Digital forensics: best practices and perspective

1. Introduction, issues, and goals. – 2. Digital forensics. – 3. Standards and guidelines. – 3.1. International standards and guidelines. – 3.2. Overview of guidelines, best practices and soft regulation of DEVICES’ Partners. – 3.3. Guidelines on Digital Forensic Procedures for OLAF Staff – 4. Digital forensics expert: roles and skills. – 5. Main steps in digital investigations. – 6. The digital forensics lab: tools, facilities, and requirements. – 7. The big amount of data: technical requirements versus privacy. – 8. Conclusions: recommendation and perspective.