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  • BP demands massive forensic examination of Halliburton computer systems

    Posted December 8, 2011 - 6:13 am

    BP has demanded that a court allow a huge forensic examination of Halliburton's IT systems, over accusations that the US cementing contractor is hiding evidence into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

  • Guidance forensics tool now working with SIEM

    Posted October 18, 2011 - 5:47 pm

    Guidance Software today said its computer forensics tool is now capable of automated collection of data on endpoint devices, including computers and smartphones, based on a security information and event management (SIEM) alert.

  • FBI: Finding criminal data on cell phones and game consoles is tough

    Posted April 23, 2010 - 3:49 pm

    Non-traditional communications devices such as smartphones and game consoles pose a particular problem to law enforcement agencies trying to milk them for forensic data that reveals criminal activity, attendees were told at the 2010 Computer Forensics Show in New York City.

  • How I Got Here: Lance Watson, Vice President of Case Management, Avansic

    Posted March 9, 2010 - 11:44 am

    Lance Watson has done a little bit of everything -- from working on a fishing boat in the Florida Keys, to digging ditches and delivering pizzas. His job at a company installing and troubleshooting voicemail systems took him to a project in the Arctic Circle, where he went ice fishing and ate whale meat with an Inuit named Harvey. It's been a long and interesting road, to say the least. Always "the computer guy" to his friends and family, but never making a career out of it until a lucky meeting one day took him on the path to becoming an e-discovery and digital forensics expert, Lance's career goal was to have a job that gave him stories to tell - and he's got plenty.

  • Recording All Activity on a Server

    Posted August 27, 2008 - 6:00 am

    Ever wanted to record everything anyone does while logged on to your server? Here's a product that can help you do just that.

  • VM Forensic Tools Remain MIA

    Posted July 30, 2008 - 3:47 pm

    for investigating intrusions, hacks and data theft, but also to help analyze the security of a physical or virtual machine that has not yet been compromised. Unfortunately, there is as great a dearth of forensic tools within the virtual environment as there are in other areas of virtual-server security.
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