A Unified Knowledge Graph to Permit Interoperability of Heterogenous Digital Evidence

Ali Alshumrani*, Nathan Clarke, Bogdan Ghita

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The modern digital world is highly heterogeneous, encompassing a wide variety of communications, devices, and services. This interconnectedness generates, synchronises, stores, and presents digital information in multidimensional, complex formats, often fragmented across multiple sources. When linked to misuse, this digital information becomes vital digital evidence. Integrating and harmonising these diverse formats into a unified system is crucial for comprehensively understanding evidence and its relationships. However, existing approaches to date have faced challenges limiting investigators’ ability to query heterogeneous evidence across large datasets. This paper presents a novel approach in the form of a modern unified data graph. The proposed approach aims to seamlessly integrate, harmonise, and unify evidence data, enabling cross-platform interoperability, efficient data queries, and improved digital investigation performance. To demonstrate its efficacy, a case study is conducted, highlighting the benefits of the proposed approach and showcasing its effectiveness in enabling the interoperability required for advanced analytics in digital investigations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationUbiquitous Security - 3rd International Conference, UbiSec 2023, Revised Selected Papers
EditorsGuojun Wang, Haozhe Wang, Geyong Min, Nektarios Georgalas, Weizhi Meng
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages420-435
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)9789819712731
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Event3rd International Conference on Ubiquitous Security, UbiSec 2023 - Exeter, United Kingdom
Duration: 1 Nov 20233 Nov 2023

Publication series

NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Volume2034 CCIS
ISSN (Print)1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)1865-0937

Conference

Conference3rd International Conference on Ubiquitous Security, UbiSec 2023
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityExeter
Period1/11/233/11/23

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Computer Science
  • General Mathematics

Keywords

  • Cybercrime
  • Digital Forensics
  • Evidence Harmonisation
  • Interoperability
  • Investigation
  • Knowledge Graph
  • Ontology

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