Met to spend £32m on digital forensics kit

The Metropolitan Police Service is to spend £32m on a four-year framework supply deal for equipment to help with forensic analysis of digital devices. The Official Journal of the European Union says the Met wants the equipment to cover computers,

Forensic tips in court

Computer forensics experts called to testify before a judge and jury must relay the facts of the case but equally important, must convey them in a way a jury can understand. On the witness stand, a computer forensic expert must

Shrinking the gap: carving NTFS-compressed files

A new paper from Joachim Metz of Hoffmann Investigations titled “Shrinking the gap: carving NTFS-compressed files” is now available here. Readers may be interested to note that carving NTFS-compressed data will be part of the advanced carving topic of the

Forensic experts recover 4,286 City Hall e-mails

Computer forensic experts have recovered 4,286 deleted e-mails that belonged to a top Menino aide, and will be releasing them to the media late tomorrow afternoon, the city announced last night… More (BostonHerald.com)

Interview with Jim Gordon, West Mercia Police

An interview with Jim Gordon, Computer Crime Analyst at West Mercia Police is now online at http://www.forensicfocus.com/jim-gordon-interview-150909

Digital Forensics: Great Need, New Careers – Rob Lee, SANS Institute

Information security requirements and challenges change on a daily basis – and with them come growing opportunities for individuals with skills in digital forensics. Rob Lee, a director with Mandiant and curriculum lead for digital forensic training at SANS Institute,

Forensic Focus Graduate Recruitment

Forensic Focus is delighted to announce the introduction of the Forensic Focus Graduate Recruitment program. Headed by respected computer forensics recruitment specialist David Sullivan and supported by technical experts in the fields of both computer and mobile forensics, this program

Helix 3 Enterprise review

A review of Helix 3 Enterprise written by Jonathan Krause of Forensic Control can be read here with discussion here. Helix 3 Enterprise (H3E) is e-fense’s flagship investigation suite pitched at a similar level as EnCase Enterprise or Access Data

Guidance Announces EnCase Certified eDiscovery Practitioner Program

Guidance Software Inc. today announced the new EnCase Certified eDiscovery Practitioner (EnCEP) program. The program certifies private and public sector professionals in the use of Guidance Software’s EnCase eDiscovery software, as well as their proficiency in eDiscovery planning, project management

AccessData and LTU technologies Announce Joint Partnership

AccessData Corporation and LTU technologies, a leading provider of imagerecognition and search technologies, have entered into a joint partnership aimed at enhancing AccessData’s image search and identification capabilities. Integrating AccessData’s Forensic Toolkit® (FTK®) with image recognition from LTU technologies will

On the digital frontline of policing

In the heart of New York Police Department’s (NYPD) Real Time Crime Centre (RTCC), Inspector Kenneth Mekeel surveys data coming in on a giant monitor the size of a cinema screen. As queries come in from officers on the street

Mobile phone ID fraud ‘increases’

There has been a rise in the number of mobile phone accounts being cloned or taken over by criminals, figures show. According to the UK fraud prevention service Cifas, the practice is one of the growth areas of identity theft…

Troy University gets $350,000 in federal funds to fight cybercrime

Troy University (Alabama) is getting $350,000 in federal funding to fight cybercrime. Republican Sen. Richard Shelby of Tuscaloosa worked to get the federal appropriation for Troy’s Computer Forensics Institute and Lab. Shelby said Tuesday the university will use the funding

Being a CSI isn’t as glamorous as on TV!

‘Life as a real life CSI isn’t as glamorous as it looks on TV!’ says Dundalk woman Vivienne Mee who is a leading expert in computer forensics in Ireland. Dr Mee, from Mountain View, Point Road, just recently graduated from