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Digital Forensics – The Next Four Years – A Strategic Discussion
Harjinder Singh Lallie(Programme Leader/Subject Coordinator, Information Security and Digital Forensics)
School of Computing and MathematicsUniversity of Derby
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• MSc Forensic Computing and Security launched 2007• Highest intake at MSc level in School (lowest portion of
international students)• Excellent links with industry/police• Excellent performance by students• Revalidating to:
• MSc Digital Forensics• MSc Information Security
• BSc Computer Forensics and Security launched 2008• One of the highest recruiters, certainly has the best
retention/performance rate (higher than University average)
A bit about Derby…..
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A self critical view of how much further the digital forensics academic community
really needs to go
• Where are we, how have we got here?• Challenges over the next four years• Possibly more questions than answers…
Introduction
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Where are we…?
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• Computer Forensics and Games Programming have made computing popular again
• 4 years ago around 12 Digital Forensics or related courses on UCAS , currently around 65 for Sept 2011 (more on the way)
• Handful of Masters level courses• 1 conference (4th year), 1 workshop (6th year)
Where are we as a community….?
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• Surveyed 20+ organisations through questionnaires and personal interviews including Police Hi-tech Crime units & independent digital forensic firms Job demand difficult to predict/ascertain
• From 2013 >1160 graduates a year looking for jobs having studies this in the UK• Assuming 65 courses with 30 students per year, 15% drop from Y1y2
and then 7% Y2Y3/graduation• Many courses have a lot more than 30 students entering at Y1
• 20 out of 46 respondents suggested:• Tiny increase in opportunity• Less outsourcing as (a) more police forces get equipped, (b) austerity• Police forces generally suggest freeze on posts due to austerity
measures, but don’t expect that to continue• National Crime Agency will have an impact on how investigations are
conducted and may introduce efficiency measures
The job demand…
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• Relatively young (similar to Games Programming)• Behaviours:
• Industry wants a substantial vocational element, academia wants to produce graduates with highly transferrable skills
• Industry is not ‘buying’ the placements concept• Career paths are not well defined• No single accepted (vendor independent?)
professional accreditation
Some characteristics of the Digital Forensics Industry
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Challenges…
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The challenges over the next 4 years
StudentExpectations
MarketSaturation? Research
InternationalisationProfessionalism/
Accreditation
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MarketSaturation?
Student Expectations
StudentExpectations
Research
InternationalisationProfessionalism/
Accreditation
• The CSI generation - 40% entrants in 2010 @ Derby ‘somewhat influenced by CSI’
• Helicopter parents – is it a worthy investment?• What happens when the 2012-2013 graduates
aren’t getting jobs in digital forensics?• Are our courses essentially ‘computer science’
courses?
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MarketSaturation?
Research
StudentExpectations
Research
InternationalisationProfessionalism/
Accreditation
Why are we still only at HEA Workshop and CFET?
UK National Digital Forensics research conference? (Is the research being presented in ‘other’ conferences?)
International Research links?
Cross University Research links?
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MarketSaturation?
Internationalisation
StudentExpectations
Research
InternationalisationProfessionalism/
Accreditation
Have we sold ‘digital forensics’ abroad – especially in India and China (2 of the top 4 non EU markets in 2010)*
* The complete University Guide 2010
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MarketSaturation?
Professionalism/Accreditation
StudentExpectations
Research
InternationalisationProfessionalism/
Accreditation
‘Independent Accreditation’: The Council for Registration of Forensics Practitioners, International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists (IACIS), High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA), Institute of Computer Forensic Practitioners (ICFP) and the CCE
Vendor Specific: ACE, ENCE and other mobile phone related certifications
The discipline desperately needs accreditation, but are we leading the debate on professionalism/accreditation?
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Market Saturation
StudentExpectations
Research
InternationalisationProfessionalism/
Accreditation
Are we already there? What happens when 65
becomes 100 (>220 networks courses)
What is the ‘next’ Digital Forensics/Games Programming – will we evolve?
MarketSaturation?
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Questions/comments
StudentExpectations
MarketSaturation? Research
InternationalisationProfessionalism/
Accreditation
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HEA conference on Employability in Computing16 February 2011
http://www.derby.ac.uk/computing/research/hea-ics-conference
Computer Forensics and Security track:
•Teaching Ethical Hacking • Innovative approaches to teaching security in the curriculum •Mathematical and black-box approaches to teaching security •The accreditation debate•Placements in Forensics and Security •What does professionalism mean in Information Security/Digital Forensics? •EnCase, FTK and the open-source debate •The value of programming skills in the Security/forensics curriculum? •Addressing gender imbalances in Security/Forensics degrees •Managing diverse expectations •Soft skills vs hard skills•The value of Forensic science in the curriculum •Teaching Law and the courtroom experience in Digital Forensics •From Bachelors to Masters