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8th October 2026

F3 Announces Free Digital Forensics Cryptocurrency Investigation Day

Join F3 on 29 October at the FCA in London for a FREE, hands-on cryptocurrency investigation workshop exploring digital forensics, blockchain intelligence, OSINT and real-world investigative techniques....

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Amped User Days 2027: Three Days Of Practical Knowledge, Real-World Workflows, And Expert Exchange

8th October 2026

Amped User Days returns February 23–25, 2027, for three online half days of expert insights, practical workflows, AI discussions, and real-world forensic video challenges....read more

Case Studies

MSAB Technology Helps Uncover International Fraud Network And Provides Answers To A Grieving Family

8th October 2026

Discover how MSAB’s XRY Pro and BruteStorm Surge helped unlock crucial digital evidence, expose an international fraud operation and bring long-awaited answers to a grieving family....read more

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S21 Transcriber: Turn Spoken Evidence Into Searchable Intelligence

7th October 2026

S21 Transcriber turns audio and video evidence into searchable, reviewable intelligence, fully offline, so investigators can find what matters faster....read more

Protecting Those Who Protect Children: Inspection Findings And The Evidence Base For Investigator Well-Being

5th October 202613th August 2026

A major new HMICFRS report exposes the urgent need for proactive, mandatory mental health support for digital forensic investigators and others working daily with online child sexual abuse material.

UPCOMING WEBINAR – Reducing ICAC Backlogs: Prioritizing Digital Evidence For Faster Investigations

13th August 2026

Join Rich Frawley of ADF Solutions as he shares practical strategies for managing complex ICAC scenes, prioritizing the devices most likely to contain probative evidence, and making faster, more informed decisions in the field.

Unmasked: Early Intelligence Should Not Be Manual

12th August 2026

Turn partial school badges into actionable leads with S21 School Badge Lookup v2.0, fast offline image intelligence built for CSAM and ICAC investigations worldwide.

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 12 2026

12th August 2026

Read the latest DFIR news – NIST’s new ArtCat digital forensics catalog, Kohberger case methodology, Android intrusion log analysis, offline AI with BelkaGPT, and more.

How To Process A Clear-Key BitLocker Image File To Generate A Decrypted Raw Image

11th August 2026

Learn how to identify and decrypt BitLocker Clear Key–protected forensic images using dislocker and bdeinfo, from spotting the “-FVE-FS-” signature to mounting the recovered NTFS volume for analysis.

Digital Forensics Jobs Round-Up, August 10 2026

10th August 2026

Explore a selection of the latest DFIR employment opportunities in this week’s Forensic Focus jobs round-up.

Misconduct Or Mental Injury? A Question Policing Can No Longer Avoid

5th October 202610th August 2026

Can trauma show up as misconduct? Paul Gullon-Scott explores how cumulative trauma and organisational stress can shape behaviour in policing and digital forensics and why earlier, trauma-informed support could make all the difference.

Forensic Focus Digest, August 07 2026

7th August 2026

Discover what’s new on Forensic Focus – trace eight years of innovation with Atola TaskForce, explore how BelkaGPT brings offline AI to digital investigations, learn why the first 60 minutes with digital evidence matter, and more.

The Evolution Of Atola TaskForce: Eight Years Of Non-Stop Innovation

6th August 2026

From record-breaking imaging speeds to automated RAID reconstruction and 50 Gbit/s networking, discover how TaskForce evolved over eight years into a comprehensive forensic acquisition platform built to remove investigators’ next bottleneck.

Practical AI In Digital Forensics: Running Offline AI On Your Own Evidence With BelkaGPT

6th August 2026

Discover how investigators can use powerful, forensics-specific AI entirely offline with Belkasoft X, keeping sensitive case data secure while accelerating analysis of images, audio, video, chats, and more.

Unmasked: Exposure Is A Workflow Choice

5th August 2026

Reduce unnecessary investigator exposure without changing your workflow: S21 AI Describe v2.0 delivers fast, accurate, structured image and video-frame descriptions entirely offline – available standalone or within S21 VisionX.

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 05 2026

5th August 2026

Read the latest DFIR news – Android 16 intrusion logging, forensic observability for network devices, mental health support gaps for investigators, GrapheneOS duress passwords, privacy app artifacts, and more.

From Backlogs To Breakthroughs: How The Metropolitan Police Service Triaged 6,000 Devices

4th August 2026

See how the Metropolitan Police Service used ADF Pro to triage thousands of devices, accelerate investigations, reduce forensic backlogs, and deliver actionable intelligence on the same day as a search warrant.

Ticking A Box, Missing The Person – Reflections From FEE 2026

5th October 20264th August 2026

What happens when mental health support for digital forensic investigators becomes a tick-box exercise? Paul Gullon-Scott explores the troubling gap between recognising psychological risk and providing the relational, long-term support DFIs actually need.

How To Perform Targeted Mobile Extraction In ADF Pro

3rd August 2026

See how Targeted Mobile Extraction and Collect Files in ADF Pro help investigators stay within warrant or consent scope while acquiring only the mobile data that matters.

The First 60 Minutes of Digital Evidence: The Investigator Advantage

30th July 2026

The first 60 minutes on scene often decide the rest of the case – Richard Frawley of ADF Solutions breaks down how to identify, preserve, and triage digital evidence before you leave the property.