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Forensic Science Program is a proposal if considered, reviewed and approved will be launched under the umbrella of Karachi University. CDFST will provide forensic education and will make its program pragmatic in conjunction with Forensic Science Laboratory. This FSP will standardize in precise criminal detection and also to enhance the capacity of law enforcement agencies through modern scientific tools, training and equipping them with latest criminal investigation techniques. This will help in achieving public trust in the criminal Justice System of the country.
Forensic science program will play an integral role in imparting and disseminating forensic education in this region. FSP will enable students how to connect crime scene and judicial system through the development and delivery of impartial expert scientific opinion evidence.
CDFST will vigorously step ahead to establish the latest and well equipped laboratories and other related infrastructure in Karachi University and assuring to be the best facilitator of criminal justice system.
Unfortunately the province of Sindh is severely devastated by criminal actions like extortion, kidnappings for ransom, activities of terrorism, corporate crimes and fraudulent activities. In the current changing global scenario and emerging issues of crime, terror control and security in Pakistan in general and in Sindh in particular, the need for a lead agency and efficient forensic service provider is greater as never before. In this prospect, CDFST will aim at serving the country to its best ability by providing the best quality education in this regard.

We will definitively create a difference in this regard and highly appreciate the support and assistance from government offices, international donors and partners in efforts to make this project a success.

 

Computer Forensic

Computer forensics is a branch of  digital forensic science pertaining to legal evidence found in computers and digital storage media. The goal of computer forensics is to examine digital media in a forensically sound manner with the aim of identifying, preserving, recovering, analyzing and presenting facts and opinions about the information.
Computer forensics will be an important and integral part of CDFST pertaining to legal evidence found in computer systems and digital storage medium. It is to perform forensic investigation on digital evidence while maintaining the documented chain of custody so that it can be presented as evidence in the court of law.

Scope of Computer Forensics

  • Scientific examination and analysis of Digital Storage Media for example hard drives, Flash Memory, Floppy Disks, CD/DVD etc.
  • Forensic Analysis of Mobile phones and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs).
  • Forensic Examination of standalone/ networked computers after a break-in, for example, to determine how the attacker gained access and what the attacker did.
  • Retrieve/acquire evidence from digital media.
  • Recovery of deleted digital data in case of damaged hardware that may have evidentiary value.
  • Recovery of deleted digital data in case of software failure that may have evidentiary value.
  • Forensic Analysis of retrieved and/or submitted media.
  • To provide expert testimony on resultant analysis on Agency cases in the Court.

MOBILE FORENSICS

Mobile device forensics is a branch of digital forensics relating to recovery of digital evidence or data from a mobile device under forensically sound conditions. The phrase mobile device usually refers to mobile phones; however, it can also relate to any digital device that has both internal memory and communication ability, including PDA devices, GPS devices and tablet computers.

NETWORK FORENSICS

Network forensics is a sub-branch of digital forensics relating to the monitoring and analysis of computer network traffic for the purposes of information gathering, legal evidence, or intrusion detection. Unlike other areas of digital forensics, network investigations deal with volatile and dynamic information. Network traffic is transmitted and then lost, so network forensics is often a pro-active investigation.

DATABASE FORENSICS

Database forensics is a branch of digital forensic science relating to the forensic study of databases and their related metadata. The discipline is similar to computer forensics, following the normal forensic process and applying investigative techniques to database contents and metadata. Today almost all applications use high performance databases to deal with data. So the database security community is coming up with a number of different techniques and approaches to assure data confidentiality, integrity, and availability. But it is observed that digital attacks are targeting the databases ensuing database security breaches and threats. The outcome is that the existing laws / regulations are specifying investigations and response to security breaches or policy violations. This gives rise to the need for database forensics which satisfies this demand. Organizations must, therefore, consider their incidence response policies carefully, which are part of their overall security policies.

CYBER CRIME

Cybercrime is a bigger risk now than ever before due to the sheer number of connected people and devices. You often hear the term 'cybercrime' bandied about these days, as it's a bigger risk now than ever before due to the sheer number of connected people and devices. But what is it exactly? In a nutshell, it is simply a crime that has some kind of computer or cyber aspect to it. To go into more detail is not as straightforward, as it takes shape in a variety of different formats. We've put together this guide with some interesting and often alarming facts, to make it a little easier to digest:

Cybercrime: The facts

  • Cybercrime has now surpassed illegal drug trafficking as a criminal moneymaker
  • Somebody’s identity is stolen every 3 seconds as a result of cybercrime
  • Without a sophisticated security package, your unprotected PC can become infected within four minutes of connecting to the Internet.

Criminals committing cybercrime use a number of methods, depending on their skill-set and their goal. Here are some of the different ways cybercrime can take shape:

  • Theft of personal data
  • Copyright infringement
  • Fraud
  • Child pornography
  • Cyberstalking
  • Bullying

As you can see, cybercrime covers a wide range of different attacks, that all deserve their own unique approach when it comes to improving our computer's safety and protecting ourselves. Symantec draws from all the different interpretations of cybercrime and defines it concisely as "any crime that is committed using a computer network or hardware device"
The computer or device may be the agent of the crime, the facilitator of the crime, or the target of the crime. The crime may take place on the computer alone or in addition to other locations. The broad range of cybercrime can be better understood by dividing it into two overall categories, defined for the purpose of this research as Type I and Type II cybercrime. Let’s take a look at them both:

Audio / Visual Analysis

Audio / Visual Analysis Unit will deal with the scientific examination, comparison and/or evaluation of audio and video evidence in legal matters. The Audio Visual Analysis Department will be equipped with latest forensic tools for audio and video analysis which are used all over the world in Forensic Community. This will also cover the following:

  • Clarification of Audio evidence using different noise reduction and other algorithms.
  • Clarification of Video evidence for identification and association of different events happened by video surveillance systems.

Analysis of images extracted from video evidence using forensic enhancement and clarification tools.

Video forensics is the scientific examination, comparison and/or evaluation of video in legal matters. Video forensics reliably digitizes video tape footage onto a computer system, be able to de-multiplex or separate camera views from multiplexed  CCTV footage, convert digital video from DVR (Digital Video Recorder) devices into digital video formats usable for forensic analysis. Video forensics also performs clarification techniques such as  frame  averaging, highlight someone or something of interest in the video, enlarge portions of the video for areas of interest, measure heights of individuals or distances between points seen in the video.

GPS FORENSICS

Modern Global Positioning Systems (GPS) devices are capable of storing vast amounts of navigational data in the form of maps, track lines, waypoints, routes, and more. Some of this data is captured and stored automatically by the device whenever it is in use. Other data is manually entered by the GPS user. In the hands of a law enforcement investigator, the data can be used as devastating evidence in a courtroom setting. GPS Forensics provide law enforcement officers with a foundation for recovering evidence from GPS devices and preparing it for courtroom presentation.

GEO FENCING

A Geo-Fence is a virtual perimeter for a real-world geographic area. A Geo-Fence could be dynamically generated—as in a radius around a store or point location, or a Geo-Fence can be a predefined set of boundaries, like school attendance zones or neighborhood boundaries.
The use of a geo-fence is called geo-fencing, and one example of usage involves a location-aware device of a location-based service (LBS) user entering or exiting a geo-fence. This activity could trigger an alert to the device's user as well as messaging to the geo-fence operator. This info, which could contain the location of the device, could be sent to a mobile telephone or an email account.

CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION UNIT

The process of using physical evidence at crime scene and the use of reasoning to gain knowledge of events surrounding the crime is referred to as Crime Scene Investigation. Crime scene investigation is multidisciplinary field and involves a systematic search of the crime scene as well as the identification, processing and collection of physical evidence.

Processing the crime scene

  • Photography
  • Sketching
  • Documentation
  • Audio Recording
  • Video Recording

Collection of evidence

  • Physical evidence
  • Biological Evidence
  • Trace Evidence
  • Impression Evidence
  • Packaging and sealing of evidence
  • Maintaining Chain of Custody forms

Death Scene Investigation

  • Aiding in the determination of the Cause, Manner and Mechanism of Death
  • Photographing and Documenting the body
  • Aiding in the Estimation of the time of death

Reconstructing the scene

  • Blood Spatter Analysis
  • Projectile Trajectory Determination
  • Creating a replica of the crime scene in Lab to test hypotheses
  • Determining the number of people involved
  • Determining the sequence of events