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

Webinar: Mobile Forensics using Device Seizure from Paraben Corporation

Finding hidden data in mobiles and apps becomes more troublesome every day. Learn how to use DS to process mobile devices including smartphones, tablets etc. with full analysis and reporting. Join Amber Schroader from Paraben Corporation as she demonstrates the

Mobile Forensics using Device Seizure from Paraben Corporation

Presenter: Amber Schroader, Paraben Corporation Join the forum discussion here.View the webinar on YouTube here.Read a full transcript of the webinar here. Transcript Amber Schroeder: Welcome to our webinar on mobile forensics using device seizure. I am Amber Schroeder, and

Review: Guidance Software EnCase Training Computer Forensics I

During the first week of December 2014, Guidance Software ran a computer forensics training course at its Slough offices in the UK, with the aim of helping forensic practitioners to understand and use EnCase as part of their investigations. The

Guidance Software EnCase Training Computer Forensics I

Reviewed by Scar de Courcier, Forensic Focus During the first week of December 2014, Guidance Software ran a computer forensics training course at its Slough offices in the UK, with the aim of helping forensic practitioners to understand and use

Forensic Focus Forum Round-Up

Welcome to this round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. Forum members discuss how to recover data from a gas pump skimmer. Is it possible to recover data from an iPad that has been reset, without access to

Making a Difference, One Child at a Time

By Jad Saliba, Founder & CTO of Magnet Forensics It’s not an issue many like to talk about, or perhaps even know about. But child sex slavery is one of the fastest growing criminal enterprises in the world. A perverse

Computer Investigations using P2 Commander from Paraben Corporation

Presenter: Rob Schroader, Paraben Corporation Join the forum discussion here.View the webinar on YouTube here.Read a full transcript of the webinar here. Transcript Rob Schroader: Hello, and welcome to the Forensic Focus webinar Computer Investigations Using P2 Commander – From

Police, digital forensics and the case against encryption

Mark Stokes, head of digital and electronics forensics services at the Met Police, keynote speaker at the (ISC)² EMEA Congress in London on Tuesday, detailed the techniques and technologies used to forensically investigate criminals who, he says, are increasingly reliant

Recovering Live System Artifacts with IEF

The collection of volatile data has become an essential component of a forensic examiner’s processes. While traditional forensic practices have always focused around avoiding any modification of evidence in order to preserve the integrity of the data, this is no

Evidence extraction from an Android device using MPE+ dSOLO

Data Specialist Group has created a self-extraction kit that includes an SD card pre-loaded with AccessData’s MPE+ dSOLO Android collection capability. dSOLO gives the end user the ability to extract data onsite from any Android smart phone, utilizing just a

FTK 5.6 Software Release

AccessData’s Forensic Toolkit 5.6 software upgrade is now available. Improvements: – System Information tab allows you to view system information that contains detailed information about disk images in an easy to read format. – Entity Extraction processing options to identify

Analyzing Windows Phone Artifacts with IEF

New with Internet Evidence Finder (IEF) v6.5, Magnet Forensics has added support for a number of native and third-party apps for Windows Phone. Using JTAG and Chip-off techniques, forensics examiners can use IEF to recover call logs, SMS/MMS, emails, and

How NIST is helping law enforcement with digital forensics

“Digital forensics is at a time of crisis and a time of opportunity.” This remark from Eoghan Casey, lead cybersecurity engineer at the MITRE Corp., highlighted the overarching themes presented at the first day of the National Institute of Standards

Oxygen Forensics releases the new and free Oxygen Forensic Viewer

Oxygen Forensics releases Oxygen Forensic Viewer, a stand-alone tool for viewing and sharing information collected with Oxygen Forensic Suite. Fast, easy and lightweight, Oxygen Forensic Viewer allows accessing the complete set of evidence, analyzing deleted data, examining suspects’ communications and