An investigator reviewing transaction data across a tablet and monitors

Illustrative Investigations, Anonymised by Design

Client matters are confidential. The examples below are illustrative templates showing how we scope, examine and report — not accounts of identifiable clients or cases.

A laptop and external drive on a desk, examined during a data-exfiltration investigation

01 · Illustrative Case Study

Corporate Insider Investigation

Challenge

An enterprise suspected that a departing employee had moved commercially sensitive material outside approved systems shortly before resignation.

Approach

Scoped the enquiry with counsel, preserved the relevant endpoints and accounts, and worked to a narrow, documented collection plan.

Evidence Sources

Laptop image, corporate email and cloud storage, removable-media artifacts, endpoint activity logs.

Analysis

Reconstructed a file-access and transfer timeline, correlated device connection events with cloud upload activity, and identified staging behaviour.

Outcome

A documented factual timeline supporting the organisation's internal decision-making and any subsequent legal action.

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A smartphone connected to forensic acquisition equipment on a lab bench

02 · Illustrative Case Study

Mobile Device Investigation

Challenge

A single handset was central to a disputed sequence of events, with parties disagreeing on communications and movements.

Approach

Forensically acquired the device under documented chain of custody and examined it in the laboratory rather than in the field.

Evidence Sources

Handset acquisition, messaging and application data, media files, location artifacts, connected cloud backup.

Analysis

Recovered deleted content where present, reconciled application-level records with system artifacts, and built an event timeline.

Outcome

A clear examiner report distinguishing what the evidence supports from what it cannot establish.

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Financial transaction data and charts displayed across multiple monitors

03 · Illustrative Case Study

Financial Fraud Investigation

Challenge

A financial institution identified a pattern of irregular transactions potentially facilitated from inside the organisation.

Approach

Combined digital forensics with structured transactional review across multiple custodians and systems.

Evidence Sources

Workstation images, mailbox collections, document repositories, transaction extracts, access logs.

Analysis

Linked document creation and communication activity to transaction windows and identified anomalous approval sequences.

Outcome

An evidence-referenced findings report suitable for regulatory, disciplinary and legal review.

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A wall of surveillance monitors displaying multiple video feeds

04 · Illustrative Case Study

Large-Scale Digital Media Investigation

Challenge

An investigation depended on thousands of hours of surveillance and body-worn footage from mixed sources and formats.

Approach

Ingested the repository into the laboratory's media-processing workflow with consistent normalisation and cataloguing.

Evidence Sources

CCTV exports, body-worn video, dashcam footage, mobile-recorded video, still imagery.

Analysis

Prioritised material by time and location, reviewed at scale under examiner control, and verified key sequences.

Outcome

A reviewed, indexed media set with a shortlist of evidentially significant sequences and supporting documentation.

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Server room network infrastructure examined during an incident response

05 · Illustrative Case Study

Cyber Incident Investigation

Challenge

An organisation needed to understand the scope of an intrusion after containment, including whether data left the environment.

Approach

Preserved volatile and disk-based evidence across affected hosts and supporting cloud services in parallel.

Evidence Sources

Endpoint images, memory captures, authentication and cloud audit logs, email environment data.

Analysis

Reconstructed initial access, lateral movement and data-handling activity into a single correlated timeline.

Outcome

A defensible incident narrative supporting remediation, notification decisions and stakeholder reporting.

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