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Digital Detective first came
into being in
2002 and has been providing quality software, resources and
support to the forensic computing community for over 6
years. The Forensic Forum now has in excess of 4,000
users and is a valuable resource for Digital Forensics,
Mobile Phone Forensics and Digital CCTV Forensics.
Managed and supported by one
individual, Craig Wilson has seen his initial idea nurtured
from humble beginnings, into the entity which exists today.
In 2002, Craig released
NetAnalysis, a software product designed specifically for the forensic
computing community for the extraction and analysis of
internet trace evidence. This software is in use by law enforcement agencies worldwide
and comes with a comprehensive manual detailing evidence
extraction and analysis techniques.
Over the past 6 years, this
software has become more advanced and offers the examiner
great functionality when it comes to extracting and
analysing Internet trace evidence. The software also
has an extractor for recovering history from image files,
binary dumps and write protected drives.
NetAnalysis was developed out
of a need, as are many of the software Craig produces.
Faced with the problem of analysing in excess of 300
Internet Explorer history files and discovering there was no
software available to do this at the time, whilst on leave,
he put together the first test version of the software.
Over the next 6 months, this grew into a product which could
be used in evidence extraction. It quickly became
popular because of the ease of use and the powerful
analytical functionality. It was also the first
software tool available at the time which could recover
deleted Internet trace evidence from unallocated clusters.
Craig has also developed
numerous free software tools which are also in wide
circulation and used in many forensic training classes
worldwide. He hopes that he will soon find the time to
release some others.
Heading one of the largest LE
Digital Forensic Units in
the United Kingdom, he has numerous years experience in this
field.
He has been involved in hundreds of
investigations involving the extraction and analysis of
digital evidence and has managed the digital evidence
collection plans for serious cases involving terrorism,
murder, rape, robbery, drugs distribution, fraud, counterfeiting and
paedophilia.
Craig has regularly lectured in the field of computer forensics
at the Centre for National High Tech Crime Training in the
UK, and has acted as a forensic consultant to other law
enforcement agencies. He has been involved in the
development and delivery of forensic courses in the UK, United
States and Europe.
In 2000, Craig was involved with the US Department of
Justice/NIJ as a member of the Technical Working Group
tasked with developing a Guide for First Responders to
Electronic Crime Scenes.
In 2002 he was involved in the
re-drafting of the ACPO Good Practice Guide for Computer
Based Electronic Evidence. In 2004, he was a member of the
Technical Working Group involved in another DOJ/NIJ
publication entitled “Investigations Involving the Internet
and Computer Networks”
He has recently become
involved with the Council for the Registration of Forensic
Practitioners and is assisting with applicant assessing.
Craig received a First Class
Honours, Master of Science degree in Forensic Computing from
University College Dublin. He is a Professional member of
the British Computer Society and a Chartered IT Professional. He is also a
member of the board of directors for the Institute of
Computer Forensic Professionals. He has also server as
a committee member for F3 (First Forensic Forum).
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