CFSE 2015 - 7th IEEE International Workshop on Computer Forensics in Software Engineering

Computer forensics has been an emerging research area for IT-related professionals, researchers, and practitioners since the turn of the century. As we continue the research on how to collect and analyze digital evidence in an existing software/hardware environment, we also encourage the discussion on the “built-in” issues in how to design and build software/hardware applications with forensic awareness, so that a more supportive environment for computer/digital forensics is provided.
The theme of CFSE is to advance research on a legal-activity-enforced cyber environment in an innovative way. We believe that building forensics into software and hardware applications will help us collect and identify evidence of illegal activities more efficiently, prevent and detect cyber attacks on critical infrastructures more effectively, and preserve and promote anonymity and privacy more confidently.
In addition to the study of “after the fact” issues on collection, examination, and analysis of digital evidence, it is critical to involve computer forensic readiness in an early stage of software/hardware application development. As the principles of the software engineering suggest, the effort to build forensics “by design” will make the cyberspace more supportive and cost-effective in a later forensic search and investigation.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Anti Software Forensics
Big Data Forensics / Big Data Analytics in Computer/Digital Forensics
Business (Workflow) Process Forensics
Case studies in all related areas
Cloud Forensics
Code Authorship Analysis or Code-theft Detection
Compiler Forensics / Formal Methods in Forensic Computing
Computer/Digital Forensics Education and Curriculum Development
Electronic Discovery
Forensic Programming and Software Development
Forensic Readiness in Software Engineering / Forensics by Design
Forensic Testing / Cyber Crime Simulation
Forensics in Embedded and Real Time Systems
Game / Virtual World Forensics
Image Forensics / Information Hiding Technology
Legal, Ethical, and Privacy Issues in Computing
Network Forensics
Next Generation and Evolution of Computer Forensics
SCADA / Critical Infrastructures Forensics
Social Computing Forensics
Software Application Forensics (Medical, Financial, Governmental, etc.)
Software Forensics and Profiling
Source Code Forensic Recovering
System Software Forensics
Ubiquitous/Mobile/iPhone Forensic Computing
Visualization of Computer/Digital Forensics
Web Services/SOA/XML Forensics
Workflow/Business Process Forensics