Hansken Newsletter October 2022

At this moment, we are implementing a new Hansken user interface. By replacing the current interface by a new version we create more possibilities for implementing new functionality and offer our users an up-to-date user experience. The new tactical interface we have chosen was built for and by BZK (HUIB). This interface is inspired by commonly-used (commercial) tools, based on the user experience of forensic professionals from around the world. The aim of the interface is optimal efficiency in data examination.

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Our extraction plugin software development kit (SDK) is now available for Hansken Community partners. The SDK is a powerful tool for creating extraction plugins that support new digital formats and finding and analyzing new types of traces. Partners can create extensions to support their own investigations and, by sharing and re-using plugins, we can jointly boost Hansken development. All SDK files and documentation are now available and developers can create their first plugin with a short learning curve.

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Hansken is an active contributor to CASE, the Cyber-investigation Analysis Standard Expression. CASE provides a common language for international cooperation between investigative services and digital-forensic examiners. Currently, forensic tools often use varying terms for the same thing (such as ‘mail’, ‘email’, ‘e-mail’ and ‘email message’).

To effectively combat criminal behaviour, it is important for forensic digital tools to start using one and the same cyber language for recording and exchanging forensic data. We are therefore glad to confirm the recent launch of the first stable version, CASE 1.0.0.

We are exploring the use of CASE within Hansken in, for example, developing tools for importing or exporting traces in CASE format. This is typically where Hansken, law enforcement partners and academic partners can work together.

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On 7 September, the Hansken Academy organized a one-day ‘train-the-trainer’ session for the Hansken Advanced Training course. This is the most advanced course, aimed at experienced users who have already completed the Hansken Fundamentals course and the Hansken Intermediate course. The Hansken Academy developed the course materials based on workshops held in 2021. 

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Since our first deployment in 2012, many government and investigative agencies have implemented Hansken. At the same time, average cases are becoming more complex, with more devices. Which makes that there is more data to be extracted and there are more trace types to be analyzed. The Hansken platform therefore needs to be prepared for more cases, more data and improved processing capacity.

In view of these increased demands, we asked Capgemini experts to investigate how Hansken could be optimally set up at a technical level and what the infrastructural requirements are for a scalable and futureproof application landscape.

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‘Hansken.AI. For anyone who wants to shape the future of AI in Hansken.' Using this slogan, we invited our law enforcement and academia partners to participate in the first Hansken.AI workshop. The first edition was initiated on 30 June by the Forensics Big Data Analysis department of the Netherlands Forensic Institute. It turned out to be a successful initiative, brimming with enthusiasm and great ideas.

With the advent of vector search and extraction plugins in Hansken, we are entering a world of new AI possibilities, highlighting the relevance of making targeted choices for further development.

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