ABSTRACT
The beginning of digital forensics dates to the 1970s when crimes involving technology were first committed. Throughout the history of digital forensics, there were specific eras where the efforts and work of key individuals evolved digital forensics into the mature scientific discipline. Despite much theory and experimentation, quantum computing is still in its infancy, and the topic of quantum forensics has received minimal attention from research communities. Two examples of where the future of digital forensics will see development are cloud and quantum computing. In 2014 the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a draft publication entitled NIST Cloud Computing Forensic Science Challenges based on the research performed by the NIST Cloud Computing Forensic Science Working Group. The document pulls together a list of challenges faced by digital forensic practitioners when managing incidents and investigations in a cloud-computing ecosystem.
