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Multiparty trust levels in evidence management: Ensuring tamper-proof chain of custody in blockchain.

Journal of Information Assurance and Security
Volume 19 (2024): Issue 3 (December 2024)
By: Nuno Santos,  Joel Curado and  Joao C. Ferreira  
Open Access
|Feb 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ias-2024-0007 | Journal eISSN: 1554-1029 | Journal ISSN: 1554-1010
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Language: English
Page range: 80 - 103
Published on: Feb 20, 2025
Published by: Cerebration Science Publishing Co., Limited
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Publication frequency: 6 issues per year
Keywords:
Blockchain: chain of custody: evidence management,
court, judicial,
international criminal justice,
International Criminal Court
Related subjects:
Computer sciences,
Fundamentals of computer sciences,
Theoretical computer sciences,
IT-security and cryptology

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