
Volume:48
Issue:Supplement
First Page:301681
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsidi.2023.301681
Institutes:Fakultät für Angewandte Informatik
Fakultät für Angewandte Informatik / Institut für Informatik
Fakultät für Angewandte Informatik / Institut für Informatik / Lehrstuhl für Cybersicherheit
Dewey Decimal Classification:0 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke / 00 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme / 004 Datenverarbeitung; Informatik
Licence (German):CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0: Creative Commons: Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell - Keine Bearbeitung (mit Print on Demand)