Month: March 2019

Adding Project Vic Hashes to a Search Profile

When investigating crimes against children cases, Project Vic data sets and Digital Evidence Investigator® (DEI) go hand in hand. DEI and ADF’s other forensic triage and investigation tools give investigators and examiners the ability to categorize image and video media fast — which is paramount in

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What is the Role of a Digital Media Investigator?

Due to an increase in crimes involving the use of computers and cell phones, there is a growing need for Digital Media Investigators, sometimes referred to as DMIs. They have an important role to play in police investigations and that role is becoming more critical with the proliferation of

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Learn How to Boot Scan a Microsoft Surface Pro

As a forensic investigator, there will come a time when you will come across the occasional computer that is difficult to get to the HDD and it may be encrypted by default, such as the Microsoft Surface Pro. In this short video, you’ll learn how to easily conduct a

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Meet Brett Shavers, DFIR Training Manager

ADF Bret: Hi Brett, thanks for taking time to talk! My first question is, what’s with the extra “t”? I’m just kidding of course.  Growing up, one of my best friends spelled his name with two “t”s so we just refer to one another as Brettt

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Industry Solutions for Child Exploitation Investigations

Of all the investigations that a law enforcement agency may undertake, there may be none as difficult to deal with as crimes perpetrated against minors. The proliferation of online child exploitation material continues to be an issue worldwide, from child pornography to the facilitation of human

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How to Create a Keyword Capture

Whether you are preparing to go on-scene or you are in your digital forensic lab getting ready to perform triage or one or more digital forensic scans, this video tutorial will show you how you can easily create a keyword capture and add keywords to a

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