Digital Evidence Associates
Forensic Services for Individuals
If you are an individual without business or legal representation, Digital Evidence Associates also has the tools and experience required to serve your investigative needs.
Computers are of course a vital part of our daily lives; we communicate via email, chat, maintain financial records, schedule appointments, and store significant amounts of business records all electronically. But many people do not realize what valuable information can be left behind.
For example, many people think that when you delete a file that it is permanently erased from the storage medium. But in reality, the information is still there— all that is erased is a small portion of information that points to the location of the file. So all that really happens is that the deleted information becomes "invisible", but never really deleted. Over time, the location of the deleted file may eventually be overwritten by new information, but that could take weeks, months, or even years! Computer forensic examiners can locate, reconstruct and recover valuable information as long as they exist and have not been overwritten.
Computer forensic examination can reveal intentional data destruction (including use of drive wipers and evidence eliminators), show when programs were executed, documents were modified, or files were printed/copied. Our forensic experts can also locate and extract valuable information from Facebook, Twitter, and other Instant Messaging chat logs.
Don't wait too long— contact us before any data can be overwritten or altered to the point of uselessness (spoliation of evidence), making it impossible to recover.