Event Reconstruction: A state of the art

Event reconstruction is one of the most important step in digital forensic investigations. It allows investigators to have a clear view of the events that have occurred over time. Event reconstruction is a complex task which requires exploration of a large amount of events due to the pervasiveness of new technologies nowadays. Any evidence produced at the end of the investigative process must also meet the requirements of the courts, such as reproducibility, verifiability, validation, etc. After defining the most important concepts of event reconstruction, a survey of the challenges of this field and solutions proposed so far is given in this chapter.Irish Research CouncilScience Foundation IrelandNational Natural Science Foundation of ChinaScience Foundation of Education Commission of BeijingCAEP THz Science and Technology FoundationYoung Talent Project of Beijing University of TechnologySpecial Matching Project of Local Supported by CentreGraduate Science and Technology Fund of Beijing University of TechnologyIraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific ResearchNational Development Plan (NDP