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3rd November 2026

CCTV Review Under Pressure: How S21 CCTV Helps Investigators Find What Matters Faster
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Semantics 21’s Tom Oldroyd shows how S21 CCTV uses offline AI to cut hours of CCTV, body-worn and dash cam footage down to the moments that matter, from face and vehicle search to ANPR, multi-camera sync and redaction....

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Forensics Forward 2026 (Online, November 10): A Global Day Of Digital Forensics, Cybersecurity And Law

Forensics Forward 2026 (Online, November 10): A Global Day Of Digital Forensics, Cybersecurity And Law

3rd November 2026

Registration is now open for Forensics Forward: Cybersecurity, Digital Evidence, and Justice, a one-day online symposium on November 10, 2026, featuring seven expert-led sessions exploring the latest challenges and developments in digital forensics, cybersecurity, and justice - register today!...read more

Forensics Europe Expo 2027 Returns To Excel London With Expanded Opportunities For Forensic Professionals

Forensics Europe Expo 2027 Returns To Excel London With Expanded Opportunities For Forensic Professionals

3rd November 2026

Forensics Europe Expo returns to Excel London on 22–23 June 2027 as part of Public Protection Week, bringing forensic professionals together for expert-led insights, cutting-edge technologies and industry collaboration – register your interest today....read more

How Detego Global’s AI Technology Is Transforming Child Abuse Investigations

How Detego Global’s AI Technology Is Transforming Child Abuse Investigations

2nd November 2026

Discover how AI-powered digital forensics is helping investigators accelerate child abuse investigations, identify critical evidence faster, safeguard victims, and reduce exposure to distressing content with Detego Global’s advanced technology....read more

Interview with Sean McLinden, Outcome Technology Associates, Inc.

An interview with Sean McLinden of Outcome Technology Associates, Inc. is now online at http://www.forensicfocus.com/sean-mclinden-interview-210709 Sean is a Forensic Focus forum regular and posts under the username “seanmcl”.

e-fense Announces Newest Version of Live Acquisition Tool

According to e-fense, live acquisition of Internet history, computer memory, images, and other data is now easier to collect with the latest release of Live Response and Aperio from e-fense, Inc. These tools are used by law enforcement and businesses

Write Blocker Review

An exclusive review of three popular forensic write blockers by David Kovar of NetCerto, Inc. is now available here. Included in the review are the Guidance FastBloc2 FE, the WiebeTech Forensic UltraDock V4 and the Tableau T35es. http://www.forensicfocus.com/write-blocker-review-230709

How to Build Your Own Digital Forensics Lab, Cheap

With the proper hardware that you probably already have and freeware available online, you can easily build your own basic computer forensics lab that will hold up in court, reduce E-Discovery costs and, most importantly, retrieve valuable evidence for all

UK IT expert’s passion for computer forensics

A former military policeman and IT security expert at Northern Rock is combining his talents in a data investigations business. Andrew Maddison, who worked at Northern Rock for eight years as head of the technical security team, has launched Orbital

SC Suite v3.4 released

A new version of SC Suite is available, version 3.4 now includes more tools to analyse and extract information from a variety of file types and utilities to assist in every day tasks. Continuing user feedback has resulted in the

Digital Forensic Awards – The Results

On Sunday 19th July 2009 the first annual Digital Forensic Awards were held by the Forensic 4cast Team. Over 400 votes were cast by the nominees’ peers in the digital forensic field… More (Forensic 4cast)

Poor IT job market may fuel online crime: Cisco

The ever-weakening job market could well lead to an increase in online crime as laid-off workers, especially those with computer skills, turn to scams to support themselves, Cisco Systems Inc said in a mid-year security report… More (Reuters)

Top Cybercrime Fighters Discuss Their Trade

Symantec’s workshop on cybercrime Friday brought together a panel of experts from the law enforcement side: Donna M. Peterson, unit chief of the FBI’s Cyber Division, Matthew A. Parella, Assistant U.S. Attorney Chief for the Northern California CHIP (Computer Hacking

Device Seizure v3.2 Released

Paraben has announced the release of Paraben’s Device Seizure v3.2 with TomTom and Android support…What’s New: * Added support for Android* Added support for TomTom GPS Devices* Added additional support for Sanyo CDMA phones* Added support for Samsung A950, U340,

Indian police set to use cyber forensic tools

The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing is setting up a modern Digital Forensics Training and Analysis Centre in Thiruvananthapuram for the State police. The facility will provide forensic expertise and training to police officers investigating cyber crimes. It will

Voom Interprets Supreme Court Ruling to Apply to Computer Forensics

According to Voom Technologies, Inc., Recent Supreme Court ruling places computer forensics under the scope of Court’s requirement for live testimony by forensic analysts. Although this controversial 5 to 4 decision was well-debated and resolved on constitutional grounds, the ramifications

Governments hit by cyber attack

A widespread computer attack has hit several US government agencies while some South Korean government websites also appear to be affected. The US Treasury Department, Secret Service, Federal Trade Commission and Transportation Department were all hit by the attack that

Deleting may be easy, but your hard drive still tells all

It was only a single digit in a 20-page Microsoft Word contract between two partners, but Scott Cooper earned his fee several years ago when he found it. Cooper, a computer forensics expert, learned that the numeral “1” had been