When the Breach Happens, Both Operations and the Evidence Record Need Protection.
Post-incident forensic preservation, malware analysis, and breach investigation engagements that protect operational recovery without compromising the evidentiary record you'll need later.
Capabilities
What We Examine
Post-Breach Preservation
- Forensic imaging of compromised endpoints, servers, and cloud workloads
- Memory captures and live-system forensic snapshots
- Log preservation across firewalls, EDR platforms, and cloud audit trails
- Chain-of-custody documentation from first contact
Malware Analysis
- Static and dynamic malware examination
- Identification of infection vectors and attacker tooling
- Indicator of Compromise (IOC) development
- Attribution analysis where attacker artifacts permit
Insider Threat Investigations
- Forensic examination of insider activity crossing from legitimate use into policy violation
- Reconstruction of user activity, system usage, and data handling
- Coordination with HR, legal, and outside counsel
Post-Incident Reporting
- Findings reports for internal stakeholders, insurance carriers, regulators
- Coordination with breach coach counsel where required
- Preservation of the technical record for downstream civil or regulatory proceedings
Common Use Cases
When we're typically engaged.
The Tension Between Restoration and Preservation
Standard IR prioritizes operational restoration: wipe, rebuild, get the business running. That's often the right call — but it routinely destroys evidence that downstream litigation will turn on.
Insider Compromise
When the breach didn't come from outside, the forensic methodology has to address access patterns, authorization scope, and the boundary between legitimate and unauthorized activity.
Coordination with Counsel
We work alongside your retained IR firm and breach coach counsel to ensure critical forensic captures are taken before remediation begins.
Related Insights
Further reading on this practice.
- Often engaged with Digital Forensics
- Often engaged with Data Recovery
- Often engaged with Expert Witness for downstream proceedings