ICT forensic investigation
Swindlers are taking more and more advantage of the opportunities of the digital age. For example, different types of offences are become more common, such as abuse of the email and internet facilities that companies make available to employees. This includes the anonymous sending of threatening emails; the mailing of sensitive, confidential business information to third parties; the digital creation of fake invoices; the creation of non-existent companies; the abuse of digital signatures; the misappropriation of funds using time sheets; the making of dubious transfers, and the perpetration of time fraud by employees who spend their working hours visiting different non-work related websites.
Furthermore, the new technologies are also giving rise to extra risks of embezzlement, such as corporate espionage. Do you realise that your entire business administration can be copied onto a USB stick? A USB stick is a relatively inexpensive storage medium the same size as a key-ring. In most organisations where we conduct investigations, we found that it is very easy to transfer information from workstations to these kinds of data carriers.
Moreover, when committing fraud the swindlers often use the company’s computers; in fact, they are frequently dependent on them for the success of their activities. The good news is that in this digital environment, swindlers also inevitably leave behind traces of their fraudulent practices. Needless to say, that has far-reaching consequences for our fraud investigations.
We conduct forensic investigations to track down evidence of transgressions and incidents of fraud in a complex digital environment. These investigations are carried out by ICT specialists from our Forensic Services department. The specialists have taken part in extensive training courses. They are experienced in securing, interpreting and analysing information stored on all conceivable kinds of data carriers, such as hard disks and backup tapes, or information transported over networks in data flows. In accordance with proven procedures, we use the many means of investigation at our disposal. Our detectives then confront the perpetrators with the findings of our digital investigation.
Most investigations will take place inside ─ but also, if necessary, outside ─ your organisation. If it is necessary to prosecute, the court accepts the digital information obtained in this forensically accountable way as lawfully obtained evidence. Case history shows that the judiciary does look critically at digital investigations of email traffic and the unlawful use of the internet, but still takes them into account in its verdicts if they have been conducted correctly.
Furthermore, the new technologies are also giving rise to extra risks of embezzlement, such as corporate espionage. Do you realise that your entire business administration can be copied onto a USB stick? A USB stick is a relatively inexpensive storage medium the same size as a key-ring. In most organisations where we conduct investigations, we found that it is very easy to transfer information from workstations to these kinds of data carriers.
Moreover, when committing fraud the swindlers often use the company’s computers; in fact, they are frequently dependent on them for the success of their activities. The good news is that in this digital environment, swindlers also inevitably leave behind traces of their fraudulent practices. Needless to say, that has far-reaching consequences for our fraud investigations.
We conduct forensic investigations to track down evidence of transgressions and incidents of fraud in a complex digital environment. These investigations are carried out by ICT specialists from our Forensic Services department. The specialists have taken part in extensive training courses. They are experienced in securing, interpreting and analysing information stored on all conceivable kinds of data carriers, such as hard disks and backup tapes, or information transported over networks in data flows. In accordance with proven procedures, we use the many means of investigation at our disposal. Our detectives then confront the perpetrators with the findings of our digital investigation.
Most investigations will take place inside ─ but also, if necessary, outside ─ your organisation. If it is necessary to prosecute, the court accepts the digital information obtained in this forensically accountable way as lawfully obtained evidence. Case history shows that the judiciary does look critically at digital investigations of email traffic and the unlawful use of the internet, but still takes them into account in its verdicts if they have been conducted correctly.
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