Su statuto epistemologico e consolidamento tecnico-giuridico dell'Informatica forense

The crisis in forensic science, and in particular in computer forensics, seems to have been overcome today thanks an integrated governance plan containing several harmonizing elements. A new epistemological approach has been embraced that pays closer attention to the pretrial and investigative phases: It is set within a common legal framework for fighting cybercrime and shares operating protocols and technological standards. Also, some special units have been set up for the purpose of managing digital evidence: By creating virtual environments, these units can automate some of the phases in forensic management, memorization, and analysis, thus making investigations more effective and limiting recourse to “junk science.” Finally, interdisciplinary training plays a strategic role by enabling each group — forensic scientists and legal practitioners — to better understand the needs and limitations of the other.