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The Hidden Toll Of Digital Forensics: A Serving Digital Investigator’s Story

This firsthand account provides a crucial insight into the often-unacknowledged psychological demands faced by today’s digital forensics professionals. Understand the complexities and profound human costs involved in modern digital investigations through this candid reflection from an experienced practitioner.

Inside The Minds Of CSAM Investigators With Prof. Patrick Brady

Professor Patrick Brady, a criminal justice and criminology professor at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, joins the Forensic Focus Podcast to share his research on the mental health challenges faced by digital forensic investigators, particularly those handling child sexual

Is There A Mental Health Crisis In Digital Forensics?

Content warning – this post discusses suicidal feelings. Si: Welcome everybody to the Forensic Focus Podcast. Today we have back with us, much to our huge pleasure, Professor Sarah Morris from the University of Southampton. Forensics guru, communicator with washing

Are You Looking To Get #DFIRfit In 2021?

Few digital forensics practitioners would dispute that their job is largely sedentary: there’s a lot of sitting, be it in labs, vehicles (including aircraft), meeting rooms, and conference lecture rooms, among others. That only became more true in 2020, when

The darker side of computer forensics

First published January 2010 by John Irvine http://johnjustinirvine.com http://twitter.com/John_Irvine For the better part of the past thirteen (thirteen?!) years, I have been a computer forensic examiner. Sure, the title varies by job and location — digital forensic analyst, media exploiter,