There’s nothing quite like stirring the pot of controversy. Last month, my Cache Advance column addressed the issue of cheating on certification exams. Specifically, I said that using “study aids” ...

Atlantic Data Forensics (ADF) Friday was awarded Cyber Defender of the Year in the 2020 MD Cybersecurity Awards by the Cybersecurity Association of Maryland Inc. (CAMI), Maryland’s only nonprofit ...

AUSTIN, Texas—Huge volumes — think terabytes, petabytes, exabytes, zettabytes, yottabytes and up into the quintillion bytes — of complex, digital data is constantly being generated and scattered into ...

To make it easier for forensic investigators to find relevant data on computers, cellphones and other electronic equipment seized in police raids, the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...

White-collar crime and workplace fiascos is putting data forensics on the front lines of crime scenes. We take a look into how one IT specialist dig deep to find the buried treasure on suspicious hard ...

To prepare for your job as a computer technologist, you’ve gotten your college degree and earned your technical IT certifications. But do you have your private investigator (PI) license in hand? If ...

As a business leader, you may pay attention to cybersecurity, backup systems, and data protection. But there’s a critical blind spot: When a security incident, legal dispute, or regulatory ...

Australian university students have developed a Linux-based data forensics tool to help police churn through a growing backlog of computer-related criminal investigations. The tool was developed by ...

Australian university students have developed a Linux-based data-forensics tool to help police churn through a growing backlog of computer-related criminal investigations. The tool, developed by ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lars Daniel covers digital evidence and forensics in life and law. Screenshots of smartphone text messages have become a common ...