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Digital forensics and cybersecurity insights
Publications and case studies for counsel, boards, technical leaders, insurers and deal teams.
Insights
Publications and case studies
Publications explain the technical and decision issues. Case studies show how evidence was used in real matters while protecting client confidentiality.
Current publications
Guidance for evidence and risk decisions
Original analysis grounded in public standards, with practical limits stated alongside the method.
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Evidence practice
Digital Evidence That Can Withstand Cross-Examination
A practical framework for collecting, documenting and explaining digital evidence when the method and conclusion may be challenged.
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Incident response
Preserving Evidence in the First Hours of Incident Response
A first-hours incident response checklist for containing harm while protecting volatile evidence, timelines and later investigative options.
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Operational technology
Scoping OT Security Testing Around Operational Risk
How to scope OT and ICS security testing around safety, reliability, engineering authority and evidence that decision-makers can use.
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Transactions
Cyber Due Diligence Before Close: Questions That Can Affect Deal Terms
A pre-close cyber due diligence framework for testing identity, exposure, incident history, integration risk and the cost of remediation.
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Media authentication
Authenticating Questioned Media: Provenance, Pixels and Context
A practical method for examining questioned images, audio and video without treating provenance metadata or AI detection as a truth machine.
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AI security
AI Red Teaming With Findings That Can Be Reproduced
How to turn AI red teaming from an alarming demo into a reproducible finding with scope, evidence, impact and a retest path.
Archive
Explore the archive
94 historical articles published on the original site, preserved with their original URLs and dates.
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Archive
Time is Running Out to Get Mandated Cybersecurity Compliance Testing Done Before Year’s End
October 17, 2019
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How to Deal with Sextortion Scams
October 2, 2019
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Archive
10 Steps to a More Secure Mobile Workforce
September 24, 2019
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Archive
DFARS CMMC Draft has been released.
September 12, 2019
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Digital Forensics-Security Info-graphic - Maryville University
February 27, 2017
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Archive
From Cyber Risk Assessments through Emergency Response - GDF Offers Unified Solutions for 2018
January 19, 2017
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