EDGE Alert: Major iPhone Preservation Development
Heads up! The Headline: Apple Is AUTO-Deleting Texts from iPhones Simply put, that’s what you MUST know, that Apple near-instantly auto-deletes text messages from iPhones (or whatever Apple device)...
EDGE Tip: Preserve phones quickly!
You MUST act fast. The take-away from this Protek Practitioner’s EDGE Tip is this simple: Failure to move with haste to properly preserve mobile device content puts you at great risk for viable...
Apple AUTO-Deleting Texts from iPhones
Simply put, that’s what you MUST know. Apple is auto-deleting texts near-instantly from iPhones (or whatever Apple device) on which a text message is sent or received that has Apple’s publicly...
ESI (Electronically Stored Information) Whack-a-Mole Practitioner’s Tips in ISBA Res Gestae Journal
ESI Electronically Stored Information and Electronic Evidence are seemingly everywhere, and nowhere, all at the same time. Tracking it down to preserve or collect in a defensible way, or hunting for...
Protek Co-Presents Nov. 8th CLE on Leveraging Cyber and Accounting Forensics in Business Divorces for Chicago Bar Association
“The Forensic Way…to Securing and Maximizing Your Client’s Position; Deploying Digital Forensics & Forensic Accounting in Business Divorces” is the title of a Chicago Bar Association Business...
ESI Whack-a-Mole…Just Where is That ESI and Critical Electronic Evidence!?!
Protek President and CEO Keith Chval recently had a practical and hopefully mildly entertaining article published in the Brief journal of the DuPage County Bar Association. Keith distinguishes...
Mobile Device Forensics & Discovery CLE via IL State Bar Assoc. -October 13, 2021
If you don’t feel like you have a solid handle on what evidence might be available from a mobile device (heads up: it’s constantly changing), or even what qualifies as a “mobile device,” let alone...
Well, That’s Nice! Protek an Enterprise Security Magazine 2021 “Top Ten” Digital Forensics Firm
It’s been an incredibly busy and productive year at Protek since our ownership transition, and being designated a “Top Ten” Digital Forensics firm by Enterprise Security magazine is a great way to...
National Cyber Scholarship Foundation
A great twofer opportunity here! All sectors of the U.S. are badly in need of talented and ethical cybersecurity professionals, and we all probably know at least one high schooler who could use some...
Celeb Law Firm Refuses Hacker Ransom as Lady Gaga Files Leak
The "Willie Sutton Rule" strikes again. "Why do you hack law firms' sites? Because that's where the [goods] are." Why would a hacker bother attempting exploits of whatever victims' individual sites...