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Barely three weeks after I penned Another Judge Rules Encryption Passphrase not Testimonial Under Fifth Amendment Analysis, the Eleventh Circuit has held that a defendant’s “decryption and production of the hard drives’ contents would trigger Fifth Amendment protection because it

McCann E-Investigations (McCann EI), a Texas-based computer forensics firm has released a white paper titled The Unchecked Power of the Senior Most IT Professional. This paper explores the complex issue of terminating the most senior IT professional, such as a

Paralan (http://www.paralan.com) is now the official USA and off-shore distributor for Voom’s computer forensics solutions that are used by law enforcement to collect, analyze and present digital data. Paralan handles the sales, marketing and shipping responsibilities while Voom handles technical

I-Analysis, an Asian company that specializes in digital forensics, discovery services (http://www.i-analysis.com.sg) and information management today announces the opening of its Taiwan office. Headquartered in Singapore with a presence in Malaysia, I-Analysis expands to Taiwan to meet client needs in

Euroforensics 2012 is an exclusive forensic sciences event dedicated specifically to the needs of government bodies, law enforcement agencies, anti-fraud professionals, cyber crime investigators, risk & compliance officers, crime scene investigators and medical forensic experts. Event Date & Location: 29-31

Guidance Software Inc. has announced a new version of its EnCase eDiscovery software with the ability to collect electronically stored information (ESI) from more cloud-based data services and a new collected data re-use feature for searching evidence collected for previous

The good news is companies are becoming increasingly familiar with predictive coding, but the more unsettling news is they are facing up to $20 million in annual e-discovery expenses. According to the third annual study of streamlining and reducing the

I previously discussed, on a bar association section blog in 2007 and 2009, the case of In re Boucher, where a U.S. judge for the District of Vermont ruled that requiring a criminal defendant to produce an unencrypted version of

Yuri is the founder of Belkasoft, an independent software vendor specializing in computer forensics and system software for the Windows and Mac OS platforms. Yuri, can you tell us something about your background and who you are? I have a

At first glance, one would assume that the only common thread that runs between a forensic lab that analyzes blood samples, fingerprints and DNA evidence, and a Cyber forensic lab that analyzes data is that both processes verify the facts

AccessData has announced the release of Forensic Toolkit (FTK) 4. A new feature called ‘Single-Node Enterprise’ gives FTK users the full analysis functionality of AD Enterprise, AccessData’s enterprise-class investigation and incident response solution. “FTK 4 gives our users access to

When the U.S. government wants to help train foreign law enforcement officers on how to extract the hidden secrets of a laptop computer or a cell phone, it often turns to a small company in Mobile. Gus Dimitrelos and a

Cyber-espionage, cyber-war: do we really need to worry about them — and if we do, what can we do about them? Cyber Warfare sets out to answer both questions via a comprehensive survey of the potential threats, the incidents we

One of the challenging aspects of teaching digital forensics is keeping up with rapid technological changes. Those changes, in turn, constantly change the way that Gus Dimitrelos approaches his other job, examining digital information in criminal cases. He pointed to

A short advance warning that I’m planning to make some changes to the site design this evening. There won’t be any major changes, just a refresh to give what I hope will be a cleaner, more professional look with somewhat

Joseph Naghdi, an experienced computer technologist, transitioned to digital forensics in early 2000 because he was intrigued by how data is stored and discovered on computers. Today, he’s a forensics analyst at Computer Forensics Lab, a U.K. consultancy specializing in