Finalist as Executive of the Year!

DIGITS LLC’s CEO, Michael McCartney, has been nominated as a finalist in the category of CEO of the Year for infoTech Niagara 2012 Beta Awards!

Co-Founder of DIGITS LLC, Michael McCartney is a highly decorated, 22-year veteran member of the law enforcement community having served as an Assistant Chief Investigator for the New York State Attorney General’s Office (NYSAG) as well as five years with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York. Michael has also served as the head of the Analytical and Forensic Technologies Unit in the Mid West for a national Big 4 Consulting firm based in Chicago. He is an internationally known expert in Computer Crime Investigations and Computer Forensics and is a Certified Forensic Computer Examiner (CFCE) through the International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists.  Read Michael McCartney’s full biography.

For additional information about DIGITS LLC, visit www.digitsllc.com

For a list of the 2012 BETA Awards finalists, please visit infoTech Niagara 2012 BETA Finalists

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DIGITS LLC Computer Forensic Solutions

DIGITS LLC, Innovators of Forensic Solutions, specializes in Computer Forensic services for corporate and legal communities.  The principals and staff at DIGITS LLC have over 115 years of combined law enforcement experience in Computer Forensics and advanced technology investigations.  DIGITS LLC offers forensic services in the following areas of expertise:

• Computer Forensics
• Consulting
• Training
• Development
• eDiscovery
• Due Diligence

DIGITS LLC is available when there’s everything to loose.  DIGITS LLC has proven success with providing the forensic evidence  you need during litigation.  DIGITS LLC has provided forensic evidence for many types of cases including: sexual harassment, employee theft, deleted data, corporate espionage, workers compensation, and external data storage.

If you think that DIGITS LLC might be able to help your business, contacts us at info@digitsllc.com.  Visit our website for additional information www.digitsllc.com

Market Research Survey Results

The DIGITS LLC Market Research Survey results are in! After two months of accepting entries and analyzing the results, we have the information we were looking for! One lucky participant will also walk away with a $50.00 Best Buy gift card, just for providing their input.  (The winner will be announced once the prize has been claimed).  Check out our Market Research Survey Results below:

DIGITS LLC Case Studies

DIGITS LLC is all about Computer Forensics.  How can that help you??

DIGITS LLC’s Case Study section on the website (http://www.digitsllc.com/showcase/case-studies) delivers real examples how Computer Forensics can help solve everyday troubles.  Featured stories include:

• The Secrets Our Data Tells Us

• Age Discrimination

• Data Recovery

• Sometimes Users do the Stupidest Things…

Computer Forensics is used commonly throughout business (proactively and retroactively) and to help support litigation in the court of law.  DIGITS LLC’s principals and staff have over 115 years of combined law enforcement experience in Computer Forensics and advanced technology investigations.

If you have any questions regarding the services that DIGITS LLC offers, please contact us at info@digitsllc.com.

CASE STUDY: Applying Computer Forensics to Financial Audits and Internal SOX Controls

By:  Michael McCartney, President, DIGITS LLC & Thomas Devereaux, CPA, CFE, Tronconi Segarra and Associates, CPA

What do you do when you suspect one of your employees may be violating the biggest trust given them within your organization – embezzling money.   It is a problem that faces every organization, public or private.  With the economic crisis at a feverish pitch, desperate times can lead to desperate measures by even the most ethical and law abiding employees.  Computer Forensics can add a critical tool in fighting fraud.

According to the Report to the Nation 2010 by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Occupational fraud losses are estimated to be at 5% of annual revenues.  When applied to the World Gross Product, that translates to approximately $2.9 Trillion per year.  In addition, the median loss to occupational fraud was $160,000 with about one quarter of those surveyed losing over $1 million.  Most troubling is the fact that most occupational fraud continues for years before detected.  On average, the fraud lasted 18 months from the time it began until it was detected.

The Round Table w/Avalon

By: J.P. Midgley, President, Avalon Technologies

January 2012

You  can’t pick up a legal publication or check your email without getting bombarded with articles, advertisements, CLE announcements or case law involving new technology in litigation. Everything is “e-discovery this” or “ESI that”… I am hoping to avoid adding to the mass confusion and bombardment in this article by sorting through the major new technologies released in the last few years.

There is too much technology out there to comprehensively write about all of it in a single article.  Instead, we will focus on two types of new technology and dig into each of them enough to explain 1) what all the fuss is about and 2) give you enough knowledge to know what is out there so you’re prepared when the new case comes in and you ask yourself “Is there anything out there that does this…?”

DIGITS LLC to present at Science Cafe: The Science Behind CSI

The Buffalo Museum of Science will be hosting “CSI: The Experience” exhibit from January 28, 2012 to April 29, 2012.

Created in cooperation with the hit CBS franchise, CSI: The Experience invites you to step into the world of cutting-edge forensic science and investigative techniques. Guided by investigators from the television show, along with their real-life forensic science counterparts, you’ll formulate a hypothesis, validate your findings based on forensic evidence, and solve the crime! For a comprehensive overview of the exhibit, visit www.CSITheExperience.org.

In conjunction with CSI: The Experience, the Buffalo Museum of Science will be hosting an additional 21 and over event at the Science Cafe.  This event is called “The Science Behind CSI” and will be held on Friday, March 2, 2012 from 6 to 9 p.m.  DIGITS LLC‘s CEO, Michael McCartney, is a special presenter at this free event, open to the public.  Additional forensic professionals will also be presenting at this event.  Admission into CSI: The Experience will cost $5.00.  Views will be at 6:15p.m., 6:30p.m., 6:45p.m., 7:00p.m., 7:15p.m., 7:30p.m.

“Educate yourself in the real-life.  Science Behind CSI.”

Making the case with Evidence Analyzer: Email Edition

By: Bradley J. Bartram, Vice President of Information Technology & CTO

If a person looks at the current landscape of tools used to review email they find a veritable cornucopia of offerings.  So does the world need another?  Yes, it does.

One of the most interesting things I have come to realize since entering the field of digital forensics is that certain things are predictable.  Even before I examine any data, I know that one of the first things I am going to hear is, “How long before I can see the data,” or “I just want to see what’s there,” or some variation on that theme.  It doesn’t matter if the case is coming from an attorney, corporate executive, compliance officer, or even a law enforcement investigator; the request is the same.  They want the data as soon as possible.  What’s often implied is that they want to directly view the data and do not want to wait for it to be interpreted by an examiner.

This is usually a good thing.  As an examiner, who am I to really know the crux of a case?  My job is to evaluate the evidence provided and lend my expert opinion to what may or may not be relevant based on the facts as I know them.  Ultimately though it will be the individual or team closest to the case itself that will determine what really matters and what is just noise.

Enter Evidence Analyzer: Email Edition.

Finalist: 2012 Business First Best Places to Work

It has been announced that DIGITS LLC is a finalist for the 2012 Business First Best Places to Work.  We are one among many elite companies that will be featured in an upcoming issue of Business First.

All employees are invited to attend the 8th annual Best Places to Work luncheon on March 1st at the Hyatt Buffalo Niagara Hotel.  All companies will even have a shot to win the Business First award for “best dressed company.”

DIGITS LLC is honored to be a finalist within the 2012 Business First Best Places to Work.

DIGITS LLC Products & Services

DIGITS LLC Specialties: Computer Forensics & Software Development.

Product Overview

Evidence Analyzer: Email Edition is a stand-alone software package for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh based computers running either 32 or 64 bit operating systems. It is designed to independently read, search, classify and interpret the data contained in the most commonly used email formats used today on both the desktop as well as the server.

• email data analysis
• full content access
• “blind” date filtering
• non-restrictive tagging
• de-duplication based on common data with user definable confidence levels
• full text indexing of message content and most common types of attachments

For more information about Evidence Analyzer: Email Edition, check out our website: http://www.digitsllc.com/eaee

Services Overview

DIGITS LLC principals and staff have over 115 years of combined law enforcement experience in Computer Forensics and advanced technology investigations.  DIGITS LLC was founded in 2006 to fill the need in the legal and corporate communities for highly skilled computer forensic and data recovery services, corporate computer investigations, litigation support services, network security advisory services, and general computer consulting services.

• Computer Forensics & Data Recovery
• Corporate Computer Investigations
• Litigation Support
• Network Security Advisory Services
• E-Discovery
• E-Policy Consulting
• Social Media Due Diligence

For more information about the forensic services that DIGITS LLC offers, check out our website: http://www.digitsllc.com