Progress Report #2

Progress for my research project is coming along alright.  I still am having trouble finding the necessary resources to research the topic of, "What are the challenges of Social Networking Forensics?," but I am prepared to broaden my topic to, "What are the challenges of Digital Forensics?," if I need to.  This week, I have reached out on my community Facebook page to try and find a source or two to interview on this topic, but the leads were sparse.  Below is what I posted seeking help on Facebook:

     "Hi Port Orchard. My name is Mishell. I am a 3rd year student working on my Bachelor's degree in Information Systems at Olympic College. My main focus in school is network security and I am also interested in digital forensics. I am currently working on a research project on the challenges that law enforcement faces when it comes to social networking forensics. I would really love to talk to someone that works in this field to gain some first hand insight on processes, laws, regulations, and restrictions when it comes to using social media as evidence in crimes. As a student in the tech field, I would really like to talk to someone that is involved in evidence processing, but would also be interested to talk to any attorneys, judges, or law-makers that might have experience and/or challenges that they have faced surrounding the topic of social networking forensics. If anyone knows someone I can interview, or is that person, you can PM me. Also, this is a project that will be in the works for the entire quarter. I have a blog for my research where I will be updating my progress on my research weekly. It is a public blog if anyone would like to check it out."

Since no leads panned out through putting out a plea on Facebook, my next step is to put my feet to the ground, and my ear to the phone, to try to find new leads on who I can talk to about this subject matter.  I will have a little spare time on Thursday, and a full day on Friday to track down some leads.  I will also be doing more searching for more information from the web, library databases, and government websites to determine if I can find information on the topic I have chosen, or if I am going to need to broaden my topic.