When does a case warrant Computer Forensics?
If your opponent’s client uses a computer, or if the organization you represent uses computers, they need computer forensics. The modern computer has invaded our very existence. It has become a part of our lives, and is an integral component of many legal cases. From complex litigation and class actions to contract disputes and sexual harassment, we help law firms reduce the costs associated with electronic discovery, quantify damages, and win cases.
Computer forensics differs from data recovery, which implies recovery of data after an event affecting the physical data, such as a hard drive crash. Computer forensics goes much further. It involves the in-depth analysis of information contained within and created by computer systems and other digital devices. Computer forensics should also not be confused with electronic discovery, which is the collection and preparation of relevant data from computers as they relate to a court case.
Computer forensic analysis is the process of obtaining electronic evidence from computer media and preserving that evidence for admissibility in court. This process may include:
• Recovering deleted files such as documents, graphics, and photos.
• Searching unallocated space on the hard drive, places where an abundance of data often resides. • Tracing artifacts, those tidbits of data left behind by the operating system. Our experts know how to find these artifacts and, more importantly, they know how to evaluate the value of the information they find.
• Processing hidden files — files that are not visible or accessible to the user — that contain past usage information. Often, this process requires reconstructing and analyzing the date codes for each file and determining when each file was created, last modified, last accessed and when deleted.
• Running a string-search for e-mail, when no e-mail client is obvious. An in-depth forensic analysis of a computer will reveal Internet usage, recover data, and accomplish a full analysis even after the computer has been defragged and/or formatted. A complete analysis uses industry-standard methodology, and the client is supplied with a concise written report at its conclusion. For large enterprises, a New York Computer Forensic Services Certified Forensic Expert can extract electronic data from databases, obtain e-mails from e-mail servers, and reconstruct data and events from electronic evidence. We understand that each client has different needs, and that each case is unique. New York Computer Forensic Services provides attorneys with a wide variety of computer forensic services such as electronic discovery, electronic data acquisition, electronic data recovery and evidence gathering. We have extensive experience in the following:
• Electronic digital evidence acquisition including search, filter and consolidation of data, e-mails and files from virtually any type of media including hard drives, backup tapes, CD-ROM, floppy disks, Zip disks.
• Determining the optimal balance between legal and technical strategies
• Depositions
• Providing Expert Witness Testimony.
• Preparation of client witnesses
• Offering objective expert testimony that only a third-party certified computer forensic investigator can
• Exposing flaws in the opposing counsel's interpretation of electronic evidence and results from their forensic analysis efforts.
Our certified Computer Forensic Investigators are highly skilled at acquiring and delivering evidence from both hostile and friendly environments. They employ the proper hardware and software to identify, isolate, and preserve electronic information. Furthermore, our experts possess the training and experience necessary to efficiently analyze electronic information and uncover electronic evidence. Their high level of training and experience serves to ensure the court admissibility of the electronic evidence they recover.
If your opponent’s client uses a computer, or if the organization you represent uses computers, they need computer forensics. The modern computer has invaded our very existence. It has become a part of our lives, and is an integral component of many legal cases. From complex litigation and class actions to contract disputes and sexual harassment, we help law firms reduce the costs associated with electronic discovery, quantify damages, and win cases.
Computer forensics differs from data recovery, which implies recovery of data after an event affecting the physical data, such as a hard drive crash. Computer forensics goes much further. It involves the in-depth analysis of information contained within and created by computer systems and other digital devices. Computer forensics should also not be confused with electronic discovery, which is the collection and preparation of relevant data from computers as they relate to a court case.
Computer forensic analysis is the process of obtaining electronic evidence from computer media and preserving that evidence for admissibility in court. This process may include:
• Recovering deleted files such as documents, graphics, and photos.
• Searching unallocated space on the hard drive, places where an abundance of data often resides. • Tracing artifacts, those tidbits of data left behind by the operating system. Our experts know how to find these artifacts and, more importantly, they know how to evaluate the value of the information they find.
• Processing hidden files — files that are not visible or accessible to the user — that contain past usage information. Often, this process requires reconstructing and analyzing the date codes for each file and determining when each file was created, last modified, last accessed and when deleted.
• Running a string-search for e-mail, when no e-mail client is obvious. An in-depth forensic analysis of a computer will reveal Internet usage, recover data, and accomplish a full analysis even after the computer has been defragged and/or formatted. A complete analysis uses industry-standard methodology, and the client is supplied with a concise written report at its conclusion. For large enterprises, a New York Computer Forensic Services Certified Forensic Expert can extract electronic data from databases, obtain e-mails from e-mail servers, and reconstruct data and events from electronic evidence. We understand that each client has different needs, and that each case is unique. New York Computer Forensic Services provides attorneys with a wide variety of computer forensic services such as electronic discovery, electronic data acquisition, electronic data recovery and evidence gathering. We have extensive experience in the following:
• Electronic digital evidence acquisition including search, filter and consolidation of data, e-mails and files from virtually any type of media including hard drives, backup tapes, CD-ROM, floppy disks, Zip disks.
• Determining the optimal balance between legal and technical strategies
• Depositions
• Providing Expert Witness Testimony.
• Preparation of client witnesses
• Offering objective expert testimony that only a third-party certified computer forensic investigator can
• Exposing flaws in the opposing counsel's interpretation of electronic evidence and results from their forensic analysis efforts.
Our certified Computer Forensic Investigators are highly skilled at acquiring and delivering evidence from both hostile and friendly environments. They employ the proper hardware and software to identify, isolate, and preserve electronic information. Furthermore, our experts possess the training and experience necessary to efficiently analyze electronic information and uncover electronic evidence. Their high level of training and experience serves to ensure the court admissibility of the electronic evidence they recover.
