Computer Forensics & Digital Evidence

Digital evidence is becoming more and more critical to all types of litigation cases. Today, lawyers, law enforcement professionals and other investigators must recognize the value of electronic evidence. This information trail found within storage media can often make or break a case.

Computer Forensics & searching computer systems require the use of precise scientific procedures which are designed to maintain the integrity of the evidence and to recover hidden, erased, compressed, encrypted, or password-protected data. Computer hardware and storage devices may contain booby traps that destroy or alter the data if certain procedures are not scrupulously followed. Since computer data is particularly vulnerable to inadvertent or intentional modification or destruction, a controlled environment is essential to conducting a complete and accurate analysis of the equipment and storage devices from which the data will be extracted

I have worked with Roy for several years in a wide variety of forensic cases. Roy always provides quality and professional service; the service he provides reflects his knowledge and experience in the field of forensic computer analysis. Roy always provides a quick response time due to his dedication in assisting with solving various types of cases. With Roy’s knowledge and experience, he is well worth the investment to meet your computer forensic needs.

Kristina Kayl Newport Oregon

Smart Phones

A mobile phone (also known as a cellular phone, cell phone and a hand phone) is a device that can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link while moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile phone operator, allowing access to the public telephone network. By contrast, a cordless telephone is used only within the short range of a single, private base station.

In addition to telephony, modern mobile phones also support a wide variety of other services such as text messaging, MMS, email, Internet access, short-range wireless communications (infrared, Bluetooth), business applications, gaming and photography. Mobile phones that offer these and more general computing capabilities are referred to as smartphones.

Cameras

Ever increasing sophistication in digital medium can be seen in Video Cameras. The small size of hard drives allows for manufactures to build in hard drives that have just an amazing amount of storage. Further internet connectivity allows video enthusiast an opportunity to share… not to mention the chance of information becoming corrupted.

Litigations

We have been utilized in Criminal and Civil litigations have been certified as Computer Experts in both Federal and State level courts.

Why is that so?

Civil or Criminal cases that utilize evidence gleaned from electronic mediums often overwhelm juries not to mention the attorneys or the presiding judge. Our approach to gathering information from electronic mediums and ultimately communicating these results keeps this concept in mind. We provide information on our investigations that is clear, concise and in a manner that is understandable by lay individuals.

Many times our efforts have resulted in providing compromises that have ultimately avoided costly trial costs. However, should the need arise to go to trial or any motions; we have a proven track record of communicating well with juries and judges.

Mr. Miller, our founder, has that unique blend of a seasoned investigator and accomplished software developer which gives him insights that only these two fields combined can produce. Over the years Mr. Miller provided services to attorneys, investigators and insurance companies dispensing no-nonsense opinions. Trial tested, which is one of the reason why Mr. Miller is highly sought after as a computer expert. His patented approach breaks down the complex process into laymen’s terms that make these technical issues easily understood.

Hard Drives

A hard disk drive (HDD) is a data storage device used for storing and retrieving digital information using rapidly rotating discs (platters) coated with magnetic material. An HDD retains its data even when powered off. Data is read in a random-access manner, meaning individual blocks of data can be stored or retrieved in any order rather than just sequentially. An HDD consists of one or more rigid (“hard”) rapidly rotating discs (platters) with magnetic heads arranged on a moving actuator arm to read and write data to the surfaces.

The primary characteristics of an HDD are its capacity and performance. Capacity is specified in unit prefixes corresponding to powers of 1000: a 1-terabyte (TB) drive has a capacity of 1,000 gigabytes (GB; where 1 gigabyte = 1 billion bytes). Typically, some of an HDD’s capacity is unavailable to the user due to use by the file system and the computer operating system, and possibly inbuilt redundancy for error correction and recovery. Performance is specified by the time to move the heads to a file (average access time) plus the time it takes for the file to move under its head (average latency, a function of the physical rotational speed in revolutions per minute) and the speed at which the file is transmitted (data rate).

The two most common form factors for modern HDDs are 3.5-inch in desktop computers and 2.5-inch in laptops. Different sizes are used in specialty devices such as portable media players or in some server hardware. HDDs are connected to systems by standard interface cables such as SATA (Serial ATA), USB or SAS (Serial attached SCSI) cables.

Removable Drives & Media

Storing data to electronic medium is not just for hard drives on computers. In some cases, hard drives can be found on video cameras as well as favorite games such as Xbox. Still, there are other types of digital mediums that we frequently examine such as Flash Drives and SD Cards, VCR recorders.

Data Recovery

Have you lost all your photos on your hard drive? Did you lose those critical documents off your flash drive? Did your computer just stop computing?

Our daily lives revolve around the storage and more importantly the retrieval of information from data that is stored on a digital medium. When you can no longer gaze on those photos that were very special to you … When you can no longer read the document you’ve been working on for months … When you no longer read that spread sheet that you labored months to create …

Photo / Video Forensics & Clarification

Digital pictures are everywhere and photos are become a staple in civil & criminal cases. With digital images there is a big concern with alteration & counterfeiting, which is why a thorough examination is so important. Image forensics plays a big roll in revieling the truth.

We can look at

Close Circuit Television (CCTV)
Body Cameras
Dash Cameras
Consumer Video Cameras
Smart Phones
SLR & 360 cameras