WSDF 2015: The 8th International Workshop on Digital Forensics
to be held in conjunction with the 10th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2015 – http://www.ares-conference.eu)

August 24-28, 2015
Université Paul Sabatier
Toulouse, France

Digital forensics is a rapidly evolving field primarily focused on the extraction, preservation and analysis of digital evidence obtained from electronic devices in a manner that is legally acceptable. Research into new methodologies tools and techniques within this domain is necessitated by an ever-increasing dependency on tightly interconnected, complex and pervasive computer systems and networks. The ubiquitous nature of our digital lifestyle presents many avenues for the potential misuse of electronic devices in crimes that directly involve, or are facilitated by, these technologies. The aim of digital forensics is to produce outputs that can help investigators ascertain the overall state of a system. This includes any events that have occurred within the system and entities that have interacted with that system. Due care has to be taken in the identification, collection, archiving, maintenance, handling and analysis of digital evidence in order to prevent damage to data integrity. Such issues combined with the constant evolution of technology provide a large scope of digital forensic research. WSDF aims to bring together experts from academia, industry, government and law enforcement who are interested in advancing the state of the art in digital forensics by exchanging their knowledge, results, ideas and experiences.

The aim of the workshop is to provide a relaxed atmosphere that promotes discussion and free exchange of ideas while providing a sound academic backing. The focus of this workshop is not only restricted to digital forensics in the investigation of crime. It also addresses security applications such as automated log analysis, forensic aspects of fraud prevention and investigation, policy and governance.

Topics of interest comprise but are not limited to:
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Digital Evidence
Network Forensics
Anti Forensics
Physical Memory Acquisition and Analysis
Digital Forensic Information Visualisation
Fraud Investigations Involving Technology
Portable Devices
Cyber Terrorism
Log Analysis
Risk and Incident Management
Investigative Case Studies
Data Hiding Techniques and Steganography
Novel Data Recovery Techniques
Cyber Criminal Profiling
Big Data in Digital Forensics
Cyber Crime

Important Dates
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Submission Deadline April 1, 2015
Author Notification May 11, 2015
Proceedings Version June 8, 2015
Conference August 24-28, 2015

Workshop Chairs
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Richard Overill
King’s College London, UK
richard.overill[at]kcl.ac.uk

Virginia N. L. Franqueira
University of Derby, UK
v.franqueira[at]derby.ac.uk

Martin Mulazzani
SBA Research, Austria
mmulazzani[at]sba-research.org

Program Committee
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Aswami Ariffin, CyberSecurity Malaysia and University of South Australia
Harjinder Singh Lallie, University of Warwick, UK
Max Huber, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Werner Schneider, University of Regensburg, Germany
Olga Angelopoulou, University of Derby, UK
Andrew Marrington, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates
Joanne Bryce, University of Central Lancashire, UK
Yijun Yu, Open University, UK
Joshua James, Soon Chun Hyang University, Korea
Ibrahim Baggili, University of New Haven, USA
Frank Breitinger, University of New Haven, USA
Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, University of South Australia, Australia
Aniello Castiglione, University of Salerno, Italy
Kam-Pui Chow, Hong Kong University, China
Chris Hargreaves, Cranfield University, United Kingdom
Katharina Krombholz, SBA Research, Austria
Grant Osborne, iiNet, Australia
Vassil Roussev, University of New Orleans, United States
Vrizlynn Thing, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
Simon Tjoa, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria
Stefano Zanero, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Antonio Colella, Italian Army, Italy

Submission
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The proceedings of ARES (including workshops) have been published by Conference Publishing Services (CPS) of IEEE.

The submission guidelines valid for the WSDF workshop are the same as for the ARES conference.