Emerging trends

Abstract

Over the next few years, there are expected to be a number of emerging trends in consumer and business technology that will directly and indirectly impact on the practice and execution of digital evidence. An organisation's ability to address the emerging trends will impact its ongoing effectiveness in meeting its mission. Leaders of the organisational digital evidence capability will be responsible for anticipating the emerging trends and market innovations, the impact that they will have on organisational capability and capacity and to ensure that the capability and capacity of the team are prepared. Anticipation and preparation for emerging trends in digital evidence results from a many faceted approach to leadership including, but not limited to, articulating a vision and a supporting narrative; the ongoing education and training of staff; budget and resources; and buy in from the organisation’s executive. A key to successfully meeting emerging trends is to not only look at the challenges that are posed by emerging technologies, but also to look at the opportunities that emerging technologies can provide to meet those evidence challenges.