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

AccessData Introduces Forensic Toolkit (FTK) 5

AccessData announces the release of Forensic Toolkit (FTK) 5. With this major release, AccessData brings an even faster and more comprehensive FTK capable of exposing more data in less time. FTK 5 includes data visualization and explicit image detection (EID)

David Cowen and Lance Mueller talk digital forensics and IEF

Lance Mueller (Magnet Forensics) recently attended CEIC in Orlando, Florida and had the opportunity to meet David Cowen from G-C Partners, LLC. It was great to finally put a face to a name that he has known for some time

NSA taps in to user data of Facebook, Apple, Google and others

The National Security Agency has obtained direct access to the systems of Google, Facebook, Apple and other US internet giants, according to a top secret document obtained by the Guardian. The NSA access is part of a previously undisclosed program

Nuix and Cellebrite announce technology partnership

Nuix, a worldwide provider of information management technologies, and Cellebrite, a global provider of mobile data extraction, decoding and analysis solutions, announced they have formed a technology partnership to leverage their complementary strengths in mobile forensics, investigation and eDiscovery. The

Forensic Focus (Part Time) Editorial Assistant Vacancy

Forensic Focus is seeking a part-time editorial assistant to help with various aspects of running the site (with a particular focus on planning and adding new content). The role is likely to involve tasks such as identifying/contacting potential interviewees, writing

DFLabs Announces the availability of PTK 3.0 Computer Forensic Software

DFLabs, a leading provider of IT GRC and Digital Data Breach Investigations technologies and services, today announced the release of v3.0 of DFLabs PTK Computer Forensic software. PTK Forensics is an advanced computer forensic framework based on command line tools

Nuix Launches Two New Investigation Products

Nuix has launched two new products: a Nuix Investigator bundle and Nuix Investigator Lab. Both incorporate Nuix’s powerful, reliable data collection, processing and investigation capabilities and are available at heavily reduced pricing for law enforcement and government investigative agencies in

Internet Evidence Finder EnScript for EnCase v6 & v7

In an effort to try and make the workflow easier for examiners, we have been busy developing an Internet Evidence Finder EnScript for use with EnCase® v6 & v7. The goal of this EnScript is to make it easier for

GetData Launches ‘Forensic Explorer’ Computer Forensics Software

GetData Forensics has announced the release of its computer forensics analysis software, Forensic Explorer. With an easy to use interface and a strong forensic tool set, Forensics Explorer offers investigators a cost effective but powerful alternative to current industry tools.

Dutch Minister to clamp down on computer crime, sanction Skype taps

New legislation will make it possible for police and justice ministry officials to hack into suspects’ computers even if the server is abroad, and tap into Skype conversations, according to various media reports. Nos television says justice minister Ivo Opstelten

Interview with Jim Kent, CEO EMEA, Nuix

Jim, you have an interesting background, having started in law enforcement and worked your way up the corporate ladder you now hold the senior position of CEO EMEA at Nuix. Please tell us more about that journey. Actually I started

Jim Kent, CEO EMEA, Nuix

Jim, you have an interesting background, having started in law enforcement and worked your way up the corporate ladder you now hold the senior position of CEO EMEA at Nuix. Please tell us more about that journey. Actually I started

Using Computer Forensics to Investigate IP Theft

Information technology advances have many salutary effects, allowing workplace flexibility and reduced IT spending. IT advances have also established a host of new intellectual property security issues stemming from data breaches, computer hacking, and theft of proprietary data by departing