Tag Archives: forensics

Col. Samuel Mahaney, 452nd Air Mobility Wing commander, has participated in Six3 Systems’ field forensics training course with members of the U.S. military, DVIDS reported Aug. 1. Carolyn Herrick writes Mahaney spends a day per week taking part in various training activities of different units and has joined 41 students …

A General Dynamics business unit has been selected the first industrial member of a university research center that aims to foster collaboration and information sharing between the public and private sectors. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute started its data science research center in 2010 to address data-centric and data-intensive research challenges and …

Deloitte has won approval to host the Labor Department‘s litigation data outside of the department’s firewall as DOL intends to move to a cloud computing environment. The professional services firm obtained the authority-to-operate following a review of its information management security policies and information technology infrastructure under the Federal Information …

Grant Thornton is appointing Mark Henshaw and Brent Bersin as managing directors as part of the firm’s initiative to expand its portfolio of valuation, forensic technology, dispute and litigation services. Henshaw will be responsible for building the company’s real estate valuation services portfolio and Bersin will lead the Houston-based litigation …

A Northrop Grumman team of engineers has won the grand championship at a Defense Department digital forensics challenge, becoming the first U.S. team to win the title since international teams began participating four years ago. Northrop said the contest was run by the department’s Cyber Crime Center, which had teams …

According to its 2013 Cybersecurity Forecast, there will be four unexpected cyber issues that need to be addressed by the industry, Kroll Advisory Solutions has announced. Alan Brill, Kroll Advisory senior managing director, said the report tackles “issues organizations aren’t talking about, but should be.” The cyber issues found by Kroll include …

Unisys has won a 40-month follow-on to a 2009 contract to provide the New South Wales police force with application and infrastructure support services for a shared imagery management system. The company will work to protect the 2 million digital images and video footage the force’s forensic teams take each year. …

New age technologies like smart phones and gaming consoles pose new problems for law enforcement officials, according to a member of the FBI. During the 2010 Computer Forensics Show in New York City, attendees were told that these new technologies pose unique problems for law enforcement trying to mine the …