Digital Forensics and Data Collection
With the prolific growth of electronically stored information, your haystacks keep growing bigger and finding that vital piece of evidence doesn’t just cost money and time. It requires specialized technology and certified experts with proven techniques capable of examining and defensibly collecting relevant ESI with cost-effective, high-quality results. Our technical expertise, licensed examiners, and forensic consulting help you make informed decisions about the approach to ESI through proven processes.
When you partner with a seasoned forensic expert like Elite Discovery, you gain specialized digital forensic tools required to defensibly and securely collect ESI without causing spoliation. Our experts help you navigate this process, pulling from our extensive collection of forensic tools to apply the most appropriate application to each unique scenario. The collection strategies we employ will mitigate costs involved throughout the rest of the litigation life cycle.
Elite Discovery experts will be part of your digital forensic investigation every step of the way, including:
ESI strategy consultations
Identifying relevant ESI
Preservation of ESI
Collection of ESI from all sources
ESI/data culling
Forensic investigations
Internal audits and investigations
Expert witness & testimony
Our experts have years of experience performing complex data collections and analyses in order to preserve and assess data from cloud services, mobile devices, laptop and desktop computers, enterprise-class servers and many other devices.
Our Collection Capabilities
Our certified collections and forensics experts utilize a wide range of third-party tools, depending on the media type and source that data needs to be collected from. We collect from:
Network servers, laptops, and desktops — targeted data acquisition including files and folders, file types, content filtering and deNISTing, date filtering, indexing, and keyword search from Windows, Linux, and macOS devices.
Messaging systems — Exchange/Outlook, Exchange Web Services, Domino/Lotus Notes, Office 365, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, iCloud, IMAP/POP, and other systems.
Mobile devices —wide range of Apple iOS and Android devices.
Social Media — Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Dating Apps, website crawling, and more.
Cloud-based services — Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, iCloud, WhatsApp, Microsoft.
- SharePoint servers — including full site preservation, document library export and metadata export.
Drones – drone data from physical dumps, drone logs, and mobile applications.
Wearables – Apple Health, Samsung Health, Huawei Health, Fitbit, and more.
Portable and external storage media — external HDD, USB flash media, memory cards, optical media.
Remote Collections
Find critical digital evidence quickly and completely, using targeted, remote and onsite data collection, task scheduling for automatic collection, and powerful search and analytic tools. Our solution empowers users to find critical evidence quickly and completely using customizable data collection from remote workstations, cloud services, and mobile and IoT devices.
Mobile Devices
Our remote collections support a wide range of Apple iOS and Android devices for both physical and remote collection.
Cloud
Gain access to popular cloud services like WhatsApp, Telegram, iCloud, Google, Discord, Slack, and much more.
Remote Workstations
Collect data from Windows, macOS, and Linux-based endpoints as well as Android devices no matter the location.
IoT Devices
Extract and analyze data from the most popular IoT devices: Amazon, Alexa, and Google Home.
Mobile Devices
- Run fast and targeted data collections from unlocked iPhones, iPads, and various Android devices to extract contacts, communications, event history, locations, deleted records, and more.
- Utilize advanced screen lock bypass methods for Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi, Motorola, Oppo, iOS, and other Android-powered devices.
- Import and parse device backups (iTunes, Samsung, Huawei) and other third-party mobile images.
- Decrypt data from secure apps and device storages including Apple Notes, Wickr, Signal, Vault apps, Huawei PrivateSpace, Samsung Secure Folder, and others.
The following data can be extracted from mobile devices:
- Device information and settings
- Accounts
- Contacts
- Calls
SMS/MMS/RCS
- Documents
Media file information and metadata
List of installed applications
Application files
APK files of installed applications
Google Chrome browser data (available on devices with Android OS older than 6.0).
Dictionaries (available on devices with Android OS older than 6.0)
Wi-Fi Access points
- Databases
Bluetooth-paired devices
Calendars
WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business media files
Keyboard activity (iOS)
Control Center activity (iOS)
FaceTime Data (iOS)
Let us assist with your digital forensic or data collection project.
Trust Us to Testify for You
Our digital forensics experts are certified computer examiners and licensed private investigators. They have years of experience spanning both civil and criminal matters and have been recognized in both state and federal courts for their expertise. Rest assured that when it comes time to testify on your behalf, Elite Discovery is on your side.
Security
At Elite Discovery, we take data security very seriously. Data transferred into our custody is handled using methods common to most law enforcement agencies:
Data is diligently and defensibly tracked.
Our evidence lab is secured by biometric locks and closed-circuit security cameras
Data lockers built to withstand heat and moisture guarantee the safety of your devices while in our possession
