Elementary Solutions Ltd

Computer Forensics is the field concerned with forensic analysis of computer data.  The word "forensic" means connected with courts or the law.  So one of the major applications of computer forensics is examining computer data that is evidence in a court case - a criminal prosecution or civil litigation.  But computer forensics can be employed well before an issue goes to court, and in matters that are unlikely to ever reach court.

It seems that everyone wants to be a computer forensic expert these days.  The number of consultants holding themselves out as "experts" is large and growing, and many of them are not as "expert" as they would have you believe.

There is much more to computer forensic analysis than purchasing a computer forensic program, such as EnCase or FTK, and running keyword searches.  You should be wary of "experts" who are over-reliant on computer software as the basis of their evidence.

Computer forensics is a form of scientific evidence.  Computer forensic analysis should be conducted according to rigorous scientific principles by persons trained in science (as with other forensic sciences such as forensic pathology).  This will ensure the evidence is reliable and likely to attract greater weight in court.

We at Elementary stand apart from our competitors in that we practice computer forensics as a science.  We use commercial computer forensic programs and develop our own, but unlike our competitors we are not solely reliant on forensic software.  In most cases we are able to prove the correctness of our evidence from first principles, without relying on the correctness of third party software.

Elementary's owner, Daniel Ayers, has nearly three decades experience in IT and more than a decade's experience giving expert evidence in court.  He holds Honours and Masters degrees in Computer Science, is involved in academic research in computer forensics, and has been published in peer-reviewed academic journals.  He is co-author and co-presenter of the Law Society Continuing Legal Education seminars on Computer Forensics (with His Hon Judge David Harvey) and Electronic Discovery (with Laura O'Gorman).

Selecting Elementary will mean your computer forensic evidence will be right first time, and more likely to withstand scrutiny in court.