Forensics & Imaging Sciences
S-E-A's Digital Forensics Practice
The Digital Forensics Team at S-E-A offers a comprehensive suite of services designed to meet the challenges of modern investigations where advanced technologies present obstacles. We work with our clients in a collaborative way to understand their unique needs, develop a tailored approach or process, and apply that in a logical and well explained manner. With over 50 years of combined expertise, state-of-the-art tools, and a multi-disciplined approach to investigations, we provide our clients with the means to leverage digital evidence to resolve disputes and legal actions.
Technical Advisement and Pre-Suit Guidance
- Develop protocol documents related to evidence collection, processing, and production
- Provide technical insight into the relevant aspects of an investigation, dispute, or legal action
- Assist in the formulation of accurate language for use in project documentation and legal proceedings
Forensic Imaging and Preservation
- Employ industry best practices to ensure the veracity and admissibility of all preserved evidence
- Create digitally identical and verifiable duplicates of data artifacts and sets used as the foundation of forensic processing and analysis
- Identify and collect data from diverse locations including, magnetic and flash data storage devices, smartphones, cloud-based, imbedded systems, vehicle-based systems, Internet of Things devices, wearable technology, legacy storage, and processing systems
- Recover proprietary, encrypted, corrupted, hidden, obfuscated, or deleted data from devices, storage media, or cloud-based locations
- Design forensically sound, custom collection processes for one-off technology and system applications
Analysis and Evidence Production
- Utilizing industry recognized tools and years of client-facing experience, S-E-A's Digital Forensics team works to produce requested evidence and artifacts satisfying the production scope and investigation objectives
- Clients are advised regularly regarding evidence analysis outcomes to permit the revision of the process so that efficient workflows are maintained, and targets are met
- Clients are provided both verbal and, where requested, written summaries of the production material permitting a full understanding of their meaning and relevance
- Chain of Custody, evidence control, and evidence validation procedures are employed through all layers of the evidence analysis and production process
Expert Testimony
- Work collectively with our clients to maximize the impact of the evidence and production material to achieve a positive outcome
- Provide clear, concise reports, demonstratives, and courtroom testimony to support legal proceedings
- Translate complex technical findings into understandable evidence for judges, juries, and stakeholders
Learn more about our Digital Forensics Capabilities
Our team leverages experience gained from hundreds of investigations and expert service engagements, innovative tools, and efficiently constructed processes and platforms to deliver reliable results regardless of the size or complexity of the environment, data type, or project scope.
Applications Across Industries: Our digital forensics services can reveal critical insights across a range of industries and disputes, such as:
- Corporate Investigations: Employee misconduct, embezzlement, data misappropriation, theft of trade secrets, network breach events, and insider threats
- Litigation Support: Civil matters ranging from employment matters, business disputes, insurance subrogation, intellectual property disputes, dram shop actions, contractual liability, medical malpractice, and Smart-Discovery processes
- Insurance Claim Events: Vehicle accident and distracted driving, industrial controls malfunctions, cause of failure, cyberattacks and data breaches, arson and fraud claims, large-scale Information Technology losses