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Microsoft hosted 190 police and law enforcement officers for three days’ training in IT forensics this week, saving the government some £325,000. It’s Microsoft’s way of giving something back to the industry, says Ed Gibson, the former FBI agent who

Can computer forensics investigators or others legally access computers they don’t own and are not authorized to enter? Can computer files or other information be retrieved from the computers without the owner’s authorization? Can you access into computers belonging to

Get your nominations in for the Forensic 4cast Awards: http://forensic4cast.com/?p=219 Its like the Academy Awards for digital forensics…The company for which I work has been nominated for an award. This award is not the most significant in the world but

The inaugural Digital Safety Conference brings together thought leaders, policy makers, legal professionals, law enforcement agencies, government representatives, educators, industry leaders and those committed to protecting civil liberties to consider the health, reputation and environment of the digital world. The

An interview with Dr Chris Pamplin, Editor of the UK Register of Expert Witnesses is now online at http://www.forensicfocus.com/chris-pamplin-interview-310509

ADF Solutions, Inc. announced today the release of Triage-ID 2.0®, the next generation of its widely deployed forensic triage software. This software is deployed in both field and lab investigations of computers and is used to identify high-value evidence in

The podcast “Inside the Core” is now available through MacOSXForensics.com as a source of Macintosh forensic analysis advice. The show hosts, Dave Melvin, Chris Curran and Ryan Kubasiak will be talking about techniques, file locations, and the “plist of the

Logicube® Inc. has announced that the company’s premier data capture solution, the Forensic Dossier®, will provide support for the EnCase® evidence file format, E01. The Dossier is the first hardware-based data capture solution to provide support of this widely-used forensic

The second Advanced Forensic Sessions from Hoffmann BV in the Netherlands will be held 16th – 20th November 2009. The Sessions are limited to 25 participants but the previous edition was completely booked so early registration is recommended. Click here

A legal dispute between a computer forensic expert and Avon and Somerset Police over a CP case has been condemned by a children’s rights group. The dispute, which is threatening to derail a police investigation, centres on hard drives and

A district court judge ordered Massachusetts and Boston College police to return a BC student’s computers, cell phone and other belongings, after finding that investigators did not sufficiently show a link between the man and any crime. The case pits

A new version of SC Suite is available, version 3.2 now includes more tools to analyse and extract information from a variety of file types and utilities to assist in every day tasks. Continuing user feedback has resulted in the

Gateshead College’s new Digital Forensics Lab at its Baltic Campus site in the UK will offer the very latest courses to equip companies with the skills needed to track criminal activity and implement preventative measures. The new facility has opened

Guidance Software Inc. has announced EnCase Portable®, a new data acquisition solution on a USB drive that enables law enforcement, government, law firm and corporate customers to leverage the search and acquisition capabilities of EnCase® in a wide range of

A leading computer crime expert with the FBI will deliver the keynote address at the Purdue-sponsored Mobile Forensics World Conference in Chicago. Rick Voss, a supervisory special agent with the FBI’s Chicago bureau, will speak about his experience in digital

The Chairman, Certification Board of Computer Forensics Institutes Nigeria (CFIN), Dr Peter Olayiwola has described the launching of online training institute last weekend as the beginning of an era in the history of Nigeria saying that the nation will be