White Paper – How MD-RED Recovers And Decrypts WhatsApp Data

Si and Christa talk with Pablo Lopez Aguilar-Beltran about Project LOCARD, its purpose, and how it all go started, including:

- Why blockchain could be the foundation for improving international cooperation while maintaining compliance with privacy and other legal requirements
- Challenges associated with standardizing any platform across borders, as well as fostering implementation and participation
- The need for better digital evidence literacy among lawyers and judges, even as the digital aspects of crime accelerate past governments' abilities to legislate and enforce laws

Magnet Forensics' Trey Amick and Qualcomm's Tim McAnnany talk about Magnet AUTOMATE Enterprise, launched earlier in 2022, and how it helps to streamline investigative workflows in a corporate setting, enabling incident responders to respond to security events faster mitigate damage sooner.

In this episode, co-hosts Desi, Si, and Christa compare and contrast the concerns and pressures of the DFIR world vs. other industries. Starting with burnout as a function of increases in both cyber incidents and online crime, we also discuss:

- The risks of backfilling gaps in cyber without computer science fundamentals.
- More work and fewer resources leading to backlogs, which factor in burnout and resignations as well as actions like the UK barristers' strike.
- The importance of mentorship, representation, and manager training to facilitate strong team dynamics and mitigate risks.