By John Ahearne, Forensic Analyst This article is part of a series that delves into each step of the digital forensic process. If you missed one of the previous articles, you can read them at the links below: Introduction Identification Preservation/Collection Analysis of Digital Evidence Forensic digital analysis is the…
By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineering Meet Ron Cen Ron begins each workday by stepping across flooring topped with sticky material that collects contaminants from the bottom of his shoes on his way into a small changing room. After closing the door behind him, Ron suits up in a special…
By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineering All drives fail. Even in the cloud. In a cloud-based data storage business, there is no actual magic cloud. Storage drives are housed in data centers where technicians maintain and protect copies of important customer information for a fee. For the past four years,…
By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineering Wine country in California is currently overcome with a series of fifteen wildfires that began late Sunday evening, October 8, and continue to burn across Sonoma, Napa and Lake counties. High winds of fifty miles per hour fed the fires, which grew into a…
By Michael Hall, Chief Information Security Officer Founded in 1899, Equifax is the oldest of the three largest credit agencies along with the other two being Experian and TransUnion. These companies offer credit and demographic data and services to businesses. They also sell credit monitoring and fraud-prevention services directly to…
In the aftermath of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, DriveSavers received hundreds of wet computers, drives and phones. Some drives arrived packaged in Ziplock bags with wet sponges. Houston-based photographer Taylor Golden had to be rescued from her home. Along with four adults and four dogs, she took refuge on the…
By Will DeLisi, NAND Flash Recovery Specialist iOS 11, Apple’s newest operating system for the iPhone and iPad, is ready for action. Before upgrading, however, there are some important steps to follow. Step 1: Back Up Your iOS Device First, back up everything important on the device. It’s important. Why?…
La compañía está ofreciendo un 50% de descuento en sus servicios de recuperación de datos a las víctimas del terremoto. DriveSavers, líder mundial en recuperación de datos, eDiscovery y soluciones forenses digitales, anunció hoy que está ofreciendo servicios de recuperación de datos altamente descontados a los residentes del centro de…
User Certification Course 3 Day Course December 5-7, 2017 9:00–5:00 DriveSavers, Inc. 400 Bel Marin Keys Blvd. Novato, CA 94949 What is DVR Examiner? DVR Examiner is a software solution for acquiring video and metadata from CCTV DVRs in a forensically sound manner. DVR Examiner eliminates time consuming export processes,…
By guest writer Jarrod Rice, Content Marketing Manager for OWC It’s not if… it’s when. No matter which type of HDD you pick up to store your valuable data or how well you take care of it, it will eventually fail. It’s a fact that Backblaze knows intimately. The online…
