Cyber-Crime Investigations: Complex Collaborative Decision Making

Abstract

This paper reports on the challenges computer forensic investigators face in relation to collaborative decision making, communication and coordination.The opportunities, operational environment and modus operandi of a cyber criminal are considered and used to develop the requirements in terms of both skill sets and procedural support a forensics investigator should have in order to respond to the respective threat vectors. As such, we show how a published framework for systemic thinking can be fit for purpose for supporting the collaborative enquiry and decision-making process.