The current state of digital forensic practitioners in South Africa

Jordaan, Jason; Bradshaw, Karen

doi:10.1109/issa.2015.7335068

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“…In addition to the hearing chair's understanding of digital evidence being a concern (as indicated in Section 4.3), the skills and education of digital forensic practitioners in South Africa are also shown to be below par (Jordaan and Bradshaw, 2015). This implies that there is the potential for poor quality evidence and analysis being presented to a chair without adequate experience, which can negatively affect the fairness of the disciplinary proceedings.…”

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“…These guidelines are intended to provide organisations with a benchmark for the required capability to internally deal with digital evidence, and for chairpersons of disciplinary hearings to assess if presented digital evidence should be allowed and the strength to afford it during the hearing. Jordaan and Bradshaw (2015) indicate that incorrect convictions in courts can often be attributed to inadequate skills of the forensic practitioners, and that the qualifications of the digital forensic practitioners is below that of global norms. Digital forensics is an evolving field (Mushtaque, Ahsan & Umer, 2015); therefore, there is a need for continuous training of practitioners.…”

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