Checklists, guides, and tool comparisons for attorneys and investigators, plus the Digital Forensics Today newsletter. Written by a 19-year digital forensics expert and U.S. State Dept. ATA Cyber Mentor.
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An offline-first workspace for case notes, evidence inventory, versioned field forms, repeatable calculations, and sourced artifact and file-signature references. Case records stay encrypted on your device. Free for one case.
Open the ToolkitA practical, court-focused guide for law enforcement: the skills, tools, legal standards, and training path to recovering and defending drone evidence.
Read the GuideHonest 2026 pricing guide: market hourly rates, what drives cost, typical engagement totals, and the questions to ask before you retain anyone.
The seven areas where forensic reports fail under Rule 702, with the deposition questions that expose each one.
Search is cheap, judgment is not. Eight practices for open-source work that survives a hostile reading, plus capture and chain of custody.
Often yes. Where deleted texts actually live, the carrier-records myth, and how recovery becomes court-usable evidence.
The three evidence layers in a distracted-driving case, why clean carrier records prove nothing, and the preservation moves that decide these cases.
A practitioner's plain-language overview: the four evidence sources on every drone case, what can be recovered, and how flights get reconstructed.
Free log parsers to full commercial suites: what each layer of tooling actually covers, and why the workflow matters more than the license.
The 12 questions opposing counsel will ask about AI in your casework, with strong and weak answers and a scoring rubric to find your gaps first.
Take the TestA pre-engagement checklist for attorneys and paralegals to preserve, scope, and authenticate digital evidence before it's lost or rendered inadmissible.
Get the ChecklistFor motor-vehicle, trucking, and personal injury cases. Preserve, request, and analyze mobile evidence to prove whether a driver was distracted.
Get the ChecklistA field checklist for law enforcement: preserve a recovered drone, controller, paired devices, and SD media without destroying evidence.
Get the ChecklistStructured review of opposing experts' reports: methodology gaps, Daubert vulnerabilities, and unsupported conclusions surfaced before they reach the bench.
Get the ChecklistA plain-language guide to what mobile forensic examinations can and can't do, written for legal teams preparing cases.
What to look for when hiring a digital forensics expert witness: credentials, methodology, court qualification history, and deliverables.
Chain of custody, forensic imaging, hash verification, and metadata preservation, what litigation support teams need to know.
A practitioner's comparison of the two leading mobile forensics platforms: capabilities, limitations, and case-type fit.
The only practitioner-led 5-day drone forensics intensive. Court-accepted methodology, real artifact analysis, hands-on tool use.
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