Author: Lee Whitfield

I originally posted this 3 years ago. The only reason I am reposting this is because of the significance it had to me personally. Posting this article literally changed my life. I was disciplined by my employer at the time and the whole thing gave me the courage to leave a hostile work environment and…

The nominations for the 2013 Forensic 4cast Awards are now open. You can find the nominations page here: http://www.forensic4cast.com/forensic-4cast-awards/ Go nominate a worthy person/product/company now! The Awards will be presented at the 2013 Forensic Summit in Austin on July 9 and 10. Due to the complete lack of forensic podcasts being produced over the last year…

It has been almost a year since we moved to Texas. Life is certainly a lot busier than it used to be. In the last year I have managed to record only one episode of Forensic 4cast and do a live show. Also we had another baby, which took (and continues to take) a lot…

Today we held the fourth annual Forensic 4cast Awards in Austin, TX. Thank-you to everyone that took the time to place votes and nominations. We had nearly 4000 votes this year. That is a tribute to everyone that was nominated. I now get six months off before the madness starts again. The winners of the…

Forensic dance of the year – Hal Pomeranz Shiniest head in digital forensics – Rob Lee Wussiest punch in DFIR – Dave Kovar Forensic Tool of the year – Mark McKinnon Forensic beard of the year – David Cowen Best photoshop of Lee Whitfield – J-Michael Roberts, Brian Moran, Mark McKinnon Most confusing presentation –…

Mark your calendars! The Unofficial Forensic 4cast Awards are set for June 17 2012. Unlike the official awards, which will take place at the SANS Forensic Summit in Austin, these awards are going to be tongue-in-cheek and will be poking fun at deserving people in the field. We have a few categories so far, including…

72 trillion dollars. That is the amount of money for which the RIAA is suing Limewire. What does 72 trillion looks like if you take the American definition of a trillion? 72,000,000,000,000 According to some sources this is more money than exists in the entire world. How, then, could the RIAA claim these damages? There’s…

A few months ago I decided to look into creating an online magazine. This was to be a place where forensics professionals (and aspiring professionals) could contribute and learn together. Sadly the time wasn’t right and life through up a few complications. However I am now ready to pursue this idea more doggedly. I have…