Welcome to the inaugural Forensic Femmes blog post! As I wrote many months ago, the purpose of this series is to highlight the many contributions women are making to the DF/IR community, whether we know them or not. My first guest is Alissa Torres, who recently joined Mandiant’s team as an incident handler along with…
Category Archives: Digital Forensics
Book review: Uncertainty
As part of an ongoing discussion about contributing to the DFIR community, I’m offering a book review. It speaks to the “fear of failure” noted by numerous forensicators, and the excuses we all make up to avoid pain. Whether you’re a small business owner, a researcher, or someone with an idea you’ve hesitated to put…
Contributing (content) to the DFIR community
Blog posts and Twitter conversations over the last week or so — in particular an emphasis on whether programming is the most effective way to contribute — seemed awfully familiar, but I didn’t realize why until I read Harlan Carvey’s observation, “Some analysts seem to look around, see how some others contribute, and say to themselves,…
Need beta testers? Tap the #DFIR community
If you’re a small and/or unknown digital forensic tool provider, getting people to beta test your tool(s) may be a challenge. Ideally, you’re located in an area where you can partner with local labs and their experts. But what if you want to expand into a new geographical location, or you’re so new that the…
Are you part of the community you serve?
Eric Huber’s post about Guidance vs. AccessData touched a nerve (as you’ll see from the comments I left there). Over the last 18 months of business-building, I’ve read many a blog from marketing/public relations/social media people who all say the same basic things: If you want loyal customers who consistently buy your products and services,…