BS EN ISO/IEC 27037:2016 provides guidelines for specific activities in handling digital evidence, which are identification, collection, acquisition and preservation of digital evidence that may be of evidential value. This International Standard provides guidance to individuals with respect to common situations encountered throughout the digital evidence handling process and assists organizations in their disciplinary procedures and in facilitating the exchange of potential digital evidence between jurisdictions.

This International Standard gives guidance for the following devices and/or functions that are used in various circumstances:

• Digital storage media used in standard computers like hard drives, floppy disks, optical and magneto optical disks, data devices with similar functions,
• Mobile phones, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), Personal Electronic Devices (PEDs), memory cards,
• Mobile navigation systems,
• Digital still and video cameras (including CCTV),
• Standard computer with network connections,
• Networks based on TCP/IP and other digital protocols, and
• Devices with similar functions as above.

NOTE 1 The above list of devices is an indicative list and not exhaustive.

NOTE 2 Circumstances include the above devices that exist in various forms. For example, an automotive system may include mobile navigation system, data storage and sensory system.


Cross References:
ISO/TR 15801
ISO/IEC 17020
ISO/IEC 17025:2005
ISO/IEC 27000
ILAC?G19:2002
ISO/IEC 15489:2001
ISO/IEC 17024:2003
ISO/IEC 17043:2010
ISO/IEC 27001
ISO/IEC 27002
ISO/IEC 24760-1
ISO/IEC 27031:2010
ISO/IEC 27035:2011


Incorporates the following:
Corrigendum, October 2016