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The paper describes the processes of forensic laboratory and its process-oriented problems. The main goal of this paper is to develop a new process framework for managing and optimization of the operation of the digital forensics laboratory. Based on the interviews with managers and experts the new process model is proposed and a compared with widely used model of Beebe and Clark. SIPOC method and flowchart diagrams are used for visualization of the new process model. Each phase of the forensics laboratory process is elaborated into separate flowchart diagrams. New proposed process framework includes activities connected to business aspect of the process and interaction with the customer not included in Beebe’s and Clark’s model. The new proposed model can be used as an input for a more detailed general process map of digital forensic laboratory.
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The article was prepared with the help of a grant from the VŠE Internal Grant Agency (IG409024 – “Innovation management system, digital forensics labs”). The authors would like to thank Marian Svetlik from RAC for the helpful comments while developing this paper.
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Hájek, J., Hykš, O., Koliš, K., Veber, J. (2015). Digital Forensics Laboratory Process Model. In: Wrycza, S. (eds) Information Systems: Development, Applications, Education. SIGSAND/PLAIS 2015. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 232. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24366-5_5
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