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Forensic Data Collections 2.0 – A Selection Of Trusted Digital Forensics Content

2nd October 2023

Angelo Floiran, a faculty member of the University of New Haven’s Masters in Digital Forensics program, reviews Rob Fried’s new book, Forensic Data Collections 2.0. Rob Fried is Senior Vice President and Global Head of Forensics and Investigations at Sandline… Read more

Ana Cash, Technology & Cybersecurity Instructor, College of Western Idaho

28th September 202327th September 2023

Ana Cash, MSISA, CEH, CHFI is a Technology & Cybersecurity Instructor at the College of Western Idaho. FF: Please tell us a bit about your background, including your time as a Forensic Evidence Specialist, and how you started teaching at… Read more

Andrew Carr, Director of Cybersecurity Graduate Programs, Utica University

18th September 2023

Andrew Carr, MS, GCIH, CTCE is the Director of Cybersecurity Graduate programs and Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity at Utica University. FF: Please tell us a bit about your background in computer forensics and how you ended up as Director of… Read more

Benjamin Findlay, Senior Lecturer In Computer And Digital Forensics, Teesside University

12th September 2023

Ben Findlay BSc (Hons) MSc PgCLTHE FHEA MBCS MCSFS MIScT MCIIS is Senior Lecturer in BSc (Hons) Computer and Digital Forensics and MSc Digital Forensics and Cyber Investigation at Teesside University. FF: Last time we spoke, you worked for the… Read more

Teaching Digital Forensics With Professor Sarah Morris

6th September 2023

Si: Welcome friends and enemies to the Forensic Focus Podcast. Today with us, we have a genuine rockstar of the digital forensics scene in the UK. I would say, star of stage and screen. I think stage is upcoming. When… Read more

Timothy Wedge, Associate Professor In Cyber-Forensics, Defiance College

7th September 20235th September 2023

Timothy Wedge is Associate Professor of Cyber-forensics at Defiance College. Please tell us a bit about your background and how you started teaching at Defiance College.After spending 22 years in the US Navy, I retired and started a new career… Read more

Sergio Tenreiro de Magalhaes, Associate Professor of Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics, Champlain College

29th August 2023

Sergio Tenreiro de Magalhaes, PhD is Chief Learning Officer for Champlain College Online and Associate Professor of Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics. FF: Please tell us a bit about your background and how you started teaching at Champlain College. My interest… Read more

Lawrence Snyder, Associate Professor of Mathematical and Digital Sciences, Bloomsburg University

14th August 202314th August 2023

Lawrence Snyder, III, PH.D. is Associate Professor of Mathematical and Digital Sciences at Bloomsburg University. FF: Please tell us a bit about your background in digital forensics and how you started teaching at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. I have been… Read more

Rachael Medhurst, Senior Lecturer In Digital Forensics, University Of South Wales

10th August 20238th August 2023

Rachael Medhurst MSc, BSc (Hons), FHEA, MCSFS, MCFE is Course Leader of MSc Applied Cyber Security, Senior Lecturer in Digital Forensics, and PhD student in Emerging Technology and Digital Forensics at the University of South Wales. FF: Please tell us… Read more

UCD’s Prof. Liliana Pasquale on Filling the Cybersecurity Talent Gap

8th August 2022

Christa Miller: As the cybersecurity talent gap continues to widen, a number of universities are developing programs to fill it. Among them is University College Dublin, which has just launched its brand new Master of Science in Cybersecurity program. Joining… Read more

Lecturer Jade James on Her DFIR Career Transition From Lab to Academia

24th January 2022

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 future.… Read more

How Human Factors Confound and Enrich Digital Forensics: The November-December Research Roundup

17th January 2022

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Human complexity lies at the heart of so much of digital forensics – both the artifacts that offer insights into people’s motives, means, and opportunity to commit wrongdoing, and the investigations that reveal them. Our research roundup for the end… Read more

Encouraging Different Perspectives in Digital Forensics: September Research

15th October 2021

The discussion about how to mitigate human bias in forensic science continued in September. Inclusiveness is a key part of this, not just in terms of racial, gender, ability, or other identity, but also in terms of expertise. This month… Read more

Research Roundup: New Tools And Techniques And Ensuring Their Quality

7th July 2021

The month of May saw a robust, diverse set of academic papers published. Tools and techniques are as present as ever — focusing that month on Windows 10 and mobile malware — but so are discussions about how to ensure… Read more

Digital Forensics Research: Recapping DFRWS-EU 2021

28th April 2021

Held virtually once again in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Digital Forensics Research Workshop Virtual Europe (DFRWS-EU) embodied its vision of cultivating an inclusive, transdisciplinary approach in both program and activities by featuring 10 of the 29 research paper… Read more

Digital Forensics Research Looks To The Future

24th February 2021

January was a somewhat light month in the way of digital forensics research publication, though the introduction of an Asia-Pacific (APAC) installment of the Digital Forensics Research Workshop (DFRWS) conference more than made up for it. This month we feature… Read more