(Computer Security) New Year Resolutions

by Simon Biles About the Author Simon Biles is a founder of Thinking Security Ltd. , an Information Security and Risk Management c...

Resurrecting Deadbeats

by Craig Ball About the Author Craig Ball is a Texas lawyer who limits his practice to service as a court-appointed special maste...

Pre-Emptive Digital Forensics Research

by Chris Hargreaves About the Author Dr Chris Hargreaves is a lecturer at the Centre for Forensic Computing at Cranfield Universi...

Sample search warrants and affidavits

A number of sample search warrants and affidavits is now available at http://www.forensicfocus.com/search-warrants (many thanks to the Fore...

My cat did it – honest, Guv!

by Sam Raincock Sam Raincock from SRC is an IT and telecommunications expert witness specialising in the evaluation of digital ev...

Interview with George Chlapoutakis, Digital Forensics lecturer and owner of SecurityBible Networks

Lecturer in computer science and digital forensics, and owner of SecurityBible Networks, George is also a well respected member and contri...

Project Ideas for Digital Forensics Students

Ideas for student projects suggested by Forensic Focus members (in the hope that further research will be shared with the rest of the compu...

Interview with Stephen Mason - Barrister, author and publisher

Forensic Focus: Stephen, can you tell us something about your background? Stephen Mason Stephen Mason: After leaving school i...

UK legal professionals - interested in writing for Forensic Focus?

Forensic Focus is looking for someone within the UK legal profession who might be interested in joining the current group of Forensic Focus...

A big thank you from David Benford!

I am really pleased to say that I completed the Mizuno Amsterdam Half Marathon on Sunday 17th October 2010 in aid of the Cystinosis Foundat...

Digital Forensics and ‘self-tracking’

by Forensic Focus columnist, Dr Chris Hargreaves About the Author Dr Chris Hargreaves is a lecturer at the Centre for Forensic Com...

It’s not always what you find...

by Forensic Focus columnist, Sam Raincock Sam Raincock from SRC is an IT and telecommunications expert witness specialising in the...

How to seduce your (potential) computer forensics employer

by Forensic Focus columnist, David Sullivan About the Author David Sullivan has over 15 years recruitment experience and has spent...

A cloud by any other name...

by Forensic Focus columnist, Simon Biles About the Author Simon Biles is a founder of Thinking Security Ltd. , an Information Sec...

Programming for Digital Forensics

by Forensic Focus columnist, Chris Hargreaves About the Author Dr Chris Hargreaves is a lecturer at the Centre for Forensic Comput...

Student work experience and placements - When is time money?

by Forensic Focus columnist, Sam Raincock Sam Raincock is an IT and telecommunications expert witness specialising in the evaluatio...

What is "Information Security" anyway?

by Forensic Focus columnist, Simon Biles About the Author Simon Biles is a founder of Thinking Security Ltd., an Information Secu...

Please support David Benford running for the Cystinosis Foundation

David Benford from Blackstage Forensics is raising money for the Cystinosis Foundation by running in the Amsterdam Mizuno half marathon on...

Metadata – 21st Century Document Authentication

by Eric Robi Signatures, faxes and paper are so 20th century While there is still a need for handwriting analysis experts, modern document a...

'Web 2.0' as evidence

by Sean McLinden In a recent intellectual property case for which we were retained, among the electronically stored information (ESI) that ...

Scalability: A Big Headache

by Dominik Weber About the Author Dominik Weber is a Senior Software Architect for Guidance Software, Inc. In this month'...

Single Sign On

by Simon Biles About the Author Simon Biles is a founder of Thinking Security Ltd., an Information Security and Risk Management c...

Authentication and Authorisation

by Simon Biles About the Author Simon Biles is a founder of Thinking Security Ltd., an Information Security and Risk Management c...

UK student competition: Win free training on "Investigating Connection Records" course

UK students - Win a free* place on the " Investigating Connection Records and Introduction to Cell Site Analysis " Training Cours...

10% Discount on Connection Records/Intro to CSA Training (UK)

A reminder that there is a 10% discount available until 24th July for the two day Connection Records/Intro to Cell Site Analysis course in ...

Mobile Forensics Training: Investigating Connection Records (UK, Aug 23/24)

This month sees the launch of the Forensic Focus Preferred Training program which aims to highlight the very best digital forensics trainin...

Windows Search forensics

by Joachim Metz While some may curse Windows Vista for all its changes, for us forensic investigators it also introduced new interesting &#...

Computer Forensics - sometimes it’s all about timing

by Sam Raincock When a crime happens, the time of the events may be critical to the legal case. However, how are these times established? I...

Forensic Focus 2010 survey

The Forensic Focus 2010 survey is now online at http://feedbackfarm.com/surveyengine/s.php?i=477 The survey should take no more than 2 or 3 ...

Unusual devices

by Sean McLinden In 2007, New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine made the news twice for a single event. The first time was the report of a car a...

Flash drives and acquisition

by Dominik Weber About the Author Dominik Weber is a Senior Software Architect for Guidance Software, Inc. “Take a look at t...

Publication: an ethical dilemma for digital forensics research?

by Chris Hargreaves About the Author Dr Chris Hargreaves is a lecturer at the Centre for Forensic Computing at Cranfield Universi...

Interview with Sam Raincock, Sam Raincock Consultancy

Forensic Focus: Sam, can you tell us something about your background and how you became involved in computer forensics? Sam Rainc...

EnCase file copying and Windows Short File Names

By Lee Hui Jing, EnCe A couple of months ago, one of my clients, an Investigating Officer from a Law Enforcement Agency, had requested me t...

Positive predictive value and digital forensics

by Sean McLinden In my last column , I discussed the concept of prior probability, that is to say, the likelihood that that conclusion A c...

Security metrics - proving you've made a difference

by Simon Biles About the Author Simon Biles is a founder of Thinking Security Ltd., an Information Security and Risk Management c...

How encryption affected my life

by Dominik Weber About the Author Dominik Weber is a Senior Software Architect for Guidance Software, Inc. Encryption and th...

Peer review: pros and cons

by Chris Hargreaves About the Author Dr Chris Hargreaves is a lecturer at the Centre for Forensic Computing at Cranfield Universi...

Survey: ACPO Good Practice Guide for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence

An editorial panel is currently reviewing the ACPO Good Practice Guide for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence and is seeking the views of ...

Neutral examiners

by Craig Ball About the Author Craig Ball is a Texas lawyer who limits his practice to service as a court-appointed special master...

IFFEE and DoJEE

April 1st sees the announcement of two new organisations for digital forensics professionals. The International Federation of Forensic Exami...