Few digital forensics practitioners would dispute that their job is largely sedentary: there’s a lot of sitting, be it in labs, vehicles (including aircraft), meeting rooms, and conference lecture rooms, among others.
That only became more true in 2020, when … Read more
As 2020 drew to a close, demand for digital forensics and investigations had perhaps never been higher. The COVID-19 pandemic continued to accelerate many forms of digital crime, particularly crimes against children and various types of fraud.
At the … Read more
The Open Source Digital Forensics Conference (OSDFCon) kicked off its second decade virtually and, thanks to sponsorships, free of charge. Usually hosted each October in Washington, D.C., OSDFCon this year drew 12,000 people from around the globe: a massive increase … Read more
The fourth quarter of 2020 has seen some significant legal developments when it comes to digital evidence. In this issue (which also happens to be the anniversary of the inaugural Forensic Focus Legal Update), we highlight:
In September, Forensic Focus was invited to sit in on a meeting of the Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence (SWGDE). The third and final meeting of 2020 was held virtually — just as the previous meeting, in June, had … Read more
One of the most interesting and important things about digital forensics research is the way legal, cultural, and operational landscapes in different countries inform and even drive the research. In other words, digital technology doesn’t exist in a vacuum, even … Read more
Like so many conferences this year, including some of its smaller chapter events, the High Technology Crime Investigators Association (HTCIA) annual event had to pivot its offerings to a virtual environment. During its week-long event from September 28 to October … Read more
Women mathematicians and scientists invented the computer algorithm, software as we know it, and the foundation of telecommunications, including wireless communication. They helped break secret enemy messages during World War II, and ensured men got … Read more
Online learning is nothing new to the digital forensics world. Vendors such as AccessData and Cellebrite have offered it for years, and distance learning programs at institutions like University College Dublin and DeSales University have long made it possible to … Read more
Sharing is at the heart of any community, and no less so in digital forensics and incident response. Sharing helps to avoid reinventing the wheel — or unnecessarily overcomplicating it. That’s especially true as the complexity of digital evidence advances … Read more