This is very cool. The folks from Guidance Software, the makers of EnCase (my favourite toy/albatross), are now offering a course dealing with mobile phone forensics.
From CNN:
(Guidance) today announced the availability of its introductory level mobile phone forensic course. The hands-on course introduces investigators to Neutrino(tm), the company’s state-of-the-art mobile phone acquisition tool, and demonstrates how the product is used to perform comprehensive analysis and reporting of properly acquired and forensically sound cell phone data.
The Neutrino solution includes a wireless-signal blocking device with new, patent-pending WaveShield(tm) technology. Combined with the industry-leading EnCase(r) software, Neutrino streamlines complex digital investigations, allowing investigators to collect, analyze and preserve data on a variety of mobile devices. Additionally, the Neutrino solution’s WaveShield technology sets the device apart from other signal-blocking tools with its unique ability to obtain forensically sound acquisitions of cell phone data within close proximity of cell towers.
I don’t have much call for this type of work in my day to day. Hopefully, I can wet my beak in this part of the field in the near future. While I’m on the subject I’d like to point the readers to the NIST document “Guidelines on Cell Phone Forensics” (.pdf).
Tags: EnCase, Guidance Software, Neutrino, Cell Phone Forensics, Forensics
