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2016 Forensic 4:cast Awards – Voting is now open!
The nominations are in and counted. The nominees for the 2016 Forensic 4:cast Awards are not available for voting. Please note that voting will close at the end of the day on June 5, 2016. Any votes cast after this time will not be counted. Votes can be placed here:Â https://forensic4cast.com/forensic-4cast-awards/ This year was closer than…
March 30, 2016
Nominations Closing Soon
Get your nominations in quickly because this Sunday is the last day to voice your opinion on who should be included in the voting portion for the 2016 Forensic 4:cast Awards. Thanks to everyone that has posted a nomination thus far, except, of course, for you, Kyle Rhodes. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID! Early next…
March 21, 2016
2016 Forensic 4:cast Awards – Nominations are Open
Nominations are open for the 2016 Forensic 4:cast Awards. Did someone or something stick out to you as being particularly great in the field of digital forensics in 2015? Were you dazzled by some software that helped you through a difficult case? If so, here is the place to thank them. You can post your…
January 24, 2016
The Human Cost
The US Cybercrime Conference was cancelled last week. My personal feelings about their timing aside, I’ve decided to go ahead and publish my presentation for anyone to watch.
November 10, 2015
Lessons from the SANS #DFIRSummit 2015
Last week I had the opportunity to go to the SANS DFIR Summit in Austin, TX. I go to this event every year because a) the high quality of the speakers and the presentations, and b) the size of the conference makes it comfortable and intimate. This year felt like the best year yet. Every…
July 14, 2015
Comey Island
FBI director, James Comey has recently been testifying before various Senate committees that encryption should be significantly weakened so that we can battle terrorist threats.Â Well, that isn’t exactly what he’s saying, at least not according to him, it just happens to be the eventual outcome of what he’s asking. Across the Atlantic the UK Prime…
July 12, 2015
Digital Forensics vs. Data Extraction
After a year of open submissions for future editions of the Forensic 4:mag I’ve decided to give upÂ and move on. Before I do, however, I wanted to post this article submission by Patrick Siewert. Originally he submitted this for printing in the next issue but has agreed to allow me to publish it here instead.…
July 11, 2015
Awards Badges
Last year I had a request to create an awards badge that people could use on their website, email signature, etc. I created a single one that just said “winner” at the top. This year I’ve gone further and created a badge for each category. If you’re a winner in this year’s awards then please…
July 10, 2015
Forensic 4:cast Awards 2015 – Results
This year’s Forensic 4:cast Awards were held on Tuesday July 7, 2015. The awards were hosted, as always, by SANS at their DFIR Summit. We are grateful for their hosting of the awards and for everyone’s participation. This year we had over 10,000 votes, that is the most we’ve ever had for a single year…
July 9, 2015
Forensic 4:cast Awards – Video
Last night we held the 2015 Forensic 4:cast Awards. SANS were kind enough to record the event and provide a copy of the video for your viewing pleasure.
July 8, 2015