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: Investigating Sexual Crimes in the Tinder Age

Date/Time: Tuesday December 16th, 2014 @ 10:00 am EST (3pm GMT) The usage of location-based mobile dating applications like Tinder and Grindr has exploded over the last year. This new class of mobile app allows singles to identify, chat with,

IIF – an evidence extraction model for investigation

This framework was first introduced in DFRWS EU 2014 (the first DFRWS conference in Europe) at Amsterdam held in May and later presented at Hacks in Taiwan 2014 (HITCON) which is a high-tech security conference in Taiwan held in August.

Magnet Forensics IEF Essentials Training Review

On the 14th-17th of October 2014, Magnet Forensics ran its first remote training course on the essential knowledge required to properly use Internet Evidence Finder, Magnet’s flagship software solution. The course was set up with the aim of aiding digital

Magnet Forensics IEF Essentials Training

Reviewed by Scar de Courcier, Forensic Focus On the 14th-17th of October 2014, Magnet Forensics ran its first remote training course on the essential knowledge required to properly use Internet Evidence Finder, Magnet’s flagship software solution. The course was set

Rob Maddox, Director of Global Training, Magnet Forensics

Rob, please tell us about your role as Director of Global Training at Magnet Forensics. My role as the Director of Global Training for Magnet Forensics encompasses several unique yet interconnected responsibilities, which include training development and delivery; business development;

Rob Maddox, Director of Global Training, Magnet Forensics

Rob, please tell us about your role as Director of Global Training at Magnet Forensics. My role as the Director of Global Training for Magnet Forensics encompasses several unique yet interconnected responsibilities, which include training development and delivery; business development;

Magnet Forensics Releases Internet Evidence Finder v6.5

With the release of Internet Evidence Finder v6.5, Magnet Forensics adds support for Windows Phone, and introduces new triage features including live system artifact recovery capabilities. IEF is already capable of recovering evidence from native and third-party mobile applications found

Proposed UK law aims to identify suspects by IP address

A law forcing firms to hand details to police identifying who was using a computer or mobile phone at a given time is to be outlined by Theresa May. The home secretary said the measure would improve national security. As

Oxygen Forensic Suite 2014

Reviewed by Mark Rigby, Faraday Forensics Ltd Oxygen Forensic Suite 2014 is specialist software aimed squarely at mobile phone forensics. It claims to have the “widest range of supported devices” with over 8,400 models listed and is geared towards smart-phones

Paraben Releases Device Seizure v6.8 and P2 Commander v3.7

Paraben has announced the release of Device Seizure v6.8 and P2 Commander v3.7. Here is what is new with these flagship tools at Paraben. Device Seizure v6.8 * Added support up to and including iOS 8.1* Added new Android acquisition

Forensic Focus Forum Round-Up

Welcome to this round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. The UK Forensic Science Regulator has issued a draft guidance document for digital forensics method validation. Forum member UnallocatedClusters gives a description for the data found in iNode

EnCase® Webinar Features SANS Lead Instructor Rob Lee

A Triage and Collection Strategy for Time-Sensitive InvestigationsNovember 19 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific With the average hard drive now averaging one terabyte in size, the fallout from the explosion of user-created data has become an overwhelming volume of potential evidence

How To Use IEF and Cellebrite to Find More Evidence On iOS Devices

We previously shared a blog post explaining how to find more mobile evidence on Android devices using IEF and Cellebrite, together. We’ve also put together a workflow to help you recover more in your iOS investigations. Here are step by