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The Data Governance Process Within the Digital Chain of Custody
The management of a digital chain of custody (dCoC) for collected samples in chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) incidents lacks standardisation, leading to inconsistent practices among stakeholders within and across EU member states. This highlights the need for a digitalised approach to the chain of custody process, currently applied with paper-based forms, through a system that ensures the traceability and security of CBRNE evidence items throughout the process, including collection, transportation, analysis, storage and disposal. Establishing a standardised dCoC process across EU member states is crucial to provide evidence consistency and admissibility in court.
The paper analyses a proposal submitted to the CEN/TC 391 for Technical Specifications related to a data governance workflow to preserve metadata consistency in a digital chain of custody (dCoC). Maintaining data integrity is essential to the consistency and admissibility of evidence in court. The dCoC data governance workflow provides information about digital evidence items and their metadata, such as custody ownership, transfer between stakeholders and the transfer’s purpose. Adherence to a consistent process is required to ensure the integrity of digital custody metadata (DCM), which drives stakeholders taking custodianship at each Custody Transfer Point (CTP). The proposal includes an acknowledgement process enabling stakeholders to report various levels of data inconsistency concerning the metadata recorded in the DCM.
The Data Governance Process Within the Digital Chain of Custody
The management of a digital chain of custody (dCoC) for collected samples in chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) incidents lacks standardisation, leading to inconsistent practices among stakeholders within and across EU member states. This highlights the need for a digitalised approach to the chain of custody process, currently applied with paper-based forms, through a system that ensures the traceability and security of CBRNE evidence items throughout the process, including collection, transportation, analysis, storage and disposal. Establishing a standardised dCoC process across EU member states is crucial to provide evidence consistency and admissibility in court.
The paper analyses a proposal submitted to the CEN/TC 391 for Technical Specifications related to a data governance workflow to preserve metadata consistency in a digital chain of custody (dCoC). Maintaining data integrity is essential to the consistency and admissibility of evidence in court. The dCoC data governance workflow provides information about digital evidence items and their metadata, such as custody ownership, transfer between stakeholders and the transfer’s purpose. Adherence to a consistent process is required to ensure the integrity of digital custody metadata (DCM), which drives stakeholders taking custodianship at each Custody Transfer Point (CTP). The proposal includes an acknowledgement process enabling stakeholders to report various levels of data inconsistency concerning the metadata recorded in the DCM.
The Data Governance Process Within the Digital Chain of Custody
Security Informatics and Law Enforcement
Gkotsis, Ilias (editor) / Kavallieros, Dimitrios (editor) / Stoianov, Nikolai (editor) / Vrochidis, Stefanos (editor) / Diagourtas, Dimitrios (editor) / Akhgar, Babak (editor) / Pestana, Gabriel (author) / Carvalho, Luís M. (author) / Chmel, Sebastian (author)
2024-09-30
12 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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