I’m going to be blunt from the start: If you are not using a trained, qualified, experienced & knowledgeable analyst for cellular records analysis (i.e., historical cell site location), then you are doing your client a large disservice, regardless of…
Fielding dozens of inquiries every month for nearly 9 years as a digital forensic service provider, we start to get a good sense about what many cases involve, even before the details of an incident are revealed. Whether the case…
In today’s ever-changing and increasing technological world, digital forensics has become an important step in civil and criminal investigations. This typically involves collecting, extracting, and examining data evidence from computer hard drives, mobile devices (smart phones, tablets, GPS units, etc.),…
Businesses large and small often have the unfortunate occasion where they must deal with a difficult client. In the world of digital forensics, this is no exception. It is essentially how you deal with them that matters. Truth be told,…
Several times a year, there seem to be current events or topics that strike a chord both inside and beyond the digital forensic community. We’ve discussed these in previous articles with regard to the Carpenter v. US decision and Apple’s…
Following up on last month’s article about “Three FAQs About Digital Forensics as a Service”, we thought it useful to spend some time debunking some myths about digital forensics from both a general practitioner and service provider perspective. Every industry…
There are many tentacles to the practice of digital forensics. As explored in a previous article, there can be two main tracks to the practice of digital forensics: Incident Response & Litigation Support. Along the same vein, there are practitioners…
Digital forensics as a practice and as a service has been evolving for since its inception. Among the evolutionary explosions we’ve seen in the field are the hardware, the size of data repositories, the data storage technology and the tools…
As a digital forensic practitioner who logs approximately 70% of cases in the mobile device forensics arena, it has become the norm for us to receive discovery in any number of forms from opposing counsel, law enforcement agencies, etc. Being…
