9th July 2025

Halfway Through The S21 CCTV Spotlight Session — What’s Next?
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Catch up on the first half of Semantics 21’s CCTV Spotlight Session and see what’s coming next—plus, try the tool yourself with a free 30-day licence!...

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Six Sessions Are Not Enough: Support For Digital Forensic Investigators Must Improve

Six Sessions Are Not Enough: Support For Digital Forensic Investigators Must Improve

8th July 2025

Are six therapy sessions enough to process years of trauma? Paul Gullon-Scott shares why this common cap fails digital forensic investigators and what real support should look like....read more

‘Your Mind Matters’ Leaflet Now Available To Download

‘Your Mind Matters’ Leaflet Now Available To Download

7th July 2025

Our new leaflet on mental health in digital forensics is now available to download — discover the key risks and what can be done to support investigator well-being....read more

Davinder Sangha, Enhanced Digital Media Investigator, Staffordshire Police

Davinder Sangha, Enhanced Digital Media Investigator, Staffordshire Police

3rd July 2025

Davinder from Staffordshire Police talks to Forensic Focus about his journey into digital forensics, the evolution of vehicle forensics, and how connected car data is transforming investigations....read more

South Carolina Computer Crime Center Gets New Tool

The South Carolina Computer Crime Center, which opened in December 2002, handles the forensic examination of evidence collected during the investigation of computer crimes in South Carolina. Soon after it opened, the facility was faced with a rapidly growing volume

Site upgrade complete!

A very warm welcome to the new, improved Forensic Focus website! In addition to the usual features we’ve greatly improved the forum and are working hard on adding new content. We hope that you’ll take a second to register and

New weaknesses in crypto algorithms?

Encryption circles are buzzing with news that mathematical functions embedded in common security applications have previously unknown weaknesses. More (News.com)

Digital Evidence Web Conference – call for papers

The Forensic Institute, in conjunction with forensic.e-symposium.com, is hosting the 1st International Digital Evidence Web Conference. All submissions will be reviewed by a two-tiered committee consisting of the Advisory Group (3M Group) and a Review Committee (RECO Group). They are

High-tech volunteers fight cybercrime

Craig Schiller, an information security officer at RadiSys, isn’t just a high-tech “geek” at work. Neither is Corbin Nash, a security architect at Intel, or Mark Morrissey, a computer science instructor at Portland State University. These three are part of

FBI opens second computer crime lab

The FBI opened a new lab Tuesday dedicated to detecting computer-related crimes and training federal, state and local police to catch Internet pedophiles, frauds and thieves. It is the second such lab the FBI has opened in the United States,

Computer forensics at Bradford University (UK)

The University of Bradford has introduced a postgraduate course in Forensic Computing, in response to “growing demand for computer scientists” with specialist skills to investigate high tech crimes. The MSc is one of a handful of similar courses available to

Under the skin of digital crime

There was a time when hacking was something positive. It was done in the name of intellectual curiousity rather than financial reward. More criminals are planning crimes on computers As such, it is something that Professor Neil Barrett is happy

Firms become digital detectives

It is not just computer use that is on the rise in businesses, the abuse of PCs, e-mail access and the net are all increasing too. And as more staff put computers to sordid and criminal uses, businesses are being