（2003）Audit Trails in Evidence： Analysis of A Queensland Case Study.pdfVIP

Journal of Information, Law and Technology Audit Trails in Evidence: Analysis of A Queensland Case Study Caroline Allinson Manager Information Security, Information Management Division, Queensland Police Service and Information Security Research Centre (ISRC), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane. The author would like to acknowledge Professor William Caelli, Head of School of Data Communications, Queensland University. Professor Caelli helped the author prepare this article for publication. allinson.carolinel@.au This is a refereed article published on: 10 December 2003 Citation: Allinson, Audit Trails in Evidence: Analysis of a Queensland Case Study , 2003 (2) The Journal of Information, Law and Technology (JILT). http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/jilt/03-2/allinson.html Allinson, Audit Trails in Evidence: Analysis of a Queensland Case Study Abstract This is the second paper in a two paper series resulting from the review and analysis of information systems audit trails presented in legal proceedings as evidence in the State of Queensland, Australia. The preliminary analysis performed on eleven court cases in Australia involving Queensland Police Service information systems audit trails presented as evidence was reported in the first paper. This second paper relates the findings in the first paper to normal requirements for trusted maintenance of audit trail information in sensitive environments and discusses the ability and/or willingness of courts to fully challenge, assess or value audit evidence presented. Keywords: Law-Enforcement; Audit-Trails; Evidence; Information Security; Court; Digital Evidence;