Staying Cyber-Safe this Christmas
The festive season sees a huge increase in internet usage… …Christmas dinner ingredients can now be ordered and delivered to your door, boxing-day sales can […]
Have YOU Been Pwned?
Has your personal data ever been involved in a data breach? How would you know if it had? Created in 2013, the ‘Have I Been […]
The Importance of an Effective Cyber Incident Response Plan
Following our previous post which discussed the basics of GDPR, this second article examines the qualities of an effective Cyber Incident Response Plan (CIRP) and […]
Cyber Incident Response Plans are go!
First Response is pleased to announce the launch of our Cyber Incident Response Plans (CIRP). It has never been more crucial for businesses, big or […]
Everything you need to know about GDPR
What is GDPR? On the 25th May 2018 the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come in to force, imposing stronger accountability responsibilities […]
CaseNotes is Back!
I wrote CaseNotes back in nineteen-canteen when I worked at another lab, and for some time now I’ve been frustrated at not being able to […]
Keywords, keywords, keywords!
Keyword searching has been used as a way to locate evidence from the very beginning of what we now refer to as data investigations, or […]
The last word on keyword searches
In my last two posts on keyword searching, I’ve discussed what makes a good keyword, how to use keywords to locate the evidence you’re after […]
Open Source – What does it mean?
In this series of blog posts I’m going to talk about open source information, how open source information can be used in support of intelligence […]
Open Source Investigations – OSINT II
Where to look? Let’s start with some basics. Understanding the difference between the internet and the different types of information that travel upon it, is […]
Open Source Investigations – OSINT III
Record what we find – intelligence, evidence and unused material It has been a few months since my last post on open source investigations and […]
Using keyword searches to locate evidence
Keywords are a great way to locate data related to your investigation but they come with some noteworthy downsides. In my last blog article, I […]