INVESTIGATIONS/FORENSICS Articles
Panel Says Data Mining for Terrorists is an Exercise in Futility
Report, commissioned in part by the DHS, also warns of potential privacy problems.
Security's Connections and Intersections
Specialists are crucial, but Editor Derek Slater notes that business problems often resist a narrow approach.
Security Investigations: Merge Ahead
In the enterprise setting, there's no such thing as a digital investigation. Or a physical one. Security investigations require a blend of disciplines governed by a flexible forensic mind-set.
How to Fraud-Proof Your Company
Fraud experts focus on ways to combat insidious insiders at the 19th Annual Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) conference, and a convicted fraudster explains how he went down the wrong path.
Recession Woes: What People Steal
With the economy tanking, security pros see a spike in old-time thievery. And what do people steal in recessionary times? Cash, clothes, cigarettes, copper - pretty much everything. (Part three in a series: How to Manage Security in a Recession)
Container Security: Is the Layered Approach Working?
Guest columnist Jim Giermanski says the government's five-layered approach to container security is on the right track, but needs significant improvements.
Digital Forensics Software: The Usual Suspects
The four key players in digital forensics software: Guidance, AccessData, Paraben and Technology Pathways
Rules of Evidence - Digital Forensics Tools
Searching for clues? Here's how to investigate and use digital forensics and e-discovery tools.
Largest Public Power Grid at Cyber Risk, Feds Say
The network controlling the country's largest public electric company could be taken down by cyber-hackers because it fails to take basic best-practice security measures, a federal report says.
DTE Energy CSO: Copper Theft Still a Problem
Michael Lynch, CSO of Michigan utility DTE Energy, offers an update on the world of metal theft and on Michigan's problems and progress.
