Christa: No professional in any discipline is free from bias, but how it affects decision making, especially decisions around a criminal suspect’s liberty is the topic of several years worth of research by Nina Sunde. Nina is a PhD fellow … Read more
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DFIR Consultant Kat Hedley on Finding the History — and Future — of DFIR at Bletchley Park
Christa: The United Kingdom’s Bletchley Park is world renowned for its codebreakers’ role in shortening World War II by between two and four years, all by cracking codes the Germans used to communicate their plans.
This week on the Forensic … Read more
Authors Graeme Horsman and Brett Shavers on Defining Digital Forensics Expertise
Christa: Who is the digital forensic expert and what is their expertise? That’s the question posed in a new paper. Published at WIREs Forensic Fcience, the paper explores the concept of a digital forensic expert witness, while also considering whether … Read more
MSAB’s Simon Crawley on the Importance of Frontline Forensics
Christa: Time is of the essence when field extractions of mobile devices are needed, but so are forensically sound extractions as strong links along the chain of custody. Today the Forensic Focus podcast welcomes Simon Crawley, a senior consultant with … Read more
The EFF’s Eva Galperin on Using DFIR Skills To Help Victims of Stalkerware and Abuse
Christa: Stalking and domestic violence affect huge proportions of people. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that about 7.5 million people are stalked in the United States each year, with about 61% of female victims and 44% of … Read more
Ali Hadi and Jessica Hyde on Accessible, Affordable Digital Forensics Training
Christa: As cyber crimes and incidents rise, so does the need for well prepared, professional, digital forensics and incident response practitioners. However, while there’s no shortage of digital forensics training and education, whether it’s accessible enough and addresses enough of … Read more
Mason Toups and Emre Tinaztepe on Efficient Incident Response Through Collaboration
Christa: Efficient, effective digital forensics and incident response involves not just the right tools and processes, but also the ability to share insights and collaborate on work. Here with us on the Forensic Focus Podcast to talk about it … Read more
Is More Efficient, Accessible Memory Forensics Possible?
Christa: Memory forensics is a mainstay of incident response. Its relevance and necessity only growing with time, as encryption technology has become more integrated, especially in consumer devices. Yet memory forensics is neither intuitive nor simple.
Looking to change … Read more
Lecturer Jade James on Her DFIR Career Transition From Lab to Academia
Christa: Among the many decisions a digital forensics professional will make in their career, whether to pursue a graduate degree is among the biggest. Costs in time, and sometimes money, factor in, as well as how a degree could shape your … Read more
Magnet Forensics’ Stephen Boyce on Collaboration, Automation, and Developing DFIR Skills
Christa Miller: As digital technology becomes more embedded into humans’ everyday lives, enhancing our efficiency at work, our social lives, even our health and movements, it likewise facilitates criminal activity. Growing in volume and complexity, technology thus ends up … Read more
Recruiter Pete Strouse on Making New DFIR Career Moves in 2022
Christa: At the start of a new year, many digital forensics professionals might be thinking about making some changes, to find a more diverse and inclusive environment, to develop and enhance your professional skills and/or to achieve a work-life … Read more
Eoghan Casey on the CASE Ontology for Digital Forensics Practice & Process
Christa: Forensic Focus’ coverage of standardization and digital forensics continues this week by exploring CASE: the Cyber investigation Analysis Standard Expression. An extension of the Unified Cyber Ontology, which defines classes of cyber objects in relation to one … Read more
Jesse Lindmar on Digital Forensics Lab Quality Assurance and Accreditation
Christa: As technology’s advancements continue to outpace practitioner’s ability to keep up, standardizing digital forensics processes, practices and tools has never not been a hot topic in the community. The response ranges from the United Kingdom structured efforts to … Read more
OpenText’s Chuck Dodson on Digital Evidence Management and Information Sharing
Christa Miller: “Digital evidence is piling up quickly for law enforcement across the globe. In today’s challenging world of evidence management, investigators and detectives often have to access multiple systems to collect evidence and search for clues. That means … Read more
Deputy Chief Constable Paul Gibson on Coordinating Countrywide Digital Forensics Standardization
Christa Miller: Effectively standardizing digital forensics practices and procedures across an entire country requires collective investment and collaboration as lab personnel support and learn from one another. Coordinating this effort in the United Kingdom is the Forensic Capability Network … Read more
SafeToNet’s Thomas Farrell on the Spectrum of Online Child Protection
Christa Miller: Child sexual abuse and exploitation is one of the great scourges of our time, often pitted against consumer privacy as investigators seek technological means to end it. This week on the Forensic Focus Podcast, we’re talking with … Read more