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The Evolution of Expressing and Exchanging Cyber-investigation Information in a Standardized Form

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Author(s)

Eoghan Casey, Sean Barnum, Ryan Griffith, Jonathan Snyder, Harm van Beek, Alexander J. Nelson

Abstract

This paper describes the evolution of a community-developed, standardized specification language for representing and exchanging information in the broadest possible range of cyber-investigation domains, including digital forensic science, incident response, and counter terrorism. A primary motivation for this community driven initiative is interoperability - to enable the exchange of cyber-investigation information between tools, organizations, and countries. The CASE (Cyber-investigation Analysis Standard Expression) specification language and UCO (Unified Cyber Ontology) are a rational progression from the foundational work on Digital Forensic Analysis eXpression (DFAX), which focused on digital forensic information and provenance context. This paper provides a brief history of CASE and UCO, followed by an overview of the ontology and specification language.
Citation
Handling and Exchanging Electronic Evidence Across Europe
Volume
39
Publisher Info
Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., New York, NY

Keywords

cyber investigations, interchange language

Citation

Casey, E. , Barnum, S. , Griffith, R. , Snyder, J. , van Beek, H. and Nelson, A. (2018), The Evolution of Expressing and Exchanging Cyber-investigation Information in a Standardized Form, Handling and Exchanging Electronic Evidence Across Europe, Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., New York, NY, [online], https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74872-6, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=922815 (Accessed April 24, 2024)
Created July 9, 2018, Updated October 12, 2021