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DF/IR: This *Stuff* Isn’t For Everybody

July 1, 2025 DF/IR:   This *Stuff* Isn’t For Everybody " Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.” -Seneca Letters from a Stoic Some of those who have been reading my posts and other ramblings on LinkedIn and X know that I’m still fortunate enough to keep in touch with the law enforcement community through teaching active shooter response for a Nationwide training provider.   In this notably specialized “side-hustle”, which is no doubt a departure from DF/IR (don’t worry – I’ll get there), I have the opportunity to connect and work with professionals from law enforcement and military circles, many of whom I stand in awe   because of what they’ve been able to accomplish in their careers through mental toughness, physical conditioning and honing their craft to surgical precision. Several years ago, I was teaching with such a professional – a former Navy SEAL, who upon meeting him, never introduced himself as such until we did instructor introductions for th...
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Checks & Balances in DF/IR

June 1, 2025 Checks & Balances in DF/IR " Freedom is not secured by the fulfilling of one’s desires, but by the removal of desire where it is not appropriate. " -Epictetus Discourses AUTHOR’S NOTE :   As some of you may have seen, I was away for the first of the month, so I posted a place-holder for this article.   My apologies… I was out seeing some of our beautiful country. One of the benefits to writing, speaking & posting regularly is that I have the built-in opportunity to network with other DF/IR professionals.   I’m also fortunate that I can combine these activities with things that are of value to me professionally and to my employer.   What inevitably comes from these networking opportunities are conversations on a litany of topics that affect our practice areas.   The DF/IR market, employment trends, law enforcement challenges, private sector challenges, new case law, recent testimony, testing of tools and discovery of artifacts, best practices...
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Due Diligence In The Search For & Practice of Digital Forensics

  May 1, 2025 Due Diligence In The Search For & Practice of Digital Forensics " If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I seek the truth, by which no one was ever truly harmed. It is the person who continues in his self-deception and ignorance who is harmed. " -Marcus Aurelius Meditations There’s been a lot of chatter lately about the qualifications, credentials, experience, education and credibility of digital forensic practitioners.   If you don’t know what I’m talking about, I suggest searching on LinkedIn or other related platforms.   Notably, a longtime practitioner in the Midwest has recently been placed under investigation by the FBI for essentially perjuring himself with regard to many of these listed characteristics, a definite bellwether for bad tidings and a position I don’t think anyone reading this post would want to be in.   But the developments with regard to this practitioner, among others, br...
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