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Digital Evidence Subcommittee
The Digital Evidence Subcommittee focuses on standards and guidelines related to information of probative value that is stored or transmitted in binary form.
Officers | Members | Standards | Other Work Products
Officers
William Eber, Subcommittee Chair, Self-employed
Connie Bell, Subcommittee Vice Chair, Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Vacant, Subcommittee Executive Secretary
Members
Josh Brunty, Marshall University
Eoghan Casey, CKE
Dante Fazio, Metadata Forensics
Barbara Guttman, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Mary Horvath, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Jessica Hyde, Hexordia
Christopher Kelly, Massachusetts Attorney General
Jesse Lindmar, Virginia Department of Forensic Sciences
Erin Mitchell, Texas Office of the Attorney General - Criminal Investigations Division
Lam Nguyen, Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3)
Joseph Remy, National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C)
Kyp Stavrou, 4D Forensics Laboratory
Beau Stigler, Department of Interior Office of Inspector General
Shaun Vodde, TransPerfect
Tracy Walraven, International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP)
Karla Weinbrenner, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation
Douglas White, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Standards
On the OSAC Registry
- ANSI/ASTM E2916-19e2 Standard Terminology for Digital and Multimedia Evidence Examination (added May 5, 2026)
- ANSI/ASTM E3017-19 Standard Practice for Examining Magnetic Card Readers (added July 7, 2020)
- ANSI/ASTM E3150-18 (2023) Standard Guide for Forensic Audio Laboratory Setup and Maintenance (added April 2, 2024)
- SWGDE: 12-F-004-3.2 Best Practices for Vehicle Infotainment and Telematics Systems (added April 1, 2025)
- SWGDE: 17-F-001-2.0 Recommendations for Cell Site Analysis (added January 13, 2025)
- SWGDE: 17-F-002-2.1 Best Practices for Computer Forensic Acquisitions (added August 4, 2026)
- SWGDE: 18-F-003-2.0 Best Practices for Mobile Device Evidence Collection & Preservation Handling and Acquisition (added October 6, 2026)
- SWGDE: 18-M-001-2.3 Video and Audio Redaction Guidelines (added October 6, 2026)
- SWGDE: 18-Q-001-1.0 Minimum Requirements for Testing Tools used in Digital and Multimedia Forensics (added June 6, 2023)
- SWGDE: 21-F-001-1.1 Best Practices for Acquiring Online Content (added September 3, 2024)
- SWGDE: 23-F-003-1.0 Best Practices for Internet of Things Seizure and Analysis (added April 1, 2025)
- SWGDE: 23-F-004-1.1 Best Practices for Digital Evidence Acquisition, Preservation, and Analysis from Cloud Service Providers (added April 1, 2025)
- SWGDE: 23-F-005-1.0 Best Practices Apple MacOS Forensic Acquisition (added September 3, 2024)
Published by a Standards Developing Organization (SDO); [Pending Evaluation & OSAC Acceptance for Registry]
At an SDO for Further Development & Publication
- ASTM E2916-2x Standard Terminology for Digital and Multimedia Evidence Examination
- ASTM E3150-2x Standard Guide for Forensic Audio Laboratory Setup and Maintenance
- ASTM WK90918 Standard Guide for Facial Image Comparison Documentation
- ASTM WK98793 Specification for Hardware Requirements in Forensic Digital Imaging Acquisition
- ASTM WK98799 Standard Guide for Forensic Digital Image File Naming and Temporal Organization
Other Work Products
References
- Guidance on Non-routine Offsite Forensic Examination of Digital/Multimedia Evidence.
- Guidelines for Dataset Development (published December 2022).
- Appendix A: Dataset Development Documentation Template (MS Word version)
- Report of the Digital Evidence Task Group Quality Study (published December 2022).
Research & Development Needs
- There are no research and development needs identified by the Digital Evidence Subcommittee.
Discipline-Specific Bibliographies and References
These documents may contain information to help forensic scientists, judges, lawyers, researchers, and other readers better understand the nature, scope, and foundations of the individual disciplines as currently practiced. The identification of these documents does not represent an endorsement by OSAC or NIST. Only standards that are posted on the OSAC Registry and Technical Guidance documents, are endorsed by OSAC. The referenced documents may be subject to copyright. Note: Subcommittee position statements or responses to data collections by the subcommittee do not necessarily represent the position of OSAC or NIST.
- ACPO Good Practice Guide for Digital Evidence
- ASTM E30.12
- Best Practice Manual for the Forensic Examination of Digital Technology (LINK EXPIRED)
- DHS Computer Forensic Tool Testing (CFTT) Reports
- Digital Forensics Analysis Flow Methodology Chart
- Forensic Science Regulator
- Guidelines for Best Practice In the Examination of Digital Technology
- ISO/IEC 27037:2012 Guidelines for identification, collection, acquisition and preservation of digital evidence
- NIST Computer Forensic Reference Data Sets (CFReDS)
- NIST Computer Forensic Tool Testing Program
- Searching and Seizing Computers and Obtaining Electronic Evidence In Criminal Investigations
- Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence (SWGDE) Published Documents