3rd September 2026

“The Skills And Resilience To Do One Of The Hardest Jobs In Policing” — Why This DFIR Recruitment Language Gets The Evidence Wrong
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Does recruiting for “resilience” risk putting responsibility in the wrong place? Paul Gullon-Scott looks at what the evidence says about digital forensic well-being, workload and organisational support, and why the language we use matters....

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Forensic Focus Digest, September 04 2026

Forensic Focus Digest, September 04 2026

4th September 2026

Discover what’s new on Forensic Focus – explore practical ways to tackle forensic backlogs with Atola Technology, learn best practices for AI-assisted investigations with Cellebrite, and more....read more

Belkasoft Named A Major Player In The IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Digital Forensics Platforms 2026 Vendor Assessment

Belkasoft Named A Major Player In The IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Digital Forensics Platforms 2026 Vendor Assessment

3rd September 2026

Belkasoft has been named a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Digital Forensics Platforms 2026 Vendor Assessment - a milestone that reflects the maturity of Belkasoft X and the company's continued innovation in AI-powered digital forensics....read more

Cellebrite Genesis: Turn Digital Evidence Into Actionable Leads In Minutes

Cellebrite Genesis: Turn Digital Evidence Into Actionable Leads In Minutes

3rd September 2026

See how Cellebrite Genesis uses agentic AI to help enterprise investigative teams cut through complex digital evidence, uncover connections, and move from data to actionable leads in minutes....read more

DFRWS EU 2015 – Dublin 23rd – 26th March

On Monday 23rd of March 2015, Forensic Focus will be attending DFRWS EU – the European Digital Forensic Research Workshop – at University College Dublin, Ireland. If there are any topics you would particularly like us to cover in-depth, or

Mobile Phone Examiner Plus (MPE+) – Part 1

Reviewed by Si Biles, Thinking Security Sadly, at the time I put the finishing touches to the first part of this review at the start of 2015, Paris has been rocked by terrorist attacks resulting in the deaths of 17

DFRWS EU 2015 – Dublin 23rd – 26th March

On Monday 23rd of March 2015, Forensic Focus will be attending DFRWS EU – the European Digital Forensic Research Workshop – at University College Dublin, Ireland. If there are any topics you would particularly like us to cover in-depth, or

Forensic Focus Forum Round-Up

Welcome to this round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. Forum members discuss how to construct a Huffman table in order to display a block of a JPEG image. What are your tips for getting started in malware

Nevis encryption-detection software updated to version 1.5.0

The National Technical Assistance Centre (NTAC) has released a new version of Nevis, their free encryption-detection software. Nevis runs over seized media to flag any encrypted files or encryption-related files, outputting a report to allow investigators to quickly identify any

Magnet Forensics Expands Support in EMEA

Waterloo, ON., March 4, 2015 – Magnet Forensics is pleased to introduce Carl Tinker as the new Business Development & Channel Manager for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). Carl joins the Magnet team to provide focused support for

SQLite Database Forensics – ‘Sleep Cycle’ Case Study

Recently one of our users, Dan Saunders, was kind enough to write up his experience using the Forensic Browser for SQLite on a database that was not supported by any other forensics tools – this is his story: SQLite databases

Secure View Mobile Forensics and Belkasoft Announce Partnership

Susteen Inc, and Belkasoft are happy to announce their new partnership. This partnership will allow respective users of both Susteen’s Secure View cell phone forensic software and Belkasoft's computer forensic software to receive discounts on each other’s offerings. Both companies

Oxygen Forensics turns 15!

We are celebrating our 15th anniversary and want to invite you to be a part of it!We would be more than happy if you share your story with us. We have written a rich history together, and we want to

Vladimir Katalov, CEO, Elcomsoft

Vladimir, please tell us about your role as CEO of ElcomSoft. What does your day-to-day work entail? To be honest, “CEO” does not actually reflect what I am doing. I’m taking care of quite a lot of things: strategic development,

Head replacement tools from HddSurgery

Introduction to head replacement process Head replacement process refers to the process of replacing defective HDD heads with the heads from identical and functional hard disk drive. This process must be performed in order to recover data from disks that

Exam Outline For CCFP Digital Forensics Certification Available for Download

The Certified Cyber Forensics Professional (CCFP) certification is the only global cyber forensics credential that provides a comprehensive validation of a candidate’s knowledge and skills as a digital forensics expert. Developed by (ISC)2, a leader in the information security certification

Forensic examination of SQLite Write Ahead Log (WAL) files

I am sure that you are aware that when an SQLite database is opened if there is an associated WAL (Write Ahead Log) file then the pages in this WAL are automatically written to the main database, thus overwriting records,