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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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

Digital Forensics Round-Up, September 02 2026

Digital Forensics Round-Up, September 02 2026

2nd September 2026

Read the latest DFIR news - SANS AI frameworks for DFIR, AI hackathon tools, investigator well-being, macOS unlock artifacts, cross-platform log analysis, Apple Health forensics, and more....read more

Write Blocker Review

Reviewed by David Kovar of NetCerto, Inc. Overview Digital evidence needs to come from somewhere, right? It doesn’t appear, “forensically sound”, from out of the blue. And the phrase “forensically sound” is key – the evidence needs to be acquired

Digital Safety Conference, London, 19th June

Reviewed by Jan Collie. Cyberstalking is the new urban terror – the message rang home loud and clear at the Digital Safety Conference in London last week (Friday). For although, in Cyberspace, no-one hears you scream, increasing numbers of people

The Data Specimen is the Blood of Cyber Forensics

At first glance, one would assume that the only common thread that runs between a forensic lab that analyzes blood samples, fingerprints and DNA evidence, and a Cyber forensic lab that analyzes data is that both processes verify the facts

Yuri Gubanov, Founder, Belkasoft

Yuri is the founder of Belkasoft, an independent software vendor specializing in computer forensics and system software for the Windows and Mac OS platforms. Yuri, can you tell us something about your background and who you are? I have a

e-fense Live Response

Product Information Vendor: e-fense® Product: Live Response® Version: 2009 Release 3 Price: $499.95 (16GB version) http://www.e-fense.com/live-response.php e-fense is best known for the Helix3 Incident Response and bootable Live CD. Helix3, created by forensic specialist Drew Fahey, was a donation-ware Linux

MacLockPick II

Reviewed by Austin W. Troxell, MSc, CISSP of Cyber Investigation Services. Introduction In today’s computing environment of tera-byte hard drives and encrypted file systems, the practice of ‘pull the plug, image at the lab’ is becoming impractical, if not risky.

Paraben Forensic Innovation Conference (PFIC)

Reviewed by Greg Kelley, EnCE of Vestige, Ltd Full disclosure – I was a speaker at PFIC. I recently attended PFIC 2008 (www.pfic2008.com), hosted by Paraben. I found it to be on par with other conferences (CEIC, TechnoForensics) except it

X-Ways Forensics Training, London, 30 March-3 April

Reviewed by Jonathan Krause of Forensic Control. As a contractor who has to fund his own training (and also loses out on income for the duration of a course) I need to pick my courses carefully. Having heard many positive

Scott Burkeman, Warner Scott Recruitment

Scott is a Director at Warner Scott Recruitment in London, specialising in computer forensics recruitment throughout the UK and abroad. Can you tell us something about your background? How did Warner Scott Recruitment come into being? I have been involved

Ben Findlay, North Yorkshire Police Hi Tech Crime Unit

Ben is a civilian investigator working for the Hi Tech Crime Unit of North Yorkshire Police in the UK. Can you tell us something about your background? Why did you decide to work in the field of digital forensics? Digital

Stephen Mason, Barrister

Stephen, can you tell us something about your background? After leaving school in 1972 and spending six months at a bank in London, I joined the army (1973-1982). I served in what used to be known as the Royal Army

Sam Raincock, Sam Raincock Consultancy

Sam, can you tell us something about your background and how you became involved in computer forensics? Prior to university, I’d never considered computing as a potential career; in fact, I hadn’t really used computers apart from playing games. I

Russell May, 4N6 Investigation

Russell, can you tell us something about your background and how you became involved in computer forensics? Like many people I first became involved with computers as a hobby in the late 70’s, building my first computer from scratch. I

Jim Gordon, West Mercia Police

Jim, can you tell us something about your background? I left school in Dundee, Scotland when I was 17 years old and joined the Royal Air Force Police. I served in the RAF Police for just over 15 years, the

Greg Smith – Mobile Telephone Expert Witness, Trew & Co.

Greg, can you tell us a little bit about your background and how Trew & Co. came into being? I had just completed an apprenticeship when I went to a consumer electronics show at the beginning of the 1980s… At