As a small information technology service provider based in South Africa, Craig Pedersen’s company, The Computer Guyz, is frequently called upon to offer digital forensics services for both public and private sector clients. Whether it’s corporate clients that need his team to acquire and process forensically sound digital evidence, a civil matter that morphs into … Continued
Chris Brinkworth, director of forensics and e-discovery, describes how his team at the Minnesota-based consulting firm uses Magnet Forensics products while offering enterprise information technology architecture, cybersecurity assessments, and e-discovery and digital forensics. “Since making AXIOM their go-to disk forensics tool, Brinkworth estimates that AXIOM has cut his team’s evidence examination response time by at … Continued
Det. James Howe performs digital investigations for his and other units, not only investigating homicides, but also other untimely deaths on a rotating basis. “I love that you’re able to do multiple images… phones and PCs together …I wouldn’t change a thing about it.” Download the full case study to read more.
Carol Gudbrandsen is responsible for supporting 42 agencies with their mobile device and computer forensic examinations. She’s also a member of the state’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, which allows her to assist agencies that have no one at all to examine their digital evidence. “[Using AXIOM] I can show that I have … Continued
AXIOM is Siemens examiners’ go-to solution for looking at evidence quickly and effectively, and especially for presenting findings to non-technical HR and Legal quickly to save time and money. “AXIOM is our go-to solution for looking at evidence quickly and effectively. The software is quick, effective, and consistently improving to better meet the needs of … Continued
Examiners use AXIOM to rebuild chat history from popular—even encrypted—instant messaging and social media apps including WhatsApp, Snapchat, Grindr, Facebook, Instagram, and many others. By rebuilding messages into the familiar chat bubble format, AXIOM easily presents evidence to non-technical stakeholders like prosecutors, judges and juries. “I was able [to use AXIOM to] easily display chat … Continued
Police in the Trinidad and Tobago police use AXIOM to process smartphone evidence including unknown or hard-to-find artifacts, in one case saving a life by identifying a child exploitation suspect via Facebook chats on his phone. “[AXIOM] has helped solved several cases and saved a life. I was able to easily show chats between a … Continued
AXIOM bypasses device locks on thousands of Samsung, LG, and Motorola devices, as well as devices with MTK or Qualcomm chipsets. In addition, AXIOM loads images from third-party tools so that examiners can find more evidence from deleted or unallocated space. “We use AXIOM on every case that [it can] bypass or if the phone … Continued
AXIOM Cloud helps investigators to collect more data and build effective timelines across multiple data sources, including computer, cloud and/or mobile in a broad array of time-sensitive insider threat, intrusion, employee misconduct, and incident response cases. “Using AXIOM’s timeline view on Windows EVYX files, we were able to determine indicators of compromise within hours rather … Continued
Redding forensic examiners use AXIOM to ingest phone extractions from other tools. Magnet.AI helps them to automate evidence identification, while Connections automates the correlation of artifacts. “I have used Magnet for several years now and find that it does everything I need it to in both cell phone and computer forensics. After running [a competitive … Continued
