Using parallel processing for file carving

TL;DR

This paper explores the use of GPU-based parallel processing to significantly accelerate file carving in digital forensics, aiming to improve efficiency over traditional CPU-based methods.

Contribution

It introduces algorithms and methods for leveraging GPU parallel processing to develop faster file carving tools for digital forensic investigations.

Findings

GPU processing speeds up file carving tasks

Parallel algorithms outperform conventional CPU methods

Potential for more efficient digital forensic workflows

Abstract

File carving is one of the most important procedures in Digital Forensic Investigation (DFI). But it is also requires the most computational resources. Parallel processing on Graphics Processing Units have proven to be many times faster than when executed on standard CPU. This paper is inspecting the algorithms and methods to use parallel processing for development of file carving tools that will do their job much faster than the conventional DFI tools.