When it comes to eDiscovery and forensic investigations, which actions should be taken and what must be avoided? Swiss FTS collaborates with law firms and companies to develop the technical and organizational groundwork to ensure they operate optimally in the event of a Digital Forensics investigation.
Forensic Readiness will help you, your team and your company to be optimally prepared for the potential requirement of acquiring electronic evidence and data from your IT systems: First, our experts review the existing structures for handling your electronic data. Based on this, we work with you to optimize your internal and external data organization and provide in-depth training for the relevant personnel. This enables business managers to mitigate risks thanks to the transparency they gain.
As a forensic technology company that is active both operationally and strategically, we identify conceivable scenarios in which your digital data could be required to establish facts and prepare you for disclosure with Forensic Readiness.
We work with you to ensure that you have the necessary resources and capacity for successful data handling, data protection and data analysis. As part of your Forensic Readiness, we define clear timelines and decision-makers for a given situation and the potential initiation of a forensic investigation.
Jointly, we develop a reliable policy to guarantee a chain of evidence: Forensic Readiness enables you to facilitate the collection of evidence and results of data analysis and reduce the risk of inadvertently destroying potential evidence.
We define training objectives and further professional development goals for the employees affected in an emergency, and provide training for them. This enables them to react both rapidly and in the correct manner, thus avoiding additional expenses.
Proactively avert potential losses through criminal activity by being prepared for emergencies using Forensic Readiness. This reduces the time and cost required for forensic IT follow-up investigations of attacks.
With our expertise, you increase the probability of success in identifying malicious actors and limit the likelihood of the destruction of evidence. The security gained in data organization renders risks more calculable.
Preparing a company for potential investigations of its IT systems and huge amounts of data primarily requires a reliable Forensic Readiness partner and a high level of vigilance.
Clients and partners benefit from our expertise and experience, which enable us to perform complex forensic system analysis and investigations, and to prepare companies for such scenarios. As experts and consultants in the field of forensic technology, we have handled more than 300 cases in over ten years, some of them on an international basis.
Investigations involving IT systems and data can be a highly technical and opaque field. It often involves acting on short notice, under tense conditions, and with many cross-functional players. One of our core values is transparency to our partners. Therefore, we outline our proposals and suggestions and the rationale behind these in a comprehensible way.
We highly value long-term relationships based on trust. Should an emergency occur, we can provide you with swift support and are already familiar with all components of your IT system.
Granting us insight into your corporate data and business challenges in the context of your Forensic Readiness requires a lot of trust. Swiss FTS has been active in the field of forensic technology for over ten years and our highly specialized technical experts have accumulated over 50 years of combined experience.
Our ultimate objective is to identify the facts. Therefore, we will not be corrupted and each of our team members works unwaveringly to earn the trust we need.
In terms of your Forensic Readiness, what are the possible attack scenarios? What data must be available in an emergency? What are the best organizational and technical parameters? How do you respond if a client requests their data? Et cetera, et cetera – if you want to prepare your company for possible forensic data analysis or eDiscovery, there are many aspects to consider.
We review all existing guidelines for handling data sovereignty and investigations for you. We also assess whether existing organizational and technical structures allow for an adequate response to legally relevant incidents. This includes, for example, the IT infrastructure landscape, access to relevant data sources, data processing guidelines, data protection or retention periods and reporting requirements.
Based on the analysis, we work closely with you to develop effective Forensic Readiness measures to optimize both organizational and technical requirements.
Examples include: Attack detection measures, security organization structure and processes, data protection guidelines (GDPR) or key decision markers. Subsequently, we compile tailor-made guidelines and checklists that provide clear procedures for day-to-day business and in the case of an emergency.
We train employees involved in case management in possible scenarios where digital data may be required to establish the facts of an incident. Let's imagine that the Competition Commission (WEKO) requests your data – with examples like this, we play out the defined procedures, increasing the likelihood that similar incidents will go smoothly in an emergency.
Do you have a case or questions in the area of Forensic Readiness? Feel free to contact us. We will be happy to respond as soon as possible.
Forensic Readiness: We develop the technical and organizational groundwork for law firms and companies to ensure that they handle company data securely and correctly and – in the worst-case scenario - operate at their best during a Digital Forensics investigation.
We alert you to unidentified risks, develop the technical as well as organizational groundwork, and put the finishing touches on your Forensic Readiness. In addition, we recommend and implement solutions for you to protect your IT systems and your company from the consequences of possible future incidents.
