Independent technical practice
Global Digital Forensics was founded to answer one kind of question: what actually happened, and can you prove it.
The firm
Since 1992, Global Digital Forensics has been retained by law firms, corporations, utilities, insurers, government agencies and boards to examine digital evidence and explain it under scrutiny. Our examiners have testified in civil and criminal matters, supported regulators, and been engaged on investigations across the United States and internationally.
Our work brings together digital forensics, eDiscovery and expert testimony with cybersecurity, SCADA and OT assessments, and AI security. We help counsel understand the evidence and technology leaders assess the systems they depend on.
Today the firm operates from 16 regional offices with a 24/7 hotline, and covers digital forensics and expert witness work, biometrics and identity sciences, critical infrastructure and OT security, cyber due diligence, executive cyber risk advisory, and AI and deepfake analysis.
People
Meet three of our forensic experts.
Founder, CEO and CTO
Joseph's background spans mainframe databases, transactional systems, mobile devices, cellular networks, source code and cybersecurity incident response. His forensic and expert-witness work helps counsel examine complex systems and understand the technical evidence.
Focus: database and mainframe evidence, source code, technology disputes and expert testimony.
Discuss a technical disputeSenior Computer Forensic Specialist
Veronica's experience includes mobile-device acquisition and analysis, location artifacts, vehicle forensics and litigation support. She has provided mobile forensic instruction for the California Department of Justice Advanced Training Center and Teel Technologies.
Focus: mobile devices, location evidence, vehicle and embedded-device evidence, and evidence preservation.
Discuss device evidenceNortheast Regional Manager
Robert's background includes computer and mobile-device examinations, forensic acquisition, evidence handling, communication with counsel and response to security incidents. His CV documents expert testimony and prior service with the New York City Police Department.
Focus: computer and mobile evidence, examination methods, expert testimony and incident analysis.
Discuss an examinationAsk for a current CV and experience relevant to your matter. Expert selection and availability are confirmed during scoping.
Tell us about the evidence, technical question and deadline. We can discuss the scope and relevant qualifications.
Discuss your matter with our teamStandards
Examiners who have been accepted by courts, deposed and cross-examined, in civil and criminal matters.
Practitioners holding recognized digital forensic examiner certifications and vendor tool certifications for the platforms used in acquisition and analysis.
Latent print and identity examination performed by qualified scientists rather than subcontracted out.
Written acquisition, hashing, chain-of-custody and reporting procedures applied to every engagement and produced on request.
Analysis and reporting aligned to accepted forensic practice and to the framework the matter or regulator requires.
Engagements run under confidentiality; clients are never named and never appear on this site.
The engagement record identifies the examiner, methodology and credentials relevant to the matter. Supporting credential evidence is available during scoping and expert qualification.
Coverage
Sixteen listed locations and one 24/7 hotline: 1-800-868-8189 · International +1.727.287.6000. Ask about response coverage for the location and systems involved.
Working with us
We work as the forensics, deepfake and critical infrastructure capability behind law firms, insurers, breach coaches, managed service providers and consultancies. They work under their engagement while keeping their client relationship intact.
Knowledge transfer
We deliver practitioner and executive training on digital evidence handling, incident readiness and operational technology security, from courtroom-facing evidence workshops for counsel to tabletop exercises for utility and board audiences.
Firm background
Background on how the practice developed and how related work is organized.
The firm was founded in 1992 around cyber security: preventing breaches and limiting the damage when they happened. Forensics followed from that work: investigating an incident leads to identifying who caused it, and identifying who caused it only matters if the finding holds up in court. Engagements since have spanned finance and banking, government, defense manufacturing, healthcare and insurance, with response delivered across the United States, Europe and Asia.
The computer forensics and electronic discovery curriculum teaches examination by hand before tooling: the history behind current procedure, disk and file system storage including FAT and NTFS structures, recovery from slack and unallocated space, and the accepted principles that keep an examination defensible. The course is deliberately not built around one vendor's product, because an investigator who can only run a tool cannot explain a result.
Qualified forensic and security practitioners can deliver work locally under the firm's engagement, methodology and management, with no quotas and no participation fees. Because partners are trusted with confidential client matters, final applicants are background checked.
Talk with an examiner
Call to discuss timing, scope and the safest way to share information. Do not send evidence or credentials by email.
24/7 hotline: 1-800-868-8189
