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20th August 2026

Impact, Coping And Support – Further Reflections From The DFIR Well-Being Study

What does repeated exposure to traumatic digital evidence really do to investigators? Phil Anderson returns to the Forensic Focus Podcast to unpack more findings from the international well-being study....

Cellebrite Genesis For Enterprise Now Generally Available, Regional Availability Expands To More Global Markets

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Cellebrite Genesis For Enterprise Now Generally Available, Regional Availability Expands To More Global Markets

20th August 2026

Cellebrite Genesis is expanding globally and is now generally available to enterprises, helping teams surface critical connections in minutes rather than weeks....read more

Unmasked: Throughput Is Not Prioritisation

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Unmasked: Throughput Is Not Prioritisation

19th August 2026

When every file is treated as equally urgent, critical intelligence can get lost in the backlog. See how S21 VisionX helps investigators prioritise what matters most....read more

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 19 2026

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Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 19 2026

19th August 2026

Read the latest DFIR news - UK police investigator well-being, cloud search warrant strategy, Timestamped for macOS, iLEAPP and ALEAPP updates, and more....read more

£2.4 Million For UK Police Well-Being – What Will It Actually Buy?

18th August 2026

Paul Gullon-Scott examines whether £2.4m for police well-being is enough to turn good national initiatives into meaningful support on the ground.

Investigations Don’t Arrive In One Tidy Format

18th August 2026

From mobile extractions and emails to cloud data and video, see how Cellebrite Genesis brings diverse evidence sources together to help enterprise investigators reach faster, source-traceable and defensible findings.

New DFIR Mental Health Training Webinar (CPD-Accredited)

18th August 2026

New CPD-accredited training from our Well-Being Lead, Paul Gullon-Scott, is now available to help digital forensic investigators and their organisations better understand and manage the psychological demands of the role — book your place today.

AI Image Classification For Forensics – Build Custom Detectors In Seconds | BelkaGPT

17th August 2026

See how BelkaGPT turns image forensics from “scroll and squint” into “describe and detect” with offline AI image descriptions and instant custom classifiers – no training datasets required.

Protecting Those Who Protect Children: Inspection Findings And The Evidence Base For Investigator Well-Being

13th August 2026

A major new HMICFRS report exposes the urgent need for proactive, mandatory mental health support for digital forensic investigators and others working daily with online child sexual abuse material.

UPCOMING WEBINAR – Reducing ICAC Backlogs: Prioritizing Digital Evidence For Faster Investigations

13th August 2026

Join Rich Frawley of ADF Solutions as he shares practical strategies for managing complex ICAC scenes, prioritizing the devices most likely to contain probative evidence, and making faster, more informed decisions in the field.

Unmasked: Early Intelligence Should Not Be Manual

12th August 2026

Turn partial school badges into actionable leads with S21 School Badge Lookup v2.0, fast offline image intelligence built for CSAM and ICAC investigations worldwide.

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 12 2026

12th August 2026

Read the latest DFIR news – NIST’s new ArtCat digital forensics catalog, Kohberger case methodology, Android intrusion log analysis, offline AI with BelkaGPT, and more.

How To Process A Clear-Key BitLocker Image File To Generate A Decrypted Raw Image

11th August 2026

Learn how to identify and decrypt BitLocker Clear Key–protected forensic images using dislocker and bdeinfo, from spotting the “-FVE-FS-” signature to mounting the recovered NTFS volume for analysis.

Digital Forensics Jobs Round-Up, August 10 2026

10th August 2026

Explore a selection of the latest DFIR employment opportunities in this week’s Forensic Focus jobs round-up.

Misconduct Or Mental Injury? A Question Policing Can No Longer Avoid

10th August 2026

Can trauma show up as misconduct? Paul Gullon-Scott explores how cumulative trauma and organisational stress can shape behaviour in policing and digital forensics and why earlier, trauma-informed support could make all the difference.

Forensic Focus Digest, August 07 2026

7th August 2026

Discover what’s new on Forensic Focus – trace eight years of innovation with Atola TaskForce, explore how BelkaGPT brings offline AI to digital investigations, learn why the first 60 minutes with digital evidence matter, and more.

The Evolution Of Atola TaskForce: Eight Years Of Non-Stop Innovation

6th August 2026

From record-breaking imaging speeds to automated RAID reconstruction and 50 Gbit/s networking, discover how TaskForce evolved over eight years into a comprehensive forensic acquisition platform built to remove investigators’ next bottleneck.

Practical AI In Digital Forensics: Running Offline AI On Your Own Evidence With BelkaGPT

6th August 2026

Discover how investigators can use powerful, forensics-specific AI entirely offline with Belkasoft X, keeping sensitive case data secure while accelerating analysis of images, audio, video, chats, and more.

Unmasked: Exposure Is A Workflow Choice

5th August 2026

Reduce unnecessary investigator exposure without changing your workflow: S21 AI Describe v2.0 delivers fast, accurate, structured image and video-frame descriptions entirely offline – available standalone or within S21 VisionX.

Digital Forensics Round-Up, August 05 2026

5th August 2026

Read the latest DFIR news – Android 16 intrusion logging, forensic observability for network devices, mental health support gaps for investigators, GrapheneOS duress passwords, privacy app artifacts, and more.