Binary Entropy

Turkish equivalent: İkili veri entropisiDomain: Digital Forensics

A statistical measure of byte-value uncertainty used in forensic analysis to characterize compression, encryption, packing, or data regularity.

Boundaries

High entropy can be consistent with encryption, compression, or naturally complex data and should not be treated as proof of any one cause.

  • Shannon Entropy
  • File Carving
  • Encryption
  • Compression