More than ever in today’s challenging security environment, public and private organizations must meet customer demands for privacy protection and achieve compliance in accordance with federal and state consumer privacy laws.  Electronic evidence is often a vital element in meeting these regulatory demands as well as requirements for litigation support, incident response and human resource programs.  Coalfire’s comprehensive Forensics practice includes expert digital examination and traditional investigative services that assist private and public sector organizations in identifying, processing, preserving, extracting, analyzing and documenting electronic data for these requirements.

Litigation Support and Digital Discovery

Electronic evidence is a critical factor in many criminal and civil actions. Litigation involving civil disputes, misdemeanor and felony crimes, human resource actions, trade secrets, and personal injury can depend on a recovered e-mail or other electronic files and documents. If sensitive computer-based information is deleted or hidden, Coalfire GS’s Digital Forensics experts can recover evidence essential to litigation support, and to ensure a chain of custody for evidence preservation.

Incident Response and Security Program Support

Coalfire provides both a preventive audit to ensure data is protected in accordance with regulatory requirements as well as forensic investigation support during post incident investigation. Our best-practice forensic examination process was developed based on training from the Bureau of Justice crime center in Quantico, Virginia.  Our lead examiners have been formally trained to the industry leading EnCase methodology to ensure the process is complete and maintains the integrity to withstand scrutiny during litigation. Incident reports are made and a comprehensive review of the victim organization’s security policies and procedures is conducted.