TY - JOUR T1 - A Survey on Data Carving in Digital Forensic AU - Alherbawi, Nadeem AU - Shukur, Zarina AU - Sulaiman, Rossilawati JO - Asian Journal of Information Technology VL - 15 IS - 24 SP - 5137 EP - 5144 PY - 2016 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1682-3915 DO - ajit.2016.5137.5144 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ajit.2016.5137.5144 KW - Digital forensics KW -data carving KW -carving validation KW -systematic KW -realistic AB - Data carving is a very important topic in digital investigation and computer forensic. And for that reason researches are needed to focus on improving data carving techniques to enable digital investigators to retrieve important data and evidences from damaged or corrupted data resources. This study is the result of a systematic literature review which answer three main questions in data carving filed. The Results fall into four main directions. First it shows the need of realistic data sets for tools testing. Secondly, it points to the need of object validation under fragmented data storage. Thirdly, investigating content based validation and its benefits in digital investigation field. Finally, it points to a new direction in data carving such as in-place data carving, bulk extractor and using semantic validation in data carving. Finally, a set of potential areas of interest are pointed out that needs further research and investigation. ER -