Availability of datasets for digital forensics – And what is missing

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serval:BIB_B55B08D5C905
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
Availability of datasets for digital forensics – And what is missing
Journal
Digital Investigation
Author(s)
Grajeda Cinthya, Breitinger Frank, Baggili Ibrahim
ISSN
1742-2876
Publication state
Published
Issued date
08/2017
Volume
22
Pages
S94-S105
Language
english
Abstract
This paper targets two main goals. First, we want to provide an overview of available datasets that can be used by researchers and where to find them. Second, we want to stress the importance of sharing datasets to allow researchers to replicate results and improve the state of the art. To answer the first goal, we analyzed 715 peer-reviewed research articles from 2010 to 2015 with focus and relevance to digital forensics to see what datasets are available and focused on three major aspects: (1) the origin of the dataset (e.g., real world vs. synthetic), (2) if datasets were released by researchers and (3) the types of datasets that exist. Additionally, we broadened our results to include the outcome of online search results. We also discuss what we think is missing. Overall, our results show that the majority of datasets are experiment generated (56.4%) followed by real world data (36.7%). On the other hand, 54.4% of the articles use existing datasets while the rest created their own. In the latter case, only 3.8% actually released their datasets. Finally, we conclude that there are many datasets for use out there but finding them can be challenging.
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Web of science
Open Access
Yes
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06/05/2021 12:01
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06/05/2021 12:37
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