DFRWS-EU 2022: The Future of Digital Forensics Is Now

Moving digital forensics forward in terms of methods and frameworks, as well as organizational and cross-cultural collaboration, was an overarching theme of this year’s European Union edition of the Digital Forensics Research Workshop (DFRWS). 

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Register for Webinar: Uncovering Windows Registry Data and the Latest Mac Artifacts

As the need for computer forensics grows so does the ability for investigators to stay up to date on all the operating systems. 1 in 3 U.S. employees use their own computer to enable remote work, creating more data in … Read more The post Regist… Continue reading Register for Webinar: Uncovering Windows Registry Data and the Latest Mac Artifacts

Researcher Nina Sunde on Reducing Bias in Digital Forensic Analysis

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… Continue reading Researcher Nina Sunde on Reducing Bias in Digital Forensic Analysis

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.

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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 consid… Continue reading Authors Graeme Horsman and Brett Shavers on Defining Digital Forensics Expertise

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 consult… Continue reading MSAB’s Simon Crawley on the Importance of Frontline Forensics

Forging Trust in Digital Forensics as Technology Evolves

February’s publications continued a trending topic in recent research: establishing reliability in forensic science as a whole, and digital forensics particularly. Even as some works explored the decryption of encrypted data, and the use of “hacked” da… Continue reading Forging Trust in Digital Forensics as Technology Evolves