Forensic Focus

Professional services firm Deloitte has doubled the size of its computer forensic and electronic discovery group following a merger with Forensic Data. The Australian firm, which specialises in data recovery, data conversion, electronic discovery and computer forensics, provides consulting services

The FBI this week announced progress on a computer crime initiative aimed at thwarting the use of “botnets” to disrupt Internet communications. The investigation, dubbed Operation Bot Roast II, has netted eight arrests around the US, and, with the help

A team of four computer science and cyber operations graduate students from the Air Force Institute of Technology combined their cyber skills and interest in digital forensics to win the Grand Champion trophy at the annual DOD Cyber Crime Center

Having first descended onto the shores of Fiji in 1996 as a British police officer researching global computer criminal activity, the response and capabilities by law enforcement agencies, I found myself a decade later returning as part of an international

With businesses relying so heavily on mobile devices, the information that can be gathered from such devices is becoming similar to what can be forensically retrieved from computers. The types of data that can be retrieved from mobile devices include

As the one year anniversary of the amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) approaches, Kroll Ontrack today announced a breakdown of the reported electronic discovery opinions from 2007 as well as a list of the year’s top five most

Buffalo is home to one of the FBI’s 14 Regional Computer Forensics Labs, or RCFLs. It’s here local, state and federal examiners team up to break down computers, cell phones, and iPods in search of evidence from a crime. Just

Officials at the United Arab Emirates information security conference are calling for tougher penalties against cyberterrorism and for better forensics…Kevin Mansell, managing director of the British-based digital forensics training and consultancy firm Control-F, urged UAE officials to utilize mobile-phone forensics

Computer forensic experts deal with some of the most grave and serious of criminal cases that involve digital evidence. However it may be surprising to hear that currently there is no regulatory body to ensure the quality of their work,

Damon Hacker knows better than anyone else the kind of electronic fingerprints we leave behind on a daily basis. Did you use a computer today? A cell phone? A Blackberry? Swipe a card to enter your workplace? Drive a car?

According to a new survey by Kroll Ontrack, many companies are neglecting data recovery when formulating their compliance policies and opening themselves up to unnecessary risk. In an e-mail survey of 100 users, the company found that despite 78 percent

Digital forensics is the process of using the scientific method to examine digital media in order to establish facts for legal purposes, especially judicial review. It involves the systematic inspection of IT systems, especially data-storage devices, for evidence of a

Many tools exist that can help companies manage electronic documents in compliance with court rules…Several technologies, such as e-mail archiving software, can help reduce risk and manage costs associated with e-discovery rules…Another technology that won some support was automated computer

The Chief of Halifax Regional Police and two officers are denying they were negligent in the investigation of a man who was first convicted, and then acquitted, of possessing CP. The defence was filed in Nova Scotia Supreme court on

An animal rights activist has been ordered to hand over her encryption keys to the authorities. Section Three of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) came into force at the start in October 2007, seven years after the original

For the first time in more than 60 years a Colossus computer will be cracking codes at Bletchley Park. The Colossus machine will be pitted against modern computer technology that will also be used to decipher and read transmitted messages.