2023 Awards


Below are the results for the 2023 (and final) Forensic 4:cast Awards:

DFIR Commercial Tool of the Year

  • Magnet Forensics
  • Cellebrite
  • Belkasoft

DFIR Blog of the Year

  • D20 Forensics
  • Cellebrite
  • Academia Forense Digital

DFIR Book of the Year

  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to DFIR
  • Incident Response Techniques for Ransomware Attacks
  • X-Ways Practitioner Guide

DFIR Non-Commercial Tool of the Year

  • Velociraptor
  • Avilla Forensics
  • xLEAPP

DFIR CTF / Challenge of the Year

  • Cellebrite
  • Belkasoft
  • Magnet Forensics

DFIR Show of the Year

  • I Beg to DFIR
  • 13Cubed
  • Digital Forensics in Real Life

DFIR Newcomer of the Year

  • Toni Harris
  • Renan Cavalheiro
  • Derek Eiri

DFIR Social Media Contributor of the Year

  • Alexis Brignoni
  • Heather Mahalik
  • Yuri Gubanov

DFIR Article of the Year

  • iOS 16: Breaking Down the Biomes
  • An Alternate Location for Delete SMS/iMessage Data
  • ChatGPT and Its Appliance in the Field of Digital Forensics

DFIR Degree / Training Program of the Year

  • Cellebrite
  • Academia de Forense Digital
  • Belkasoft

DFIR Mentor of the Year

  • Yuri Gubanov
  • João Benedito dos Santos Júnior, Ph.D.
  • Renan Cavalheiro

DFIR Resource of the Year

  • Digital Forensics Discord
  • This Week in 4n6
  • DFIR Training

DFIR Team of the Year

  • Magnet Forensics
  • Belkasoft
  • Cellebrite

Digital Forensic Investigator of the Year

  • Aniello Auriemma Citarella
  • João Benedito dos Santos Júnior, Ph.D.
  • Renan Cavalheiro