BelkaScript: How to Get Most out of Digital Forensic Software

Digital investigator nowadays has access to a wide array of solid forensic tools. Some of them offer mobile forensics only, some help with computer or laptop analysis, some – like Belkasoft Evidence Center – support all types of devices, but the task flow and product logic is more or less fixed in every product. If an investigator faces an unusual task, it is hard to solve it within the workflow offered by a product. And unusual tasks are not that rare – we hear about them very often, just take a glance at Forensic Focus forums page.

In this article, we will discuss some real life stories that involved cases hard to solve with the standard workflow in Belkasoft Evidence Center:

• Good Employee, Bad Employee
• Bar Fight
• Digging Deep Inside PhotosHowever, it became possible with BelkaScript, a free built-in scripting module that allows users to write custom scripts to extend Evidence Center capabilities. Scripts can be used to automate some of the routine (for example, reporting or bonding together two operations) or to extend product’s functionality for a specific situation. But it most certainly does not end there as we will now show on real-life examples.

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