3 important reasons why you need a digital forensic examiner

I bet you haven’t seen the top 3 reasons you need to hire a digital forensic investigator!  Not to be outdone, we’ll try to keep it to only five:

1)  Data is everywhere

Think about all the digital devices you own and use.  Chances are, you probably use your handheld portable device in the morning, transition to laptop/desktop computer during work hours, then go back to mobile with heavy use of tablets during the evening hours (probably because you and your partner don’t want to watch the same TV shows).

So the bottom line is, virtually everything you do during the day will involve a digital device on some level and leave a digital footprint.  That data is stored on those devices and if you’re involved in some sort of dispute, accident, encounter, etc. that may lead to legal action down the road, you’re going to want a trained digital forensic expert to acquire, analyse and report that data for you. 

2)  Data breaches affect everyone

In the past year or so, there have been dozens of high-profile data breaches occur in the private commercial and government sectors.  For everyday consumers like us, it means that our personal information could be shared with unsavoury types, so whether you’re hiring a digital forensic examiner yourself or your bank is hiring one to help find out what happened and by whom, it does affect you.

3)  Chances are, you’ll be involved in litigation at some point

Not all legal matters are contested, but when they are, you want the data to show the truth.  And if you believe #1 (data is everywhere), the likelihood that you will not only be involved in some sort of contested litigation, but that the litigation will likely involve retrieving & reporting data that is critical to your case in a verifiable, forensically sound manner is very real.  From divorces to child custody to distracted driving personal injury to criminal cases, the universal nature of the devices we carry and the data they store cannot be denied.

So there’s the list.  If nothing else, we hope this serves to educate just some of the reasons why you may need a digital forensic examiner on speed-dial.  Is a digital forensic examiner someone you need every day?  No.  But much like your car mechanic, your exterminator and your lawyer, you sure want to know how to contact a good one when the time comes! Contact DLA Digital Forensics today – we can’t wait to be of service to you.