Forensics, the application of scientific methods and principles to enable decision making in criminal cases, has evolved beyond the crime scenes.

FIU News recently sat down with Matt Ruddell—adjunct professor of digital forensics at the College of Engineering & Computing (CEC) and a member of the National Forensic Science Technology Center, a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lars Daniel covers digital evidence and forensics in life and law. In the quiet heart of Wichita, Kansas, a chilling shadow ...

Digital forensic investigation is a complicated and challenging job, and it continues to become even more complex due to the rapid development of technology, including pervasive encryption, cloud ...

How one Metropolitan Nashville Police Department detective is using modern digital forensic solutions to break open cases. Digital forensic solutions are benefitting from broader advancements in ...

NIST recently published a report that garnered little attention, but it's a must-read document for people in business and law enforcement. As the digital landscape evolves, so does the difficulty of ...

As mobile phones continue to evolve to hold more data, support a larger number of apps, and increasingly utilize cloud storage, so too does the scope of crimes that can be committed using mobile ...

The primary difference lies in the nature of the devices under investigation. On the one hand, mobile forensics focuses on portable devices like smartphones and tablets, known for their compact sizes ...

In 2015, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management revealed that two major breaches affecting at least 22 million people had occurred the previous year, in which the assailants made off with personnel ...

A subset of digital forensics called blockchain forensics uses blockchain data analysis to look into illegal transactions, fraud and other types of criminal conduct. Blockchain is a distributed ledger ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lars Daniel covers digital evidence and forensics in life and law. In 2024, a study published in JAMA Network revealed that ...