In growing numbers, victims are having intimate images posted online without their consent. Once without appropriate recourse, a new BC law seeks to provide much needed help to victims. Daniel J. Reid , a defamation and privacy lawyer from Harper Grey LLP , joins Tyler Hatc h of DFI Forensics to discuss this topic and the new development in the law....
Feb 02, 2024•22 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Civil or criminal, all cases require a focused and open mind ready to find the important details that tell the true story. Digital forensics examiners use specialized skills, training and tools to locate and analyze key artifacts that reveal the truth. In this episode of The Digital Forensics Files Podcast, Tyler Hatch of DFI Forensic s discusses his overall and recent experiences assisting criminal defense lawyers. Listen in to gain insights into the world of digital forensics and how it can he...
Feb 01, 2024•11 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Cole Popkin, of Popkin Consultations, is an enthusiastic digital forensics analyst who graduated from Davenport University with a Bachelor's Degree in Digital Forensics. He has worked with the Michigan State Police and the US Department of Homeland Security. Cole and Tyler Hatch, of DFI Forensics , discuss training, cases and the tools of the trade on this episode of the Digital Forensics Files Podcast.
Sep 13, 2023•22 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Receiving a negative Google review is frustrating, but an opportunity to learn and do better - assuming it's real. When it's a fake negative review, the stakes are raised as the poster is motivated by an attempt to harm your reputation and injure your business. But, fortunately, there are ways to effectively deal with a fake negative Google review and we go through in this episode! DFI Forensics
Dec 07, 2022•7 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Pandemic woes! A group of employees join a video call early when all of the sudden they hear the vivid sounds of pornography. The employees point the finger at the soon to be fired employee from whom the sounds appear to be emanating from. HR gets involved, interviews everyone and issues a termination letter. The fired employee hires a lawyer and DFI Forensics gets the call for an examination of the employee's computer and cell phone....
Oct 26, 2022•6 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Having authentic, admissible and verifiable text message evidence is important to lawyers and litigants. How to you accomplish that goal and how do you avoid being duped by fake text message screenshots? In this episode, Tyler Hatch of DFI Forensics discusses this issue and the methods used by unscrupulous litigants to produce convincing-looking but fake text message screenshots.
Oct 11, 2022•11 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Stephen Cordon and Tyler Hatch of DFI Forensics
May 26, 2022•25 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Stephen Cordon (www.stephencordon.co.uk) is a Manager at Deloitte working with Forensic Technologies in Financial Advisory. Involved with eDiscovery business processes, development and implementation alongside traditional data forensics roles. Automation Discovery technical lead bringing together skills from Forensics, Automation (RPA), eDiscovery and traditional coding to deliver client focused improvements and services whilst also developing Solution Architect level roles. Stephen also holds a...
Nov 27, 2021•25 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Patrick Eller is an experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the computer and network security industry. Skilled in Computer Forensics, Management, Digital Forensics, Criminal Investigations, and Leadership. He is a strong business development professional with a Master of Science - MS focused in Digital Forensics / Cyber Investigations from University of Maryland University College. Patrick is rapidly emerging as one of North America's fastest rising stars i...
Jul 22, 2021•41 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Dave McKay is principal owner of Blackstone Forensics Ltd. He is also the program coordinator for the British Columbia Institute of Technology’s (BCIT) Forensic Science & Technology Program and instructor of BCIT’s CCTV & Forensic Examination course. During his time as a forensic video analyst with the RCMP, McKay viewed and analyzed over 2,000 crimes and criminals caught on various video and image recording systems (CCTV, video cameras, cell phones, taxi-cams, still cameras, and compute...
Jun 30, 2021•27 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Jessica Hyde of Magnet Forensics joins Tyler Hatch of DFI Forensics for this episode of The Digital Forensics Files Podcast! Jessica is an experienced forensic examiner in both the commercial and government sectors. She is currently the Director of Forensics at Magnet Forensics and an Adjunct Professor teaching Mobile Forensics in the graduate program at George Mason University, where she achieved an MS in Computer Forensics. Jessica is the host of Cache Up, a weekly podcast where she interviews...
May 11, 2021•40 min•Season 2Ep. 5
In this episode of The Digital Forensics Files Podcast, Tyler Hatch of DFI Forensics, interviews former FBI digital forensics trainer, Nelson Eby. Nelson, now with Open Text - the developer of EnCase Forensic is passionate about the field and training the next generation of digital forensics examiners and law enforcement professionals to develop skills to uncover the truth through forensic examinations of computers, cell phones and all kinds of digital sources of evidence. 0:28 Introduction to N...
Feb 26, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 4
When the US Department of Treasury announced it's plans to sanction the victims of ransomware attacks who pay the ransom, industry professionals were surprised by the move. Largely seen as well-intentioned, but misguided, the move prompted Cybersecurity Lawyer , Sarah Anderson , of the law firm Alexander Sides in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to write about it on her Cyber Law Blog . Find the article here . Sarah joins Tyler Hatch of DFI Forensics on this episode of the Digital Forensics Files Podcast...
Oct 16, 2020•31 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Jeff Detloff is the president of Providence Consulting, Lansing, Michigan's best IT service provider! Jeff's IT company, Providence Consulting was one of the founding coalition members of the Defeat The Breach Coalition. Be sure to join the movement to defeat the breach! Tyler Hatch of DFI Forensics talks to Jeff about a number of great topics in this episode!...
Jul 28, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Digital forensics and workplace issues cross paths all the time! Why? We discuss that in this episode. More specifically, we talk about a recent case in which a high level board member was forced to resign following him simply liking a Twitter post. Check out this episode and enjoy.
Jul 17, 2020•9 min
Defeat The Breach (defeatthebreach.org) is a cybersecurity awareness coalition of partners from IT, legal and public relations specialists bringing awareness and solutions to one single place! About Defeat the Breach: It is predicted that in a couple short years, cybercrime will cost the global economy trillions of dollars. In 2017 alone, cyberattack-related costs for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) equaled over $2.2 million each. Furthermore, over 60% of SMBs go out of business within ...
Jan 24, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Brent Arnold is a commercial litigation lawyer and partner at Gowlings in Toronto. Gowlings is a global law firm with an incredible team of lawyers in every specialty imaginable. Brent has carved out a path for high-level litigation matters and increasingly more work in technology , cybersecurity and incident response . Having guided organizations through data breaches and ransomware attacks , Brent knows a thing or two about cyber attacks on businesses. He correctly states that organizations ca...
Jan 17, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Everyone loves free right? SPOILER ALERT for the skeptics - it really is free! Wizer Inc. is a platform to increase cybersecurity awareness from Founder and CEO, Gabriel Friedlander . Follow Gabriel on LinkedIn HERE if you are not already doing so! I love his attitude of giving back to help others and he is here to "spread knowledge so that everyone can be safe online". What's not to love about that! Well done Gabriel and thank you for being a guest on the podcast!...
Jan 09, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Kimberley St. Pierre discusses how she became one of Vancouver's highly regarded cyber security professionals as well as her involvement with ISACA, BC Aware, SheLeadsTech. Emerging from the telecommunications world, she jumped at the opportunity to accept the challenge of a high profile cyber security role. Kim dove in head first and learned more about the field and it shows! She balances the rigours of her busy professional life by enjoying one of her greatest passions - riding and jumping hor...
Dec 14, 2019•21 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Michael Argast is the founder of Kobalt.io, a richly experienced and deeply knowledgeable information security expert in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Michael's forward-thinking, relevant approach to the "culture of cybersecurity" is intriguing and fascinating to hear. I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to sit down with him on this episode and talk cybersecurity and incident response! Connect with Michael Argast on LinkedIn or Twitter and be sure to visit Kobalt.io to check out the free Ransomware ...
Dec 06, 2019•31 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Farshad Abasi of Forward Security Inc. stops by to discuss information security as it applies to cloud and application security. Forward Security is comprised of a team of highly accomplished professionals who focus on delivering security solutions in the Finance, Health, Technology, and Utilities industries. Our team has experience with some of world’s largest organizations such as HSBC, Intel, and Motorola, all the way to medium sized enterprises and even local start-ups. We understand the iss...
Nov 28, 2019•31 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Brett Shavers is a former law enforcement officer of a municipal police department. He has been an investigator assigned to state and federal task forces. Besides working many specialty positions, Brett was the first digital forensics examiner at his police department, attended over 2000 hours of forensic training courses across the country, collected more than a few certifications along the way, and set up the department's first digital forensics lab in a small, cluttered storage closet.
Nov 10, 2019•16 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Scott Stanley went to law school to help people and he's doing in a big way by representing Plaintiffs at Murphy Battista LLP. Murphy Battista is a "tort" firm that exclusively represents Plaintiffs in actionable civil wrongs. The opponent Scott's clients face are usually large corporations and insurance companies with deep pockets who are not afraid to use their resources to fight Scott's clients. It's hardly a fair fight - at least on paper - but Scott has seen it all before and he knows how t...
Nov 07, 2019•17 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Cyber.SC is my "go-to" source when my clients need a referral to a cybersecurity expert . Christian Redshaw and Dominic Vogel have the experience and expertise to guide their business clients through the process of securing their business data, intellectual property and systems in order to minimize the risk of costly and destructive cyber attacks. Cyber.SC begins with an assessment of your business's state of information security maturity. Using the results of that assessment as a "baseline", Cy...
Nov 01, 2019•36 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Amber Schroader is a true pioneer in the digital forensics industry. She has over 30 years of experience in the field, which is amazing given the state of technology at that time, the change in technology over the years and the fact that her company, Paraben Corporation is celebrating its 20th year anniversary this year! Congratulations of your accomplishments Amber! A few months ago when I was brainstorming the idea that eventually turned into this podcast , I posted a comment in a Digital Fore...
Oct 19, 2019•35 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Since the inception of DFI Forensics in July, 2018, I have had the phenomenal support of my trusted colleagues, Dominic Vogel and Christian Redshaw of Cyber.SC. They are my "go-to" cyber security professionals who excel at providing meaningful data security and information security solutions to businesses. Cyber.SC had a long running video series called, " Cyber Monday ". It was so good that it eventually caught the eye of a production team that wanted to turn their content into a video podcast ...
Oct 16, 2019•27 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Josiah Spackman is passionate about technology and digital information . You can hear it when he speaks. You can see the excitement on his face. His expertise in the area of blockchain and cryptocurrency is impressive. Josiah breaks down a concept like blockchain, which is difficult for many of us to understand, to its simplest form and expresses himself in a way that makes people listen. It's no wonder then that he is perfectly suited to be a brand ambassador for one the world's most premiere b...
Oct 12, 2019•38 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Ok, full disclosure: we didn't actually talk about digital forensics but this episode is amazing! Listening to someone with passion for an amazing business is awesome, but talking fashion and great fitting clothes for men was fantastic! Thanks for joining me Derek and please guys, check out Cardero Clothing's website, all social media and reach out to Derek for your men's fashion and professional attire needs!
Oct 08, 2019•24 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Having held a variety of senior sales and business development roles with a number of security vendors, technology start-ups and Canada’s leading telecommunications providers including TELUS and Bell, Justin Malczewski is a 30+ year veteran of the technology industry in Western Canada. For the past 13+ years, the threats cyber-criminals, hacktivists and rogue nations pose to society, have led him to focus his career in the area of IT Security. Justin currently holds the position of Regional Sale...
Sep 25, 2019•37 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Sunshine Coast Health Centre is a residential addictions treatment centre in Powell River, B.C., Canada. It is led by scientific research and fueled by a passion for wellness and a desire to help its clients achieve an addiction-free and meaningful life. In this episode, Melanie Jordan from Sunshine Coast Health Centre joins Tyler Hatch of DFI Forensics to discuss Sunshine Coast Health Centre's approach to modern day addiction treatment and how technology is being used to provide better, more ef...
Sep 16, 2019•30 min•Season 1Ep. 17