This repository contains an academic research project that examines digital evidence integrity and the Chain of Custody (CoC) in modern digital forensic investigations.
The research analyzes technical, procedural, and legal challenges associated with maintaining evidentiary integrity across distributed and cloud-based environments.
- Digital Evidence Integrity
- Chain of Custody (CoC)
- Cryptographic Hashing
- Blockchain-based Logging
- Smart Contracts in Forensics
- DFIR Concepts
- Weaknesses in traditional Chain of Custody practices
- Limitations of hash-based integrity verification
- Legal challenges of digital evidence admissibility
- The need for hybrid integrity-preservation frameworks