Forensic Focus

CyberSecurity Institute will be giving away five vouchers for the CyberSecurity Forensic Analyst certification. The vouchers will be good through 2008. http://www.cybersecurityforensicanalyst.com/Interested persons need to send the following information to [email protected]: NameMailing addressAgency/companyYears forensic analysis experience Regards, Steve Hailey

By now, you undoubtedly have mastered the new electronic data discovery amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. You keep up with the rapidly evolving case law. You probably even know the difference between a computer forensic expert and

German Information Security professionals were hopeful after proposed changes to the UK Computer Misuse Act Police and Justice Act amendments were suspended due to the fact that if certain clauses were enacted, it would effectively make the entire Information Security

Researchers from the University of South Australia are aiding police in the fight against online crime by developing a set of forensic computing standards. With the help of an Australian Research Council (ARC) grant to the value of $500 000,

Forensic investigations start at the end. Think of it: You wouldn’t start using science and technology to establish facts (that’s the dictionary definition of forensics) unless you had some reason to establish facts in the first place. But by that

Digital forensics is changing the way crimes are investigated and it’s also being used by businesses looking to clamp down on unpleasant or illegal staff behaviour. Detective sergeant John Finan admits to watching the occasional episode of CSI and what

For months now, the feds have said organized crime was moving into the realm of cybercrime, using hackers to run scams and break into systems. But Assistant U.S. Attorney Erez Liebermann, chief of the computer hacking and intellectual property section

Dale Hanson patrolled Minneapolis’ North Side before his policing career took a major turn off the streets and he became the department’s first full-time computer forensic specialist in June 2005. The job quickly morphed into the relatively unknown territory of

Information and Communications Technology Minister Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom said the law, implemented for the first time on Wednesday, to counter cyber crimes, will not affect the public’s use of computers or Internet services and was only designed to combat crimes involving

An American Bar Journal eColumn article brings us relevant revelations about Vista’s improved ability to provide evidence for court. Innovations within Vista apparently make it far easier to find evidence on PCs. Chief among those are Shadow Copy, Transactional NTFS

Gathering intelligence and performing arrests requires law enforcement experience, but gathering further evidence from computers, hard drives and other electronic devices requires specialist computer forensic skills. When forensic teams arrive at a physical crime scene their goal is to not

All over America, vendors stand ready to solve the e-discovery problems of big, rich companies. But here’s the rub: Most American businesses are small companies that use computers – and along with individual litigants, they’re bound by the same preservation

From Wietse on the DFSci list: “As the DFRWS 2007 conference is approaching, you can still register as a participant. Please see details at http://www.dfrws.org/2007/ If you have a new tool that you would like to demo or a poster

The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has released a new guide to collecting electronic evidence. The Good Practice Guide for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence has been revised by experts to reflect recent developments in computer forensic investigation techniques… More (ComputerWeekly)

Jamie Ridden discusses the re-use of storage media and how slack space can prevent sensitive data from being completely removed… Full article: Security Focus

Guidance Software announced today that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has filed its test results on the company’s FastBloc(r) FE write blocker. The Guidance Software product performed at or above expectations by the governing body, indicating that