Image Preview System (SiMPLE)
Duration
July 2006 – December 2007
Internal Participants
Craig Valli, Andrew Woodward (Staff)
3rd Project Students
External Participants
WA police computer crime – Tim Thomas, Duncan Armstrong
WA Australian Federal Police Computer Crime – Mike Wheeler
This project is about the creation of a bootable Linux distribution that any police person can use to preview images that are stored on a computer in a forensically sterile manner. Unlike other projects of similar ilk this project aims to produce an iconic driven system to allow preview of systems with minimum expertise.
The base development system once tested will allow replication of purpose across several other areas of need for policing. This includes the creation of a similar bootable disk for searching and indexing of storage media for keyword or contextual searching for use in investigations or on-site triage.
The system is not merely built on top of another bootable Linux distributions such as Helix or Knoppix STD as similar projects from other Australian agencies have done. The system is being developed from first principles and is undergoing rigorous testing and validation using industry based testing regimes or standards such ISO 17025 and NIST to produce a product of high forensic validity.
The system in addition to allowing preview of topical images contained on the suspects secondary storage allows for the extraction and output of these images in a forensically sound manner. This then allows those images to be used by law enforcement in the interrogation or for use at committal hearings. The ability to use such images will allow investigating officers to gain potentially faster outcomes as a result of having these images available to them almost immediately.
Outcomes
Release of Development 0.1 (August 31)