Developing a Privacy-Centric Framework for Digital Forensics in Cybersecurity Engineering

1. Introduction 1.1 Background and Motivation 1.2 Research Objectives 1.3 Scope of the Study 1.4 Structure of the Thesis 2. Overview of Digital Forensics 2.1 Definition and History 2.2 Current Practices and Challenges 2.3 Legal and Ethical Considerations 3. Privacy in Cybersecurity 3.1 Importance of Privacy 3.2 Privacy Laws and Regulations 3.3 Privacy Challenges in Digital Forensics 4. Framework Development Process 4.1 Methodological Approach 4.2 Stakeholder Analysis 4.3 System Requirements 5. Design of the Privacy-Centric Framework 5.1 Framework Architecture 5.2 Key Components and Features 5.3 Integration with Existing Systems 6. Implementation and Testing 6.1 Implementation Strategy 6.2 Test Cases and Scenarios 6.3 Evaluation Metrics 7. Case Study Analysis 7.1 Description of Case Study 7.2 Application of the Framework 7.3 Results and Findings 8. Conclusion and Future Work 8.1 Summary of Findings 8.2 Contributions to the Field 8.3 Limitations and Future Research Directions