Computer profiling

Due to development of technology, digital devices are changing from data containers to a sort of “digital diaries” where it is impossible not to leave evidence of people lifestyle, even if unintentionally.

Chat rooms, blogs, forums, social networks, etc..., are now the new keeper of people personal habits, with the feature of easily allowing the structuring and mining of data. Capturing information about users and their interest is the main function of user profiling.

Computer profiling is the forensic reconstruction of a computer system for the purpose of characterizing its behavior and usage, providing for the identification of computer systems of interest.

The computer profiling object model is an information model which models a computer as objects with various attributes and inter-relationships.

Profiling is usually carried out using data mining technology, with the help of data mining techniques appropriate information, patterns are automatically discovered, and profiles are generated from large data set.

Profiling involves the use of inductive logic to determine indicators of characteristics and or behavior patterns that are related to the occurrence of certain behavior.

A judgment is made about a particular individual based on the past behavior of other individuals who appear statistically similar, that is, who have similar demographic, socioeconomic, physical, or other characteristics.
Computer profiling