Collaborate Disseminate
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 2… Continue reading Are You Looking To Get #DFIRfit In 2021?
As 2020 drew to a close, demand for digital forensics and investigations had perhaps never been higher. The COVID-19 pandemic continued to accelerate many forms of digital crime, particularly crimes against children and various types of fraud.
At th… Continue reading Digital Forensics Standards Update: Calls For Training And Public Comment
The Open Source Digital Forensics Conference (OSDFCon) kicked off its second decade virtually and, thanks to sponsorships, free of charge. Usually hosted each October in Washington, D.C., OSDFCon this year drew 12,000 people from around the globe: a ma… Continue reading What’s New In Open Source Digital Forensics: OSDFCon 2020 Recap
The fourth quarter of 2020 has seen some significant legal developments when it comes to digital evidence. In this issue (which also happens to be the anniversary of the inaugural Forensic Focus Legal Update), we highlight:
Search warrant reform &he… Continue reading Forensic Focus Legal Update December 2020: Refining Search & Seizure; New Laws & Guidance
In September, Forensic Focus was invited to sit in on a meeting of the Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence (SWGDE). The third and final meeting of 2020 was held virtually — just as the previous meeting, in June, had … Read more Th… Continue reading Community In Collaboration: The Scientific Working Group On Digital Evidence
One of the most interesting and important things about digital forensics research is the way legal, cultural, and operational landscapes in different countries inform and even drive the research. In other words, digital technology doesn’t exist in a va… Continue reading Research Roundup: Finding New Cultural And Technical Opportunities
Like so many conferences this year, including some of its smaller chapter events, the High Technology Crime Investigators Association (HTCIA) annual event had to pivot its offerings to a virtual environment. During its week-long event from September 28… Continue reading HTCIA International Conference And Expo 2020 – Recap
Women mathematicians and scientists invented the computer algorithm, software as we know it, and the foundation of telecommunications, including wireless communication. They helped break secret enemy messages during World War II, and ensured men got &h… Continue reading Global Perspectives From Women In Digital Forensics
Online learning is nothing new to the digital forensics world. Vendors such as AccessData and Cellebrite have offered it for years, and distance learning programs at institutions like University College Dublin and DeSales University have long made it p… Continue reading Teaching Digital Forensics During A Pandemic: Present And Future Strategies
Sharing is at the heart of any community, and no less so in digital forensics and incident response. Sharing helps to avoid reinventing the wheel — or unnecessarily overcomplicating it. That’s especially true as the complexity of digital evidence advan… Continue reading Knowledge Sharing And Transfer In Digital Forensics