SWGDE

Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence

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The Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence (SWGDE) brings together organizations actively engaged in the field of digital and multimedia evidence to foster communication and cooperation as well as to ensure quality and consistency within the forensic community.

If these are your interests, we would like to welcome you to our site. We hope you will find the information found within to be of benefit.

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Mary Horvath, Chair
Federal Bureau of Investigation

James Darnell, Vice Chair
US Secret Service

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Membership
SWGDE is actively encouraging new membership! Learn about attending a meeting as a guest or applying for membership.
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Newest Publications
SWGDE's most recent published documents are:
  • SWGDE Best Practices for Digital Forensic Video Analysis
  • SWGDE Establishing Confidence in Digital Forensic Results by Error Mitigation Analysis
  • SWGDE Minimum Requirements for Testing Tools used in Digital and Multimedia Forensics
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Provide Feedback
SWGDE seeks feedback from the DME community on our drafts for public comment:
  • SWGDE Technical Overview for Forensic Image Comparison
  • SWGDE Position on the Use of MD5 and SHA1 Hash Algorithms in Digital and Multimedia Forensics
  • SWGDE General Photography Guidelines for the Documentation of Evidence Items in the Laboratory
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Myth of the Day
Files that do not have a hash calculated when collected cannot be authenticated.
Category: All DME Myths
Hashing a file alone is a robust method of confirming file integrity, but digital files without an accompanying hash checksum can be authenticated in other ways. Authentication of a digital file for purposes of digital forensics may be different from authentication required by rules governing admission of evidence in a judicial proceeding.
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