The use of automated systems in computer forensics

Abstract

The rapid development and spread of new information and telecommunication technologies is acquiring the character of a global information revolution today, which has an increasing im-pact on politics, economics, management, finance, science, culture and other spheres of society within national borders and in the world as a whole. This is used not only by conscientious users of communication networks, but also by malefactors pursuing various illegal goals – personal enrichment, discrediting citizens and state bodies, spreading illegal information, ideas of terrorism and extremism. There is also a rapid growth of new types of crimes related to the use of information systems. All this requires the creation of new computer forensics tools (forensics), which is able to process a large amount of information and help in the identification, dis-closure and investigation of crimes. The article analyzes the directions of modern development of automation of search and analysis of criminally significant information. Various types of electronic traces for different types of crimes are considered. New forms of using a number of elements of artificial intelligence and the use of mathematical apparatus within the automation of expert systems to obtain the necessary evidence in relevant criminal cases are proposed. A recommendation system is proposed, which, with the help of multifactor analysis, will allow to form a "portrait" of a person based on the data contained on the user's electronic media.