A Proposed Digital Forensic Investigation Framework for an eGovernment Structure for Uganda

So much research that has been done concerning eGovernment (eGov) frameworks. However, little focus has been put towards the use of Digital Forensics (DF) to conduct a proper Digital Forensic Investigation (DFI) in eGovernment frameworks. One reason for this may be because current DF tools were not developed to handle different eGov frameworks and their setup specifically. Therefore, gathering, examining and the general analysis of potential digital evidence when presented in courts of law becomes a great challenge to law enforcement officers/agencies and DF investigators (DFi). The problem addressed in this paper is, at the time of writing this paper, there exists no properly acceptable DFI framework that can be used to carry out a standard DFI in an eGovernment platform specifically for the case of the Republic of Uganda. Therefore, the author of this paper proposes a digital forensic investigation framework for eGov structure specifically focussing on Uganda. The proposed framework is based on the international standard for digital forensic investigation ISO/IEC 27043:2015. The author of this paper is of the belief that in future, the proposed framework can easily be incorporated into future DF tools development thereby facilitating the design of effective DFI tools in eGov platforms. Also, this research is meant to capture the attention of government officials in Uganda so as to fully develop and adopt a standard eGov forensic investigation process for Uganda.