Forensic Focus

In response to strong demand in the 2009 survey for regular reviews at Forensic Focus, we’re kicking off the new reviews section with a report by Jonathan Krause on the X-Ways Forensics training course held in London last week. The

The American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB) accredited the Philadelphia Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (PHRCFL) in digital and multimedia evidence—the 35th laboratory to achieve this goal, and the ninth RCFL to earn this accreditation…The PHRCFL is part

In oral arguments last week, the Texas Supreme Court wrestled with how far courts should go in allowing electronic discovery. In Re: Weekley Homes LP raises an issue of first impression for this state’s Supreme Court: Can a trial court

An interview with Tony Sammes, Emeritus Professor at Cranfield University and co-author of “Forensic Computing: A Practitioner’s Guide”, is now online at http://www.forensicfocus.com/tony-sammes-interview-310309

Virtual servers, desktops and storage are reaching the point of ubiquity. If you haven’t already encountered your first electronic data discovery collection involving virtualization, it’s only a matter of time until you do. When you engage in collection in a

The Royal Thai Police are working to establish a High-Tech Crime Suppression Division, to oversee the fight against technology-related crime. The new division, with a dedicated budget and 200 to 300 well-trained police, is expected to be operating officially by

Stroz Friedberg, Inc. has opened its newest U.S. office at 101 Montgomery Street in downtown San Francisco. Leading the firm’s San Francisco operations is David E. Garrett, who joined Stroz Friedberg as a Managing Director… More (Metropolitan Corporate Counsel)

AccessData Inc. yesterday issued a legal alert addressing a recently published court ruling furthering the legal standing of its Forensic Toolkit® (FTK®) software. In this instance, the case addressed FTK’s native search engine used to identify, search and collect electronically

In a wide ranging discussion with media sources today, e-fense discussed its many marketing and sales initiatives designed to ensure a global reach of its incident response and e-discovery products and ease of purchase for customers…The risk of data loss

A breakthrough in computer forensics technology was announced today when investigators were told they would no longer be required to rely on text-based or simple point and click interfaces, but will instead be able to fully immerse themselves in a

A new U.K. police force dedicated to tracking down cybercriminals is gearing up to make the most of what one senior police official acknowledges is limited funding. The Police Central e-crime Unit, due to begin operations soon, came to be

“A significant piece of our work in the last few years has been on cyberforensics. Helping build forensic methods and tools that help law enforcement use do better job of investigating. That means not just crimes against computers, but also

The presence on the internet of those with malicious intentions has been the subject of Hollywood blockbusters, so it is fair to assume that most business leaders are aware of the threat. But perhaps less well understood is how the

A computer expert giving evidence on what time he thinks the Bain family computer was turned on on the morning of June 20, 1994, has told the David Bain murder retrial that his findings involved a lot of “guesswork”. Police

The International Conference on Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime is now accepting papers. Authors are invited to submit original and unpublished papers, accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings and some papers may be selected for a journal…Suggested topics

Wave University, an educational platform for legal professionals that offers free webinars, a “lunch and learn” series and software training webinars, announces its second webinar in a series that will focus on discovery issues. “Blackberry Forensics – Recovering & Processing