Eoghan, you've been in digital forensics for a long time; how did you first get into the field?
I first got into the field by accident. The husband of a friend of mine was a violent crime investigator, he was a forensic scientist who was starting to specialise in serial violent offenders, and he needed some tech support. Basically understanding evidence on the internet. And I got interested in it in terms of the social contribution, and so started to pursue that and ultimately went and specialised in intrusion investigation for a while, but also helped criminal investigators as best my time could allow. And ultimately that’s my interest, I’ve now maybe split it out: one foot into the network intrusion side and one in the criminal. Which is nice, I like being able to do both.
