Forensics & Investigations
Page One, Inc. Forensics and Investigations: Trusted Digital Expertise
At Page One, Inc. (P1), we provide comprehensive Forensics and Investigations services, leveraging over one-hundred years of experience in forensic investigations and data collections. Our firm is dedicated to identifying, preserving, collecting, and examining electronic evidence in a defensible and efficient manner for complex litigation and investigations.
Our Unmatched Expertise and Experience
The P1 team is composed of certified experts in the field of digital forensics. Our commitment to competency is reflected in our status as licensed private investigators, adhering to ethical standards and legal requirements in our investigative methods.
Our practitioners maintain and hold several key industry certifications. We are active contributors and educators in our fields, providing thought-leadership through published articles, books, university courses, and industry presentations on trending topics in digital forensics and investigations.
What Sets the P1 Team Apart:
Rapid Response and Global Mobilization: We understand and respond to urgency. Our team is available via email or telephone for immediate consultation. Depending on the scope of work and location, we can be on-site in 24 hours or less.
Investigative Mindset: Our team members are licensed investigators with competency in investigative methods, leveraging human logic and tenacity, understanding that investigations are an art more than a science to reconstruct timelines and events.
Adaptability and Innovation: When encountering new and complex data sources, we research how to forensically collect it in the most defensible and efficient manner possible. This includes developing customized solutions when conventional forensic tools lack support or specific client deliverables are required.
Forensic Rigor and Defensibility: Our core mantra is "no documentation equals no data". We utilize best in breed technology and forensically validated tools and workflows to ensure that the data we collect will be admissible in court.
Comprehensive Forensic and Investigative Capabilities
The P1 team goes beyond just collecting data; we understand how it interacts in its source environment and the digital footprints left behind. Our services cover the full spectrum of data identification, preservation, collection, and analysis:
Key Investigation Types, including:
Intellectual Property (IP) Theft Investigations.
Claims of Data Destruction / Data Spoliation. We can often reconstruct the timeline of events that occurred before and after anti-forensics software was used, as these products often leave a trace.
Metadata Analysis (i.e., documents, video, audio, photographs). We determine if files were copied, when they were created or last accessed, and investigate the limitations and reliability of metadata in context.
Data Remediation: Including collecting, identifying, and permanently deleting relevant data from physical devices and accounts, based on ESI protocol or other agreements between the involved parties.
Harassment Disputes
Employment Disputes
Deliverables and Expert Testimony:
We examine collected data using state-of-the-art forensic hardware and software.
Our work is delivered efficiently, and we leverage workflows to meet or exceed deadlines, providing relevant information on a rolling basis.
Our final work product is not just via spreadsheets or difficult to interpret formats; we assist in reviewing the data and communicate our findings in a clear, concise manner.
Our team provides testimony at depositions, trials, or arbitrations. We are also equipped to be engaged as rebuttal experts, reviewing materials, evidence, and testimony provided by an opposing party's experts.
Wide Range of Data Sources We Collect and Examine
The P1 team performs data collections and examinations onsite, remotely, and in-lab. We have worked with small businesses to global corporations, collecting data throughout the United States and around the world. We investigate Electronically Stored Information (ESI), including, but not limited to:
Traditional Endpoints - Desktops, laptops, physical storage media, network file shares (i.e., home/user shares) on cloud-based sources, and Network-Attached Storage (NAS) and / or Storage Area Network (SAN) devices.
Mobile Devices - Smartphones, tablets, wearable devices (smartwatches, smart rings, smart glasses), SIM cards, and external storage media. We can perform Advanced Logical and Full File System extractions on supported devices, providing access to potentially deleted data, application usage, locations, and more.
Cloud & Email Systems - Storage services (e.g., Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive), cloud email (e.g., Google Workspace, Microsoft 365), and on-premises servers.
Specialized Data - Social media platforms, ephemeral messaging apps (which auto-delete messages), databases (e.g., Microsoft Access, SQL, Oracle, proprietary databases), and digital artifacts related to Cryptocurrency (wallets, exchange apps, transaction notifications).
Internet of Things (IoT) - Digital assistants (e.g., Amazon Alexa), home security devices, and smart appliances. We determine where the data resides (internal memory, removable media, or cloud storage).
What Clients Can Expect: A Seamless Investigative Partnership
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Clear Communication & Expectation Setting: We convey complex technical concepts in a clear, concise, and easily understood manner, regardless of the client's technical savviness. We set proper expectations about logistics and deliverables. We remain calm and confident when emotions are running high.
Handling Sensitive Data: We understand how important your data is and are sensitive to data privacy and security concerns. We address issues arising from Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies where business and personal data are co-mingled. We work collaboratively with the employees, counsel, and IT personnel to ensure everyone is comfortable with the defensible methodologies utilized, especially concerning personal data. When local data privacy laws are at play, we work with counsel to ensure compliance, throughout the process.
Meticulous Documentation: We are committed to ensuring that your evidence will stand up in court. We maintain end-to-end Chain of Custody documentation for all collected evidence. Electronic documentation includes accurate log files, timestamping, and hashing (digital fingerprinting) to ensure data integrity and provide an electronic chain of custody.
Forensically Sound Collection: The integrity of the source data, including metadata, is maintained throughout the process to prevent alteration that could render it inadmissible. We leverage forensic hardware tools like hardware write-blockers to prevent changes ("writes") to attached source media.
Timely Updates and Collaboration: We provide regular and transparent updates. Identifying and preserving data is a collaborative effort involving legal teams, IT, business stakeholders, and forensic practitioners.