The project aims to investigate the application of digital forensics to support the curation and preservation of digital information held on computer systems and digital media. The project will evaluate the suitability of digital forensic principles and practices to enable HE archives to meet organisational commitments and legal requirements for maintaining digital records; assess the effectiveness of using open source digital forensic tools to identify, acquire, and analyse digital information; and seek to embed digital forensics tools & techniques into the working practices of the KCL Archives & Information Management (AIM).