Articles

Green Meets Blue: A Brief RCS Forensic Excursion

29th September 2026

What does RCS mean for digital forensics? MSAB Digital Forensic Specialist Markus Hess breaks down how RCS works, who uses it and where investigators can find the forensic evidence.

Corrobora – Cross-Artifact Consistency Analysis For Windows Digital Forensics

24th September 2026

Dielle De Noon explores the development and validation of two key components of her open-source Windows digital forensics framework and how they lay the foundation for future cross-artifact correlation.

A Stab Vest Is Protection. DFIR “Resilience” Is Not.

17th September 2026

We would never tell a police officer to face a blade with “resilience” instead of body armour, so why do we expect digital forensic investigators to face repeated trauma with little more than resilience to protect them?

Forensic Imaging Is A Workflow Problem, Not Just A Speed Problem

15th September 202615th September 2026

Atola TaskForce 2 helps forensic labs reduce imaging backlogs by combining fast parallel acquisition, automation, smarter workflows, and high-speed connectivity to keep evidence moving.

The Sound Of Silence – What Institutional Silence On DFI Well-Being Actually Tells Us

10th September 2026

When six organisations receive evidence that one in five digital forensic investigators meet the clinical threshold for suicidal or self-harm ideation, and only one responds, what does that silence say about who is looking out for the profession?

“The Skills And Resilience To Do One Of The Hardest Jobs In Policing” — Why This DFIR Recruitment Language Gets The Evidence Wrong

3rd September 20263rd September 2026

Does recruiting for “resilience” risk putting responsibility in the wrong place? Paul Gullon-Scott looks at what the evidence says about digital forensic well-being, workload and organisational support, and why the language we use matters.

Walk A Mile In Their Shoes: The Hidden World Of The Digital Forensic Investigator

2nd September 202627th August 2026

What happens when disturbing material in a CSAM investigation has to be read, not viewed? Paul Gullon-Scott examines the psychological impact of messages, descriptions and AI prompts on digital forensic investigators.

10 Best Practices For AI-Assisted Investigations: A Guide For Legal And Compliance Teams

24th August 2026

Cellebrite shares 10 best practices for faster, safer, and more defensible AI-assisted investigations, with a focus on governance, traceability, and human oversight.

Speed Against The Backlog: What’s Slowing You Down And How To Fix It

24th August 2026

When every hour counts, imaging speed matters – explore the practical factors that can slow forensic acquisitions and learn how the right hardware, network setup and automation can help tackle growing backlogs.

£2.4 Million For UK Police Well-Being – What Will It Actually Buy?

18th August 2026

Paul Gullon-Scott examines whether £2.4m for police well-being is enough to turn good national initiatives into meaningful support on the ground.

Protecting Those Who Protect Children: Inspection Findings And The Evidence Base For Investigator Well-Being

28th August 202613th August 2026

A major new HMICFRS report exposes the urgent need for proactive, mandatory mental health support for digital forensic investigators and others working daily with online child sexual abuse material.

How To Process A Clear-Key BitLocker Image File To Generate A Decrypted Raw Image

11th August 2026

Learn how to identify and decrypt BitLocker Clear Key–protected forensic images using dislocker and bdeinfo, from spotting the “-FVE-FS-” signature to mounting the recovered NTFS volume for analysis.

Misconduct Or Mental Injury? A Question Policing Can No Longer Avoid

10th August 2026

Can trauma show up as misconduct? Paul Gullon-Scott explores how cumulative trauma and organisational stress can shape behaviour in policing and digital forensics and why earlier, trauma-informed support could make all the difference.

The Evolution Of Atola TaskForce: Eight Years Of Non-Stop Innovation

6th August 2026

From record-breaking imaging speeds to automated RAID reconstruction and 50 Gbit/s networking, discover how TaskForce evolved over eight years into a comprehensive forensic acquisition platform built to remove investigators’ next bottleneck.

Ticking A Box, Missing The Person – Reflections From FEE 2026

4th August 2026

What happens when mental health support for digital forensic investigators becomes a tick-box exercise? Paul Gullon-Scott explores the troubling gap between recognising psychological risk and providing the relational, long-term support DFIs actually need.

Digital Forensics At The Point Of Contact: Closing The Gap Between Detection And Analysis

27th July 2026

Why wait months for digital evidence when answers could start at the point of contact? Discover how Cellebrite Kiosk helps teams move investigations forward faster.

Making Media Evidence Searchable: Media Forensics With Belkasoft X

28th July 202622nd July 2026

Turn thousands of photos, recordings, and videos into searchable evidence with Belkasoft X and offline AI-powered BelkaGPT, helping investigators spend less time on manual review and more time on what matters.