A recent discussion on an international podcast spawned several offspring topics about what bona-fide occupational qualifications (previously known as BFOQs) are key to success in the field of digital forensics. This question has several answers, some of which are not…
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…
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…
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. …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
