[DFSci] SWGDE Drafts Posted for Public Comment

[David Baker]

The Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence (SWGDE) is pleased to 
announce posting of the following four new draft documents for public 
review and comment at https://swgde.org/documents/draftsForPublicComment 
<https://swgde.org/documents/draftsForPublicComment>

  * SWGDE Best Practices for Mobile Device Evidence and Collection,
    Preservation, and Acquisition
  * SWGDE General Photography Guidelines for the Documentation of
    Evidence Items in the Laboratory
  * SWGDE Position on the Use of MD5 and SHA1 Hash Algorithms in Digital
    and Multimedia Forensics
  * SWGDE Technical Overview for Forensic Image Comparison


In accordance with SWGDE policy, draft documents will be posted for a 
minimum of 60 days for public comment. Every document listed on the 
SWGDE website has a "View/Add Comments" link below it that opens an 
online comment form for that document.  Comments are also still accepted 
via email to our Secretary (secretary at swgde.org 
<mailto:secretary at swgde.org>) as per the instructions on the first page 
of each draft document.  All feedback received will be reviewed by the 
appropriate subcommittee.

At the conclusion of our September meeting, SWGDE voted to release the 
following as Approved documents. They are available for download on the 
Current Documents page of the website: https://www.swgde.org/documents 
<https://www.swgde.org/documents>

  * SWGDE Video and Audio Redaction Guidelines, version 1.0
  * SWGDE Requirements for Report Writing in Digital and Multimedia
    Forensics, version 1.0
  * SWGDE Minimum Requirements for Testing Tools used in Digital and
    Multimedia Forensics, version 1.0
  * SWGDE Best Practices for Digital Forensic Video Analysis, version 1.0
  * SWGDE Best Practices for Digital Audio Authentication, version 1.3
  * SWGDE Establishing Confidence in Digital and Multimedia Evidence
    Forensic Results by Error Mitigation Analysis, version 2.0
  * SWGDE Technical Notes on FFmpeg, version 2.0


We appreciate your participation as SWGDE continues its mission to bring 
together organizations actively engaged in the field of digital and 
multimedia evidence to foster communication and cooperation as well as 
ensuring quality and consistency within the forensic community.  Anyone 
interested in receiving regular updates via email is encouraged to sign 
up for the SWGDE NewsBytes newsletter here: 
https://www.swgde.org/newsletter/newsletterSignUp 
<https://www.swgde.org/newsletter/newsletterSignUp>

Please feel free to forward/redistribute this announcement to any 
colleague, forum, or listserv you deem appropriate.

Thank you,

David Hallimore
SWGDE Outreach Committee Chair
https://www.swgde.org/ <https://www.swgde.org/>