Email is the most utilized communication method for businesses and individuals today. Studies have shown that more email is generated every day than phone conversations and paper documents combined. From internal meeting requests, distribution of documents and general conversation one would be hard-pressed to find an organization of any size that does not rely on email. Email forensic analysis of clients and servers has been in the spotlight of civil and criminal cases worldwide. No email fraud or document discovery is complete without requesting, investigating and organizing email.
The Digital Forensic Group has qualified technicians with the email forensics skill, experience and tools to ease the burden of investigating email, from a single mailbox to hundreds of users throughout a massive network. Our email forensic team assists in the extraction and analysis of email as well as contacts and calendars.
The first step in email investigations is to identify potential sources of information and how email servers and user’s computers are used in an organization. Beyond simple messages, email clients and servers have expanded into full databases, document repositories, contact managers, time managers and calendars as well as many other applications. Organizations use these powerful, database-enabled email and messaging servers to manage workflow and communicate with employees and customers, and to share data. A skilled email forensic investigator will identify how these powerful business tools are being used far beyond email.
Forensic analysis of email servers and clients often yields substantial information about the user and the organization itself. Email forensics is more than simply looking at email messages. Our qualified email forensic investigators are aware of the advanced features and forensic possibilities of each type of email system.
Many users believe that once email is deleted from their computer it is unrecoverable. This is not always the case since it can be forensically extracted and analyzed even after deletion. Our email forensics employs specialized investigative techniques to recover deleted email, calendars and other information from email clients and servers.
It is also possible for our email investigators to recover email that was created on a corporate webmail system or from free web-based email services such as Gmail, Yahoo! Mail and Hotmail. These types of webmail systems use a browser to interface with the email server and store the information on a user’s computer. Our skilled email investigators will extract the HTML-based email from disk drives of computers used to create or retrieve web-based email messages.
Your email investigation needs quality, trained email forensic investigators – contact us today toll free at 888-683-2396 or in the New York City metro area at 212-232-0215 for an evaluation.
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