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

Jim Kent, CEO EMEA, Nuix

Jim, Nuix seems to be growing quickly in terms of products, services and personnel. Can you tell us about some of those changes since we last spoke a year ago? It has felt like a really short 12 months. In

When to call a computer forensics expert in civil litigation

The situations when a company usually needs a computer forensics analyst involve people as much as computers. Well before a lawsuit is filed, you must often make decisions on how to deal with situations involving employees. Notification from a competitor

Using DD to image smartphones (forum post)

Depending upon your requirements dd can be useful but doesn’t produce a complete image as it is known dd omits OOB (out-of-band) metadata etc. There are other trade off methods. One that might be useful to know, which I am

Techno Security Sets New Record as Industry’s Largest Event

The 2014 Techno Security and Forensic Investigations Conference will break its previous year’s attendance records; more than 1,500 delegates have already registered and the vendor exhibit hall is sold out. For the second consecutive year, Nuix will host the annual

Forensics Europe Expo 2014 – Recap

Forensic Focus attended the Forensics Europe Expo at Kensington Olympia on the 29th & 30th of April. This article is a recap of some of the main highlights and over the next few weeks we will also be bringing you

Forensics Europe Expo 2014 – Recap

Forensic Focus attended the Forensics Europe Expo at Kensington Olympia on the 29th & 30th of April. This article is a recap of some of the main highlights and over the next few weeks we will also be bringing you

iPhone factory reset removes all traces of everything, forever

Felons wanting to best forensic investigators need only perform a factory reset of all current model iPhones, say forensic security experts. Apple’s decision to encrypt data on the iPhone is responsible for this state of affairs because a factory reset

EnCase 7.09.04: Extracting Passwords from OS X Keychains

EnCase 7.09.04 is now available and contains several enhancements to make your investigations more efficient and comprehensive. Today’s digital investigators face a constant struggle to maintain comprehensive investigative skill sets, while continuously improving efficiency in the face of overwhelming growth

This Guy Was Fired And Sued, So He Launched An eDiscovery Startup

Living well is the best revenge. No one personifies that better than Abtin Buergari, founder and CEO of Washington, D.C., startup, Modus eDiscovery. This is the fantastic rags-to-riches story of a man who grew up in poverty and was working

Reminder: Register now for tomorrow’s webinar

Webinar: Working with Legal – How to Bridge the Gap between Forensic Collection/Analysis & Legal Review Do you struggle with translating and transferring forensically collected data to your legal team? If so, then join AccessData for a free webinar that

Your prints are all over your photos, say UAE scientists

Where once snappers would labour in dark rooms with chemicals and film to bring images to life, today even amateur photographers can capture an image and send it around the world within seconds. The sheer number of pictures taken, preserving

Digital Forensics Processing and Procedures (book excerpt)

The following is an excerpt from the book Digital Forensics Processing and Procedures written by David Watson and Andrew Jones and published by Syngress. In this section from chapter 3, learn about the areas that must be considered when setting

Forensics Europe Expo, Olympia, London, 29-30 April 2014

Forensics Europe Expo is the premier dedicated international forum for the entire forensics sector and supply chain, bringing together over 160 conference delegates with over 3000 attendees and 70+ international exhibiting companies. The Digital Forensics Conference, part of the wider