Computer Investigations

Security Forensics with our partners, provide legal and litigation services. Our knowledge of these services, the methodology in which we follow and the tools in which we use, enables our clients to present the best possible case using the latest in forensic technology available today. We work with the most recognized partners in the legal profession helping deliver on all of parts of the discovery process, including expert witness testimony.

Our legal support provides...

Expertise in preserving evidentiary integrity
Assistance in the preparation of legal documentation for civil suite and criminal investigation
The ability to prepare cases for prosecutorial referral
The development of Non-Disclosure Agreements
The ability to structure internal investigations through legal counsel

Security Forensics, Inc. and will perform:

• Full-scale computer forensic analysis
• Special Master court appointment
• “Live” computer forensic acquisitions when necessary
• Secure facilities and computer forensic lab
• Computer forensic software tools that have been validated in court
• Seminars and presentations on “Electronic Discovery and Computer Forensics”
• National and international services

Security Forensics, Inc. will:

• Assist in the preparation of discovery requests
• Collect and preserve discoverable evidence
• Initiate and maintain a continuing chain of custody
• Use procedures that will ensure the integrity of any evidence collected
• Forensically analyze and discover all relevant data, including deleted/hidden data
• Produce detailed and understandable reports of forensic analysis
• Provide expert witness testimony

Electronic Discovery

Electronic discovery is the acquisition, forensic review and production of electronic documents associated with legal and government proceedings. “Documents” are defined to include email messages and associated file attachments, memos, reports, plain text files, spreadsheets, digital art and photos, presentations and any other data that is created or stored on a computer, computer network or other storage media to included deleted files.

Recent studies show that 93% of business documents are created electronically, and less than a third ever reaches the hard-copy stage. Nearly 10 billion email messages are composed and sent each day. Clearly, evidence is growing in volume and harder to access. Key information may not be visible during depositions and paper-based document review, yet can be crucial to your legal matter.

Data Acquisition:

Our partnerships’ expertise and experience to rapidly identify and collect large quantities of data from single and multiple sources, maintaining a complete chain of custody and ensuring that your evidence is never compromised.

Forensic Review:

Aggregates your electronic data that has been acquired and reviews the data using court accepted methodologies and software to locate the information you are looking for. We quickly identify and cull important information into an easily readable report. We maintain a complete history and a legally defensible audit trail during the entire process.

Data Production:

Delivering the report and original copies of the acquired images on DVD-ROM. The report will also be included as a report that can be included as an attachment to your legal proceedings.

Types of cases:

Case law:

“Electronic evidence is frequently cheaper and easier to produce than paper evidence because it can be searched automatically, key words can be run for privilege checks, and the production can be made in electronic form obviating the need for mass photocopying.” Zubulake v. UBS Warburg, 2003 WL 21087884 (S.D.N.Y.)

Antioch Co. v. Scrapbook Borders, Inc., 210 F.R.D. 645 (D. Minnesota 2002) Court granted motion to compel discovery even before Rule 26(f) conference because court concluded that relevant information may be overwritten by normal computer use.

Kucala Enterprises, Ltd. v. Auto Wax Co., Inc., 2003 WL 21230605 (N.D. Illinois) Court held that Plaintiff’s deletion and overwriting of files in the midst of litigation amounted to “egregious conduct” in violation of the duty to maintain and preserve evidence.

Prudential Ins. Co. of America Sales Practices Lit., 169 F.R.D. 598 (D. New Jersey 1997) Sanction of $1 million and attorneys fees for not acting quickly and efficiently to prevent the destruction of data.