Forensic Focus

By Lee Hui Jing, EnCe "A couple of months ago, one of my clients, an Investigating Officer from a Law Enforcement Agency, had requested me to extract some of the files from an image copy of a hard disk. The

The 1st, 4th, and 7th U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal have applied the plain view doctrine to computer searches. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the doctrine in United States v. Comprehensive Drug Testing. This article looks at

by Chris Hargreaves "Browsing through the forums on Forensic Focus, on numerous occasions I have come across requests for MSc project ideas. An MSc project is a research project, and that requires the identification of an area of research in

As people bustle about in the busy area known as the West End in Downtown Dallas, they may not realize that nearby highly-trained crime fighters are working to catch crooks, murderers and terrorists. Very few people get to peak inside

"In this paper we would like to address a few problems that we encounter in the digital forensic field, in general, which probably will get worse if our methods do not get smarter soon. A few problems that the digital

Tim LeeHealey is CEO of pioneering US forensic firm AccessData, which creates solutions that address criminal and internal investigations, ediscovery and information assurance. On a visit to Sydney to attend a seminar for forensic investigators, LeeHealy took some time out

Organizations will increase their use of electronic discovery, according to new research from IT trade association CompTIA, which will open up opportunities for IT solution providers with the right skills and expertise. E-discovery conventionally refers to the discovery process in

by Sean McLinden "In my last column, I discussed the concept of prior probability, that is to say, the likelihood that that conclusion A can be derived from fact B with no additional data. In medical diagnosis, prior probability is

A new digital forensics degree will teach students how to find complex evidence that is hidden in mobile phones, computers and databases. The four-year Digital Forensics BSc (Hons) course, announced on Thursday, will be available at University of Abertay, in

Verizon’s invaluable Data Breach Investigations Report will now include data from hundreds of computer crime cases investigated by the U.S. Secret Service, the company announced this week. The report, which is among the best at tracking data loss incidents, is

A national public competition has begun to find people with a talent for keeping computers and networks secure. The competition aims to find those with relevant analytical, forensic and programming skills using web-based games and challenges. Without more computer security

The Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team operated out of publicity’s glare until last month, when armed with a search warrant, its investigators broke into the Fremont home of a blogger-editor for the website Gizmodo. The Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team,

A Pennsylvania school district under legal fire for using school laptops that captured images of students in their homes without disclosing the activity has issued a lengthy report that summarizes the findings of an investigation into the matter. The independent

Guidance Software, Inc. today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Tableau, LLC, a privately-held developer and manufacturer of computer forensic hardware. This acquisition extends Guidance Software’s existing leadership in computer forensics

Digital Forensics Magazine is a collection of features, news, reviews and articles concerning all matters dealing with the rapidly growing market of digital forensics and cyber security. Recent reports estimate this market to be worth £4-5bn each year at present.

by Dominik Weber "When the large forensic company I am currently working for decided to create an Enterprise-Level product, I worked on cryptographic protocol, the Authentication and Encryption Algorithms, their FIPS 140-2 validation and implementation. This took a long time,