 Forensic
Computing: Legal and Technical Issues
My initial interest was in an area of Expert Systems (ES) and in particular in an
inference mechanism in knowledge bases.
Later in my career I have become interested in Computer Security (SC). At a present, my
interest is focused on Forensic Computing (FC). I am currently working on my doctoral
candidature at School of
Information Systems, University of
Tasmania.
FC is a developing academic discipline with wealth of practical applications and with
contribution from several other academic disciplines - computer science and computer
security, law, political sciences, sociology.
At the beginning, my research has been focused on initial taxonomy of the field and
establishment of a generally acceptable definition of the field. I have presented paper regarding this topic at the 5th Australian Security
Research Symposium, Perth, Western Australia on 11 July 2001. Amended and extended version
of the paper was also published in Journal of Information Warfare (JIW). This
paper was awarded "Best General Article Award 2002" from National
Institute of Forensic Sciences Australia (NIFS)
I have started to work on several issues that have arisen from the above mentioned
papers and this work resulted in three more papers (see publications).
I have also established contact with
Gerstner
Laboratory for Intelligent Decision Making and Control in Prague, Czech Republic. I am
investigating a possibility of applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods and
particularly Expert Systems in the field of FC.
I am going to concentrate on developing methodology for my PhD thesis in the year 2002.
That does not mean that I am not going to publish. I have successfully submitted papers
for three major conferences all over the world. I have spent four weeks travelling in
Europe and presenting two of these papers in May and June 2002. I have also delivered
lecture at my alma mater in Prague.
The 2003 is year of working on data collection etc. However, it is also year
of success and recognition. The book with my chapter was published in March
2003, I have been asked to chair IT Law track at
EICAR2003 conference in Copenhagen,
Denmark and finally was asked to deliver communication at
CTOSE conference in Namur, Belgium. As a
result of my activities I have been invited to be member of organising committee
for
1st Australian
Computer, Network & Information Forensics Conference 2003 in
Scarborough, WA, Australia and to be program chair at
EICAR2004 conference in Luxembourg.
The 2004 brings another recognition for my work. I have been elected a
Scientific Director and Programme Chair of the
European Institute for Computer Anti-virus Research (EICAR) for the next four years.
In conjunction with my research interests in Forensic Computing I together with colleagues from School of Information Systems have engaged in FC consultancy and training. This activity assists organisations in ensuring that they are capable of addressing serious challenges posed by cyber attacks, malicious software and possible Information Warfare activities. For more information please contact me at Vlasti.Broucek@utas.edu.au or Dr Paul Turner
at Paul.Turner@utas.edu.au.
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