2020 Key Influencers in DFIR
One of the things I enjoy most about the field of digital forensics is that it’s a community of people who all generally have one set of goals in mind: Find the truth, get to the facts, uncover the evidence…
Digital Forensics: Adding Value To Title IX (Title 9) Cases
For the past several years, there have been multiple business articles stating how the private sector digital forensics industry will be growing exponentially in the near future. This is partially due to increased data breaches, increased civil litigation filings where…
Beyond Location Data In Cellular Records Analysis
For reasons I’m not sure I can put a firm grasp on, there still seems to be a debate over the value of cellular call detail records and their strength in being able to prove or disprove location in litigation. …
So You Want To Start A Digital Forensic Business
Pro Digital Forensic Consulting is about to embark on it’s 7th year in full-time operation. It’s hard to believe that when I made the decision to transition from law enforcement to the private sector, my little company would have come…
Screen Shots Are Not (Good) Evidence
Working a variety of civil, corporate and criminal litigation cases, we see a myriad of different approaches to digital forensics in a litigation support model. One of the common cost-benefit questions that comes up is, why would a party involved…
Checkra1n + UFED = Goodness! (Part 1)
Welcome to my first blog! Why did I decide to write this? I have been thinking about doing a blog for some time now and a good friend of me finally motivated me into writing about a current mobile forensics…
Digital Forensics: Theory vs. Practice
As an active digital forensic practitioner for over 10 years, I have attended many training offerings from many different companies/resources, read many white papers published by any number of scientific and academic entities and worked hundreds of active cases for…
Digital Forensics in Sexual Assault Cases
Any practicing litigators and digital forensic analysts (as well as our regular readers) appreciate the value that digital evidence can add to their cases. Civil, criminal and administrative matters can all have a data component to them, for which forensic…
Three Reasons Why Call Detail Records Analysis Is Not “Junk Science”
Since introducing our private sector clients to the impact that cellular call detail records (CDR) analysis & mapping can have on their cases, we’ve had a lot of robust discussions with litigators and clients about the veracity and value of…
Four Tips for Effective Forensic Report Writing
Digital forensics is a complicated field. As mentioned in previous articles, much of what we do as forensic practitioners is break down very complicated & technical matters to basic concepts that stake-holders in our cases can easily understand. In fact,…
