Starting from May 2019, prof. Paul Quinn and István Böröcz have started working on a new project co-funded by the European Union’s Horizon2020 Programme (2019-2022).
LOCARD aims to provide a holistic platform for chain of custody assurance along the forensic workflow, a trusted distributed platform allowing the storage of digital evidence metadata in a blockchain. Each node of LOCARD will be able to independently set its own permission policies and to selectively share access to digital evidence with other nodes when deemed necessary and upon proper authorization through fine-grained policies. LOCARD's modularity will also allow diverse actors to tailor the platform to their specific needs and role in the digital forensic workflow, from preparation and readiness, to collection, to analysis and reporting.
The Consortium partners are:
- Athena Innovation Center
- StudioAG
- Anti Phishing Working Group
- Motivian
- IMC Technologies
- University of Padua
- Telefónica - Investigación y Desarrollo
- EEMA
- Neurosoft
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- V-ICT-OR
- Infotrend Co. Ltd
- Accenture SAS
- University of Malta
- Center for Security Studies
- Technische Universitat Berlin
- Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet
- Hellenic Police
- General Inspectorate of Romanian Police
- Danish National Cyber Crime Center
For more information on the project, please visit the LOCARD website.