Sector experience

Digital forensics and cybersecurity by sector

Evidence, risk and response change with the operating environment. Explore how GDF adapts its methods for litigation, utilities, finance, insurance, transactions and government.

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Industries

Where the work happens

Each sector has distinct evidence needs, operating constraints and reporting obligations.

  • 01

    Legal

    Preservation, examination and expert reporting for matters that will be tested.

  • 02

    Utilities & Critical Infrastructure

    OT and ICS work in environments where availability and safety come first.

  • 03

    Financial Services

    Insider activity, account compromise and transaction records, examined independently.

  • 04

    Insurance

    Factual basis for claimed loss, response timelines and control representations.

  • 05

    Private Equity & M&A

    What cyber risk is being acquired, and what it costs to fix after close.

  • 06

    Government

    Reproducible technical findings for oversight, procurement and prosecutorial use.

  • 07

    Healthcare

    Evidence and security work planned around care delivery, ePHI and connected systems.

Sector judgment

Plan for the sector's constraints.

A court record, a utility control room and an acquisition target do not carry the same constraints. The engagement plan should show that difference.

  • Context

    We identify the forum, operating limits, decision-makers and obligations that shape the work before technical collection begins.

  • Fieldwork

    Testing is planned around safety, uptime, privilege, transaction timing and the people who control the relevant systems.

  • Decision

    Findings are written for the audience that must act on them, with the technical record available for scrutiny behind the recommendation.

Talk with an examiner

Discuss the matter and the next step.

Call to discuss timing, scope and the safest way to share information. Do not send evidence or credentials by email.

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Choose the first work product

Use the sector pages to identify the records, access and operating constraints that shape the engagement.

  • Legal: a source inventory and acquisition record for counsel's preservation and examination plan.
  • Financial services: an identity and transaction chronology separating observed activity from unresolved attribution.
  • Insurance: a loss chronology and evidence register for the insurer, insured or counsel identified in the engagement.
  • Private equity and M&A: a decision memo tying accessible evidence and gaps to diligence questions and follow-up.
  • Government: an authorized-data and responsibility map before protected material is accepted.
  • Utilities: an operator-approved coverage and access-path record with safety exclusions.
  • Healthcare: a system-owner and care-dependency map with a minimized evidence plan.

The engagement defines the actual work product and recipients. A sector label does not establish regulatory certification or authority to access another party's systems.

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