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5th November 2026

Page One’s Rob Fried And Andrew Milauskas On Using AI In Digital Forensics And E-Discovery
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Rob Fried and Andrew Milauskas join the Forensic Focus Podcast to talk about forensics.expert, Rob’s free AI knowledge portal for digital forensics, and how to use AI responsibly in investigations....

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Forensic Focus Digest, 06 Nov 2026

Forensic Focus Digest, 06 Nov 2026

6th November 2026

Discover what’s new on Forensic Focus: explore how Belkasoft X helped convict a UK property fraudster, learn five AI investigation myths debunked with Cellebrite Genesis, find out how Detego Global's AI is transforming child abuse investigations, and more....read more

Dead Ends And Data Recovery: The Importance Of Remaining Tool Agnostic In Digital Forensics

Dead Ends And Data Recovery: The Importance Of Remaining Tool Agnostic In Digital Forensics

4th November 2026

When standard forensic tools hit a dead end, expertise makes the difference - discover how Page One’s Jeffrey Lehn uncovered critical vehicle data that helped solve a fatal hit-and-run case and why forensic examiners must look beyond automated tools....read more

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

Computer forensics — the CSI reality

Computer forensics is not a task to be undertaken lightly by just any IT worker. Instead, it calls for specialised skills and careful, documented procedures. A forensics expert knows what signs to look for and can identify additional information sources

Computer forensics is a red-hot job market

Computer forensics graduates have been in high demand since the field first appeared and now the demand is growing even larger. In fact, Marcus Rogers, an associate professor at Purdue’s College of Technology, says private firms are recruiting graduates in

Phone Forensics Company Offers Expertise To Malaysia

The company involved in the London bombing telephone forensics work is offering its expertise to the Royal Malaysian Police. Forensic Telecommunications Services Ltd (FTS), which is currently helping the British police in ongoing investigations of the London bombing, is known

Microsoft: Bitlocker key to safe disk disposal

Microsoft claims that businesses planning to use Vista together with its Bitlocker hard drive encryption technology will have an easy and safe way to dispose of their hard disks. More (News.com)

Georgia law HB 1259

A new law in Georgia on private investigators now extends to computer forensics and computer incident response, meaning that forensics experts who testify in court without a PI license may be committing a felony… More (Security Focus)

The Digital Detectives

FBI computer forensic examiners Tim Huff and Tony Pallone unlock the secrets inside hundreds of computers each year… More (Popular Mechanics)

Computer forensics and email discovery

On March 1, 2005, the giant US bank Morgan Stanley learned that it had effectively lost a $US1.45 billion fraud case. It lost, not because there was evidence that it had conspired to mis-state the value of assets and stock

Vontu and Guidance Software Announce Agreement to Automate Investigations

Vontu, Inc., the leader in data loss prevention solutions, and Guidance Software, the world leader in computer investigations, today announced a partnership to deliver an integrated solution for automating data security investigations. The combined solution enables customers to detect the

QuickStudy: Computer forensics

Computer forensics is the application of specialized investigative and analytic techniques to identify, collect, examine and preserve data from computer systems or networks so that it may serve as evidence in a court of law. More narrowly, the term applies

Hard-driving police agents monitor computer crime

Confiscated computers line shelves at Bay City’s FBI office, waiting for detectives to check them for CP. A storeroom bursts with piles of pirated music, software, movies and video games. It’s hard evidence that ”cyber crime” is thriving in the

Cheat Sheet: The (UK) Computer Misuse Act

Key recommendations are an increase in the sentences handed down to hackers – or anybody illegally accessing somebody else’s computer while up to no good. This will be increased from six months to two years. This will be seen as

LE in the Philippines to request digital forensics budget

The Philippine National Police (PNP) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) are teaming up to request for additional budget to build both agencies’ digital forensics infrastructure. NBI Anti-Fraud and Computer Crimes Division (AFCCD) Director Atty. Elfren Meneses told INQ7.NET

Alabama prosecutors hiring cyber sleuths in digital forensics

When a computer, cell phone, e-mail or other high-tech device holds the key to a crime, cyber sleuths are called to dissect the digital evidence. In south Alabama, it’s Gus Dimitrelos, who is based in a Spanish Fort police office

Philadelphia School to Offer Computer Forensics

To meet the growing demand for people to investigate computer crime, Bloomsburg University is adding a major in computer forensics. Bloomsburg this fall will become the first school in the State System of Higher Education to offer the degree… More

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. Mr. Cooper, a computer forensics expert, learned that the numeral “1” had