Document forensics and text file forensics find all the metadata and more

Document Forensics

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Case Example

A very large case involving several parties, revolved around some computer-generated documents. We were asked to have a look at these documents to ascertain if we could identify who had created them and if they had been modified.

Using specialist tools and our skills and knowledge of documents we were able to determine the provenance and history of the documents' creators and modifiers along with all the changes and dates from the hidden metadata.

The client obtained evidence that they would not have had otherwise and were delighted with the result.

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Experience is key when examining documents

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What can we discover with document forensics

For some time, the forensics world has known that there is more valuable forensics data stored in documents than the host application allows you to see. For example, a Microsoft Word® document can contain a whole host of information pertaining to the computer and author of the document and those viewing it. This information is known as "metadata" and it can provide very important evidential material.

Metadata

Likewise, it may be essential from a corporate security perspective that any such metadata is seen to be removed from documents that are being sent outside the organisation.

We have the ability to examine files such as Word, Excel and other document formats and reveal not just the metadata that is visible from the Office Properties menu - we can reveal past authors and editors, saved paths (a network security risk) original document names and, in some instances, the actual revisions and modifications made, the dates and times of these changes and who made them. More metadata than you thought was possible, and provide you with a full report.

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Standards compliance

Reviewing document metadata can be a powerful aid in implementing and ensuring document standards compliance.

Evidence Talks is pleased to offer any of these services, on a single file or full document repository.

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e-Discovery and e-Disclosure

We support many of the top 500 Legal Firms with their forensic needs by providing technical input during the drafting of protocols for disclosure and then by delivering results in the most cost-effective and time-saving manner.

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