The following is a sample of cases recently worked on by EFS. They are described in a generic fashion to provide some insight into the type of work we do while not breaching client confidentiality.

Regulatory

EFS assists a regulatory agency on an ongoing basis with over-site of its members, providing in-house training, technical advice, forensic preservation, analysis, secure storage and transport of sensitive data.

Corporate

2009-2011 – EFS consultant was called to review data and reports of two other Computer Forensic Firms. The context of the data was critical to the client’s case and errors in interpreting the data by the two firms left the case at risk. EFS consultant was able to establish the context of the data assisting in resolving the matter in the clients favour.

2011 – EFS consultants assisted a client with compliance to an electronic discovery order. EFS used remote forensic capabilities to collect from 2 international sites at substantial savings to the client over on-site attendance. The targeted collection gathered 4TB of custodian data, over 4 sites from PC’s, Network shares and e-mail archives and was completed successfully with minimal disruption.

2011 – EFS, available on short notice, completed an electronic discovery collection on behalf of a client responding to a regulatory agency’s request for documents. A targeted collection of 2TB of custodian data from PC’s, Network shares and e-mail archives was promptly completed.

2010-2011 – EFS consultants provided client advice that led client to determine an ex-employee and a current employee were colluding to compete with the client. EFS assisted with affidavits and execution of an Anton Pillar order at three sites and subsequent analysis.

2011 – EFS assisted an industry association with their due diligence efforts in responding to allegations against an association officer and unrelated criminal charges. Digital media was forensically imaged and secured preventing its loss or tampering while events unfolded.

Government

2011 – EFS consultant assisted enforcement agency with installation of software on a computer to allow covert monitoring of the user, assisting in resolving the matter at hand successfully.

2009-2011 – EFS assisted a School Board with imaging 22 computers after hours, EFS completed analysis for inappropriate use, provided detailed reports and expert witness services at an arbitration hearing that lead to a successful outcome for the client.

2011 – EFS staff assisted an educational institute with forensic imaging and review of digital evidence in the investigation of a staff member’s conduct with students.

2011 – EFS was asked to review forensic images of a hard drive collected by another firm on behalf of a government client. The other firm had concluded data was missing from the drive and likely purposefully deleted prior to imaging. EFS determined that the problem was not due to nefarious activity by the data owner, but was the result of errors from the hardware/software used in producing the images.