9 The Evaluation
9.5 The Participants
This section describes the selected participants for the purposes of evaluation and the justification for choosing these participants. Since the research is related to digital forensics, the chosen experts were taken from appropriate backgrounds so that they had the necessary knowledge and expertise to evaluate the research and the AFE. A list of candidates was made and the final six participants selected are listed below. Aside from the academic and professional backgrounds, the selection criteria were also based on the willingness of the candidates to be interviewed and their availability. These six participants produced enough insightful information to be sufficient for the purposes of evaluation and so no further candidates were chosen.
9.5.1 Dr Robert Hegarty – Manchester Metropolitan University – UK
Dr Robert Hegarty, Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University in Manchester (United Kingdom). Email: [email protected] – Skype interviewed on 27 July 2015Dr Robert Hegarty is a senior lecturer in computer security and digital forensics from the School of Computing, Mathematics and Digital Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University (UK). Also, as a member of the Future Networks and Distributed Systems (FUNDS) research group, he carries out research in the areas of complex distributed systems and associated issues including but not limited to, network security and computer forensics. As a result, Dr Hegarty has published several papers in the aforementioned fields and presented related research outcomes in various international conferences. Dr Hegarty‟s previous experience also includes being a part of the PROTECT Research Centre at Liverpool John Moores University, UK, where he worked on problems related to computer
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and network security. He has also been involved in imparting training related to digital forensics to various law enforcement officers. According to his excellent academic background in the field of digital forensics, Dr Hegarty became an ideal candidate to evaluate the Automated Forensic Examiner. He was interviewed on 27 July 2015 via Skype.
9.5.2 Dr Paul Sant – Bedford – UK
Dr Paul Sant, Associate Dean (Quality & Management) at University Campus Milton Keynes in the University of Bedfordshire (United Kingdom). Tel: +44 (0)1908 295809 – Skype interviewed on 29 July 2015
Dr Paul Sant is the Associate Dean (Quality & Management) in the Department of Computer Science and Technology at University Campus Milton Keynes in University of Bedfordshire (UK). His research interests include computer security, forensics, security modelling in pervasive environments and trust modelling. Dr Sant is a journal reviewer in several reputed journals and is an active researcher in the aforementioned areas, especially digital forensics. He is also a member of the British Computer Society and associated with the European ECENTER Project. Dr Sant‟s areas of interest combined with his academic credentials certainly make him a suitable candidate who can provide value feedback in the evaluation of the proposed Automated Forensic Examiner. Using Skype, Dr Sant was interviewed on 29 July 2015.
9.5.3 Dr Christos Kalloniatis – Aegean – Greece
Dr Christos Kalloniatis, Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, University of the Aegean, Email:[email protected] - Skype interviewed on 05August 2015
Dr Christos Kalloniatis holds a PhD from the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication of the University of the Aegean and a master degree on Computer Science from the University of Essex, UK. Currently he is an assistant professor in the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication of the University of the Aegean. He has alo served as a visiting professor in many European Institutions. Dr Kalloniatis‟ main research interests are the elicitation, analysis and modelling of security and privacy requirements in traditional and cloud-based systems, privacy enhancing technologies and the design of information system security and privacy in cultural informatics. He has authored several refereed papers
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which were published in international scientific journals and conferences. Prior to his academic career Dr Kalloniatis worked at various places within the Greek public sector including the North Aegean Region and Ministry of Interior, Decentralisation and e- Governance. He is a lead-member of the Cultural Informatics research group as well as the privacy requirements research group in the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication of the University of the Aegean; also, he has a close collaboration with the Laboratory of Information & Communication Systems Security of the University of the Aegean. Dr Kalloniatis has served as a member of various development and research projects. Based upon his knowledge and experience in the domain of information security, Dr Kalloniatis was contacted with regard to the evaluation of the proposed Automated Forensic Examiner. Dr Kalloniatis was skyped on 05 August 2015.
9.5.4 Dr John Haggerty – Nottingham Trent University – UK
Dr John Haggerty, Senior Lecturer in the School of Science and Technology at the University of Nottingham (United Kingdom). Email: [email protected] – Skype interviewed on 01 Septemper 2015
Dr John Haggerty is a senior lecturer in the School of Science and Technology at the University of Nottingham (UK). His teaching areas include network security, information security, internet technologies and digital forensics. He is an active researcher as he regularly presents his research work at various conferences. Recently, he contributed to a new security tool named XDet, which can detect malicious data in cloud environments. According to his experience in the digital forensics arena and in the creation of security tools, Dr Haggerty is an ideal individual who can provide a thorough evaluation of the AFE tool, including suggesting any potential shortcomings and drawbacks that can be used as a basis for further improvement. Dr Haggerty kindly offered his time on the evaluation on 1 September 2015.
9.5.5 Professor Andy Jones –Professor at Edith Cowan University in
Perth, Australia
After working for 25 years in the British Army Dr Andy Jones became a manager as well as a researcher and analyst in the area of Information Warfare and computer crime at a defence research establishment. In 2002, Dr Jones left the defence environment and became a principal lecturer at the University of Glamorgan (now the University of South Wales), lecturing on the subjects of Network Security and Computer Crime and researching on the
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topic of threats to information systems and computer forensics. Within the same institution, he also developed and managed a well-equipped computer forensics laboratory, and took the lead on a large number of computer investigations and data recovery tasks.
In 2005 Dr Jones joined the Security Research Centre at BT where he became the Chief Researcher and the head of information security research. During his time at BT he managed a number of research projects and led a series of projects into residual data on second hand media. In 2009 Dr Jones became the Programme Chair for the Information Security (Masters level) course at Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research in Abu Dhabi in the UAE. Currently Dr Jones holds visiting professorship from Edith Cowan University in Perth (Australia), the University of South Australia in Adelaide (Australia), De Montford University (UK) and the University of South Wales (UK). Prof. Jones also holds a PhD in the area of threats to information systems. He has authored seven books on topics including Information Warfare, Risk management and Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime, and has also published more than 100 papers on the aforementioned subjects. Dr Andy Jones was interviewed on 17 September 2015.
9.5.6 Dr Theodore Tryfonas – Bristol University
Dr Theo Tryfonas, Senior Lecturer in Systems Engineering at the University of Bristol (United Kingdom). Email: [email protected]– Skype interviewed on 02 October 2015
Dr Theo Tryfonas is a senior lecturer in systems engineering at the University of Bristol (UK). Dr Tryfonas is deeply interested in cybersecurity and computer crimes and has a wide range of research interests especially in the domain of digital forensics. Regarding digital forensics, Dr Tryfonas is both a researcher and a practitioner. He has authored many research papers in the digital forensic domain and also presented evidence in court cases that were related to digital forensic crimes. Given his first-hand experience not only of the digital forensics technologies but also having exposure on the legal front, he was identified as one of the most suited researchers to discuss the legislative aspects of digital forensics, an important part of the proposed AFE.
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