Balancing Act: Trials, Training, and the Future of Digital Forensics

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Recognizing excellence is key in our community, and we spotlight the SANS Difference Maker Awards and Cellebrite Summit Digital Justice Awards. Discover why it’s crucial to nominate your peers and learn about the newly opened registration for IACIS 2025 training classes, featuring must-attend courses like Advanced Mobile Device Forensics.
While highlighting a recent article by Brett Shavers, we stress the significance of continuous education and community acknowledgment in helping digital forensics professionals grow and excel.
Our conversation delves into the technical challenges of iOS Telegram data analysis and the development of tools like Kathryn Hedley's Parse USBs script. We shed light on the importance of peer reviews and cognitive bias in forensics. This episode is a deep dive into the intricacies of digital forensics, education, and the community that drives it forward.
Notes:
SANS Difference Maker Awards
https://www.sans.org/about/awards/difference-makers/
Cellebrite Summit Digital Justice awards
https://cellebrite.com/en/c2c-summit-digital-justice-awards/
IACIS 2025 Training
https://iacis.com/training/
Belkasoft - iOS Telegram Acquisition and Database Analysis
https://belkasoft.com/ios-telegram-forensics-acquisition-and-database-analysis
Kathryn Hedley parseusbs script
https://www.khyrenz.com/post/automated-usb-artefact-parsing-from-the-registryhttps://github.com/khyrenz/parseusbs
Cracking OneDrives Personal Vault -Brian Maloney
https://malwaremaloney.blogspot.com/2024/09/cracking-onedrives-personal-vault.html
https://github.com/Beercow/Personal-Vault-BEK
Brett Shavers New Article - Today, today I rant
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/today-i-rant-dfir-training-brett-shavers--pij4c/
Lionel Notari Logs of the Week
https://www.ios-unifiedlogs.com/unifiedlogoftheweek

Kapitel

1. Balancing Act: Trials, Training, and the Future of Digital Forensics (00:00:00)

2. Digital Forensics Job Fair Discussions (00:00:10)

3. SANS and Cellebrite Award Nomination Deadlines (00:07:15)

4. iOS Telegram Data Analysis and Parsing (00:18:24)

5. Challenges in Digital Forensics Education (00:26:21)

6. Challenges in Digital Forensics Training (00:33:54)

7. Digital Forensics Training and Mentorship (00:40:17)

8. Analysis of Life360 Driver Behavior Data (00:50:26)

9. Peer Review and Cognitive Bias (01:01:36)