Our Forensic Services Director and a number of the Forensic Investigators attended Infosecurity Europe this week.  The ever increasing popularity of this event indicates that businesses are becoming more security aware, and with good reason.
A report released at Infosecurity by PriceWaterhouse Coopers, claimed that security breaches are a continuing problem despite the fact that businesses [...]

Did you know that CY4OR offers free educational seminars and you can also earn CPD credits?  These seminars are typically an hour long and can be tailored to your requirements.  Topics covered in past seminars include:

An introduction to computer forensics
Forensic data collection
Litigation support and edisclosure
iPhone data recovery
Handling criminal evidence
Future forensics

We regularly run these seminars for leading [...]

Last night CY4OR received a call via our emergency number for an immediate response to a potentially serious security breach for a leading corporation.  A laptop had been stolen from the corporate which contained unencrypted data of a sensitive nature.  The laptop case also contained the login details.  The laptop was found, however, they needed to [...]

Has the ongoing stand off ended between Facebook and the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) regarding its child safety strategy?  Jim Gamble, Chief Executive of CEOP, has criticised Facebook over the past six months for not introducing a panic button on each user’s profile page which is linked to CEOP’s site.  Similar sites, such as [...]

Following its third reading in the House of Commons, the Digital Economy Bill was passed by MPs last night.  189 votes to 49 meant the Bill was passed with relatively little opposition.  Opposition from the public and industry bodies, however, has been strong with over 20,000 voters writing to their MPs in the last seven [...]

CY4OR was instructed by Burrows Bussin last year in their case to defend a 17 year old boy (at the time of arrest) who they believed was being made a scapegoat for illegal downloading.
The defendant, Matthew Wyatt, had been accused of copyright infringement in relation to the download of albums.  Mr Wyatt was arrested three years [...]