Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
457841 Digital Investigation 2013 15 Pages PDF
Abstract

The concept of capability maturity models was first developed by the Software Engineering Institute in Carnegie Mellon University as a tool for objectively assessing the ability of government contractors' processes to perform a contracted software project. Although initially focussed on software development, it has been applied successfully to other process areas and has developed into a framework of process improvement models known as Capability Maturity Model Integration or CMMI. This paper proposes a Digital Investigation Capability Maturity Model (DI-CMM) as a tool for analysing an organisation's digital investigations capability. The methodology is applied to a selection of real-life organisations and their current capabilities in terms of digital investigation are assessed objectively using the DI-CMM. The outcome is then contrasted with the organisations' subjective assessment of their digital investigations capability.

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