Cluster Based Analysis and Indexing of Forensic Images
Internal participants
Craig Valli, Andrew Woodward, Chris Bolan, Trish Williams
External participants
WA Police Computer Crime
Australian Federal Police
This project will involve the use of a clustered approach to indexing a forensic image. Indexing is the searching of a forensic image (typically a hard disk) for keywords found within the contents of the drive. This process can take up to several days to complete on a single hard disk image.
This project aims to use cluster based technology and file sharing technology to reduce these timelines to matter of minutes not days by using a distributed approach to searching and indexing. This approach could allow on-site triage of a disk contents which could be an invaluable tool in time sensitive or critical investigations such as illcit trafficking, money laundering or planned acts of terrorism.