Forensic Focus

In this video, State Bar Practice Management Advisor Nerino Petro discusses way to effectively present electronic and computer forensics evidence with Bruce Olson, president of ONLAW Trial Technologies LLC. Olson outlines how to keep the jury engaged. Watch the video

by Dr Chris Hargreaves "Traditional academic publications are peer reviewed, e.g. journal papers and conference proceedings, and there are now many examples of these that specifically cover digital forensics (e.g. Digital Investigation, Journal of Digital Forensic Practice). However, a considerable

Companies or educational bodies can now take a group subscription to Digital Forensics Magazine and gain access for 6 or more people for 15% discount. If more than 20 logins are required for the magazine, customers are requested to email

reviewed by Jonathan Krause:Here’s two things you can be sure of; hard drives will constantly increase in capacity and the requirement to finish the job as soon as possible at minimum cost will be an ever present. So any device

Non-traditional communications devices such as smartphones and game consoles pose a particular problem to law enforcement agencies trying to milk them for forensic data that reveals criminal activity, attendees were told at the 2010 Computer Forensics Show in New York

BlackBag Technologies, Inc. has announced the release and general availability of Mobilyze, a new generation of forensic analysis software specifically designed to analyze iPhone, iPod touch and iPad data…A veteran in Mac forensic analysis solutions, BlackBag now offers the industry’s

Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mohammed Bello Adoke, has called for the establishment of computer forensic laboratories across the country either on zonal or state basis. The AGF said that the yet to be established laboratories would be federally

An editorial panel is currently reviewing the ACPO Good Practice Guide for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence and is seeking the views of interested parties from both the law enforcement and private community of users and service providers, the IT sector, and

Trial lawyers should broaden their expertise in electronic data collection if they hope to present best evidence, an expert in electronic discovery said on April 9 at Fordham. Edward Stroz, CBA ’79, founder and co-president of the global consulting firm

The super-sleuth detectives in TV show CSI have some very nifty tools to help solve crimes. But the need to keep things interesting and wrap the show up in an hour means the technology used in each episode bears little

by Craig Ball "I recently posted an open letter to judges on a blog that caters to an e-discovery audience. I asked judges to stop ordering parties to turn over their systems to the opposing side's computer forensic examiners and

Motivated by a lack of forensic tools to acquire evidence from network devices in the field, ATC released the Router Marshal forensic tool on March 4, 2010. Router Marshal automatically acquires digital forensic evidence from network devices such as routers

A free tool is changing the way digital forensic professionals perform detailed examinations. The SANS Investigative Forensic Toolkit (SIFT) Workstation 2.0, created by Rob Lee, is the first of its kind – an online virtualized workstation environment to show that

April 1st sees the announcement of two new organisations for digital forensics professionals. The International Federation of Forensic Examiners in Europe (IFFEE) and the Department of Justice Expert Examiners (DoJEE) group in the US both aim to provide practitioners with

Searching a computer can detect noncompliance, including new law violations, that occurred days or even years before the search. The most basic search or preview takes a quick look at the computer on site to determine if there are any

by Dan Gaskell "The Copyright Design and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA) was amended by Statutory Instrument on 31 October 2003 through the introduction of the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003. The driving force behind this was an EC Directive