A practitioner-focused analysis identifies seven major trends in digital evidence management for 2026: cloud-based DEMS adoption (70% of agencies); AI as a baseline expectation for transcription, redaction and search; AI tools completing cold case analysis in hours rather than years; …
The 2 March 2026 DFIR news roundup covers a Europol joint cyber exercise testing evidence handling and cross-border takedown coordination across agencies; dormant edge-resident malware complicating forensic scoping; and new NIST NCCoE guidance on data classification supporting defensible breach scoping …
Cellebrite has finalized its acquisition of SCG Canada, integrating handheld forensic capabilities for over 80 drone models. The technology allows for the extraction of flight logs and video artifacts to be analyzed via Cellebrite’s AI platform.
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee warned of a forensic science crisis in England and Wales, citing a near-monopoly market with over 80% of external services supplied by Eurofins, a digital forensics backlog persistently exceeding 20,000 devices, and …
A legal analysis by Kennedys Law and S-RM’s Digital Forensics team examines the admissibility of AI-forensic tools for detecting deepfake evidence under Daubert standards. Courts now routinely encounter AI-generated or manipulated media as evidence; proprietary detection tools that produce confidence …
A practitioner analysis identifies eight categories of deepfake threat relevant to policing and criminal justice in 2026, including fabricated video evidence, financial fraud via synthetic executive impersonation, and manipulation of witness statements. The article highlights a 2025 US case in …
The third edition of the Europol Industry and Research Days took place on 25–26 February 2026 at Europol Headquarters in The Hague. Up to 24 selected private companies, universities and research institutes presented emerging technologies to law enforcement practitioners from …
A feature investigation finds that law enforcement agencies in the US are experiencing a 600% increase in audio and video evidence over five years, with even minor misdemeanour cases generating terabytes of digital material. Body camera footage, HALO cameras, ALPR …
A Statewatch investigative report reveals that Europol is expanding cooperation with private technology vendors in largely unchecked ways, including Microsoft employees holding desks at Europol HQ in The Hague. The agency has expressed interest in robotics, open-source intelligence, audio/video analytics …
The US Department of Homeland Security’s 2025 AI use-case inventory reveals that law enforcement accounts for 86 of its 238 listed AI applications, the largest category. CBP and ICE together account for over half of all DHS AI deployments, covering …
A practitioner-focused analysis identifies seven major trends in digital evidence management for 2026: cloud-based DEMS adoption (70% of agencies); AI as a baseline expectation for transcription, redaction and search; AI tools completing cold case analysis in hours rather than years; …
The 2 March 2026 DFIR news roundup covers a Europol joint cyber exercise testing evidence handling and cross-border takedown coordination across agencies; dormant edge-resident malware complicating forensic scoping; and new NIST NCCoE guidance on data classification supporting defensible breach scoping …
Cellebrite has finalized its acquisition of SCG Canada, integrating handheld forensic capabilities for over 80 drone models. The technology allows for the extraction of flight logs and video artifacts to be analyzed via Cellebrite’s AI platform. Original source: Security Systems …
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee warned of a forensic science crisis in England and Wales, citing a near-monopoly market with over 80% of external services supplied by Eurofins, a digital forensics backlog persistently exceeding 20,000 devices, and …
A legal analysis by Kennedys Law and S-RM’s Digital Forensics team examines the admissibility of AI-forensic tools for detecting deepfake evidence under Daubert standards. Courts now routinely encounter AI-generated or manipulated media as evidence; proprietary detection tools that produce confidence …
A practitioner analysis identifies eight categories of deepfake threat relevant to policing and criminal justice in 2026, including fabricated video evidence, financial fraud via synthetic executive impersonation, and manipulation of witness statements. The article highlights a 2025 US case in …
The third edition of the Europol Industry and Research Days took place on 25–26 February 2026 at Europol Headquarters in The Hague. Up to 24 selected private companies, universities and research institutes presented emerging technologies to law enforcement practitioners from …
A feature investigation finds that law enforcement agencies in the US are experiencing a 600% increase in audio and video evidence over five years, with even minor misdemeanour cases generating terabytes of digital material. Body camera footage, HALO cameras, ALPR …
A Statewatch investigative report reveals that Europol is expanding cooperation with private technology vendors in largely unchecked ways, including Microsoft employees holding desks at Europol HQ in The Hague. The agency has expressed interest in robotics, open-source intelligence, audio/video analytics …
The US Department of Homeland Security’s 2025 AI use-case inventory reveals that law enforcement accounts for 86 of its 238 listed AI applications, the largest category. CBP and ICE together account for over half of all DHS AI deployments, covering …