Abstract
The widespread use of networked, intelligent, and adaptable devices in
various domains, such as smart cities and home automation, climate
control, manufacturing and logistics, healthcare, education, and
agriculture, has been hastened by recent developments in hardware and
software technologies. In all these application domains, the concept of
the Internet of Things ( helps to achieve process automation and
decrease labor costs. One such subdomain is IoT Forensics which involves
Digital Forensics concerning IoT devices, networks, or clouds. In this
process of obtaining substantial evidence from the devices, networks, or
cloud, a large amount of data and operations on said data are involved.
Hence, looking through IoT Forensics through the methodology dealing
with data, known as Data Analytics, is essential. This paper presents an
interpretation of IoT Forensics from the standpoint of Data Analytics.
To explain the same in detail, the paper focuses on IoT Forensics, its
methodologies, and how they relate to data analytics stages. Towards the
end, the paper discusses current developments in IoT forensics from the
Data Analytics perspective, limitations observed in the existing
technologies, adoption challenges, and possible future advancements.