Guide
IOS Encrypted Apps And Secure Messengers
18 pages · 25 min read
Secure messengers like Signal, Telegram, and Wickr protect messages in transit, not necessarily on the device itself.
- Encryption and access
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Encryption and access
6 practical guides on encryption and access for UK litigators, in-house counsel and investigators. Read every page online or download the PDF, free and without registration.
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6 practical guides on encryption and access, written for UK litigators, in-house counsel and investigators handling disclosure and digital evidence, and every guide can be read in full on its own page or downloaded as a PDF, free and without registration.
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§ 6 guides on encryption and access
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Android Encryption Secure Boot And Lock Screen Protections
18 pages · 25 min read
Modern Android phones are encrypted by default, with their security tied to the lock-screen credential and a hard w are security chip.
- Mobile and messaging evidence
- Encryption and access
Guide
Collecting Without The Password
18 pages · 26 min read
When evidence is locked away by encryption or withheld credentials, legal and technical strategies are required.
- Forensic collection and imaging
- Encryption and access
Guide
FileVault The Secure Enclave And Apple Encryption
17 pages · 27 min read
Apple's encryption, using File Vault and the Secure Enclave, ties device data to both the hard w are and the user.
- Apple and macOS forensics
- Encryption and access
Guide
BitLocker FileVault And Full Disk Encryption
17 pages · 27 min read
Full disk encryption, such as BitLocker and FileVault, is often recoverable, particularly in managed environments where recovery keys are typically escrowed.
- Apple and macOS forensics
- Encryption and access
Guide
Locked Mobile Devices
17 pages · 21 min read
Locked mobile devices present a strategy problem with a technical component.
- Mobile and messaging evidence
- Encryption and access
§ Other topics
- Mobile and messaging evidence (24)
- Forensic collection and imaging (22)
- Electronic disclosure practice (19)
- Apple and macOS forensics (14)
- Deleted data and recovery (13)
- Chain of custody and defensibility (10)
- Cloud evidence (10)
- Expert evidence and reports (8)
- Servers, NAS and virtual environments (8)
- Metadata and timestamps (7)
- Open source, web and log evidence (7)
- Custodians and data mapping (6)
- Data theft and exfiltration (5)
- Disclosure and PD 57AD (5)
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