Continued forensic development - investigation into current trends and proposed model for digital forensic practitioners

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dc.contributor.advisorStander, Adrieen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVan Ramesdonk, Paulen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-25T11:32:00Z
dc.date.available2016-07-25T11:32:00Z
dc.date.issued2016en_ZA
dc.description.abstractContinuous professional development has been looked at in many professions over the years, most notably in primary and secondary education and in the medical fields. With digital forensics being cast into the limelight due to the rapid advancements in technology, academic institutions have added courses to address the void created by the boom in the industry. Little research has been done to address the issues that have now become apparent concerning continued learning in this field. The purpose of this research was to investigate the kinds of frameworks and methods used in other professions, and how the practitioners themselves see career development, and to create a framework that could be used to keep abreast of developments in the field of digital forensics, be it changes in the law, case law, or changes in software. The data analysis showed quite a number of continued learning approaches that could be employed in the digital/computer forensic fields to achieve the objective of keeping abreast of changes in the field. Some, understandably, are due to the nature of the discipline. As part of practitioners' current approach to continued learning, they rely heavily on knowledge sharing in the form of learning from other professionals, through self-study by reading books, articles and research conducted in the forensic field, the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for education, and the use of Internet sources such as user forums, Facebook groups, and web-blogs. The majority of the respondents had received formal training in digital forensics, and of the total number of participants, only six percent had not been involved in any form of continued learning activities in the past five years. When looking at the data obtained, and because there are no formal requirements to perform continued learning in the digital/computer forensic field, it becomes clear that individuals themselves need to be self-driven to keep up to date with changes in the field. As seen in studies focused on continued learning activities in other professions, the research shows that digital/computer forensic practitioners experience similar barriers to their own approaches to continued learning.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationVan Ramesdonk, P. (2016). <i>Continued forensic development - investigation into current trends and proposed model for digital forensic practitioners</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Information Systems. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20707en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationVan Ramesdonk, Paul. <i>"Continued forensic development - investigation into current trends and proposed model for digital forensic practitioners."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Information Systems, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20707en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVan Ramesdonk, P. 2016. Continued forensic development - investigation into current trends and proposed model for digital forensic practitioners. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Van Ramesdonk, Paul AB - Continuous professional development has been looked at in many professions over the years, most notably in primary and secondary education and in the medical fields. With digital forensics being cast into the limelight due to the rapid advancements in technology, academic institutions have added courses to address the void created by the boom in the industry. Little research has been done to address the issues that have now become apparent concerning continued learning in this field. The purpose of this research was to investigate the kinds of frameworks and methods used in other professions, and how the practitioners themselves see career development, and to create a framework that could be used to keep abreast of developments in the field of digital forensics, be it changes in the law, case law, or changes in software. The data analysis showed quite a number of continued learning approaches that could be employed in the digital/computer forensic fields to achieve the objective of keeping abreast of changes in the field. Some, understandably, are due to the nature of the discipline. As part of practitioners' current approach to continued learning, they rely heavily on knowledge sharing in the form of learning from other professionals, through self-study by reading books, articles and research conducted in the forensic field, the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for education, and the use of Internet sources such as user forums, Facebook groups, and web-blogs. The majority of the respondents had received formal training in digital forensics, and of the total number of participants, only six percent had not been involved in any form of continued learning activities in the past five years. When looking at the data obtained, and because there are no formal requirements to perform continued learning in the digital/computer forensic field, it becomes clear that individuals themselves need to be self-driven to keep up to date with changes in the field. As seen in studies focused on continued learning activities in other professions, the research shows that digital/computer forensic practitioners experience similar barriers to their own approaches to continued learning. DA - 2016 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2016 T1 - Continued forensic development - investigation into current trends and proposed model for digital forensic practitioners TI - Continued forensic development - investigation into current trends and proposed model for digital forensic practitioners UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20707 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/20707
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationVan Ramesdonk P. Continued forensic development - investigation into current trends and proposed model for digital forensic practitioners. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Information Systems, 2016 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20707en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Information Systemsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherInformation Systemsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherdigital forensicsen_ZA
dc.titleContinued forensic development - investigation into current trends and proposed model for digital forensic practitionersen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMComen_ZA
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