Digital Evidence
What is Digital Evidence?
Information stored or transmitted in digital form that may be used as evidence in legal proceedings or investigations.
Terms that appear alongside digital evidence
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as digital evidence. The number is how many controls name both.
- cybersecurity 5 shared controls
- nist 3 shared controls
- remediation 2 shared controls
- incident management 2 shared controls
- incident response 2 shared controls
- security incident 2 shared controls
- ransomware 2 shared controls
- breach notification 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern digital evidence
What the standards actually require on digital evidence
Requirements naming digital evidence across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Identifies, collects, examines and preserves digital evidence under controlled and documented technique.
NICE-IN-WRL-002 · Digital Evidence Analysis →Digital evidence derived from personal data under the Law has the same determinative (evidentiary) effect as evidence derived from written data, provided it meets the criteria and technical conditions set out in the Executive Regulations.
EGY-PDPL-Art.11 · Determinative effect of digital evidence →Continuous security monitoring + 24x7 SOC operations are expected per FSA Cybersecurity Guidelines particularly for Tier 2/3 institutions. (1) SOC Operating Models: (a) Internal SOC - dedicated team + tooling;
JP-FSA-CYB-Security-Monitoring-SOC-Operations-SIEM-EDR-MDR-XDR-24x7-Detection-Alert-Triage · Japan FSA Cybersecurity Security Monitoring + SOC 24x7 Operations + SIEM + EDR + MDR + XDR + Detection + Alert Triage + Threat Hunting + Incident Response Integration + Threat Intelligence Integration + UEBA →Incident response and breach notification governed by Section 32A POPL + Article 11 of Data Security Regulations 5777-2017 + Amendment 13 reinforcement.
IsraelPPL-Incident-Response-Breach-Notification-PPA-Affected-Customers-Section32A-DSR2017-24Hours · Israel POPL Incident Response + Section 32A Severe Security Incident Notification + Data Security Regulations 2017 Article 11 + PPA Notification + Affected Customers + 24-72 Hour Window + Amendment 13 Enforcement →Laos Cybercrime Law Articles 40-53 investigation procedures + procedural powers. Article 40 investigation procedures aligned with Lao Code of Criminal Procedure + Ministry of Public Security (MoPS) Police Cybercrime Investigation Department lead authority + Of...
LAOS-CC-Investigation-Procedural-Powers-Inspection-Articles-40-53-MoPS-Search-Seizure-Production · Laos Cybercrime Investigation + Procedural Powers + Inspection + Articles 40-53 →Integrate ATT&CK with broader cybersecurity ecosystem and frameworks. MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK Evaluations - rigorous evaluations of cybersecurity vendor solutions against real adversary tradecraft (APT3 + APT29 + Carbanak/FIN7 + Wizard Spider + Sandworm + Turla...
MITRE-ATTACK-Integration-Engenuity-Evaluations-CALDERA-NIST-CSF-CIS-Lockheed-Kill-Chain-Diamond-Model-STIX-TAXII · MITRE ATT&CK Integration + MITRE Engenuity + ATT&CK Evaluations + CALDERA + NIST CSF + CIS + STIX + TAXII →Questions people ask about digital evidence
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