Richard Gomm

PhD Alumni

Richard Gomm

University College Dublin

Richard Gomm completed his PhD in the School of Computer Science, UCD, under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Nhien-An Le-Khac. He graduated from University College Dublin with a Masters degree in Forensic Computing and Cybercrime Investigation.

He is an Investigation Officer of Garda Siochana Ombudsman. His PhD research focused on big data forensics for forensic acquisition and examination by law enforcement members.

Research Output

Publications

2016
First-page preview of An Analytical Approach to the Recovery of Data From 3rd Party Proprietary CCTV File Systems

An Analytical Approach to the Recovery of Data From 3rd Party Proprietary CCTV File Systems

Richard Gomm; Nhien-An Le-Khac; Mark Scanlon; M-Tahar Kechadi

15th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ECCWS 2016)

This paper presents an analytical approach to recovering data from 3rd party proprietary CCTV file systems, focusing on a Ganz CCTV DVR model C-MPDVR-16. The authors reverse engineer the proprietary file system, enabling the retrieval of the oldest video footage possible. The method is evaluated using a case study, demonstrating the feasibility of recovering video footage from a DVR with no initial knowledge or documentation available.