Authors:
Ahmed Alenezi
1
;
Hany F. Atlam
2
;
Reem Alsagri
3
;
Madini O. Alassafi
4
and
Gary B. Wills
2
Affiliations:
1
Electronic and Computer Science Dept., University of Southampton, University Road, SO17 1BJ, Southampton, U.K., Computer Science Dept., Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, Northern Border University, Rafha and K.S.A.
;
2
Electronic and Computer Science Dept., University of Southampton, University Road, SO17 1BJ, Southampton and U.K.
;
3
Department of Computing, Solent University, E Park Terrace, SO14 0YN, Southampton and U.K.
;
4
IT Dept Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah and K.S.A.
Keyword(s):
Internet of Things (IoT), Digital Forensics, IoT Forensics, IoT Forensics Challenges, State of the Art, IoT Forensics Future Directions.
Abstract:
The IoT is capable of communicating and connecting billions of things at the same time. The concept offers numerous benefits for consumers that alters how users interact with the technology. With this said, however, such monumental growth within IoT development also gives rise to a number of legal and technical challenges in the field of IoT forensics. Indeed, there exist many issues that must be overcome if effective IoT investigations are to be carried out. This paper presents a review of the IoT concept, digital forensics and the state-of-the-art on IoT forensics. Furthermore, an exploration of the possible solutions proposed in recent research and IoT forensics challenges that are identified in the current research literature are examined. Picks apart the challenges facing IoT forensics which have been established in recent literature. Overall, this paper draws attention to the obvious problems – open problems which require further efforts to be addressed properly.