Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR)

Digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) helps businesses do exactly that. At ToraGuard, our experienced cyber security team offers DFIR services that provide rapid response to incidents and a proactive incident readiness program. Our investigation team works closely with clients to get to the root cause of any incident, providing full reporting to eliminate any weaknesses in existing security systems.

As the name suggests, there are two main components to DFIR.

First is the forensics part, which deals with collecting, preserving and analysing any evidence of an attack in a forensic way. The response element involves containing and preventing any attacks from escalating and utilising information to prevent further similar incidents from occurring.

In this way, digital forensics and incident response fuse traditional incident response techniques, such as planning and rehearsal, with more modern digital forensic techniques. Businesses can use this combination of old and new, with ToraGuard’s support, to enhance their resilience against any future attacks. A data breach or cyber attack can have potentially devastating consequences for a business, so it pays to use any tools available to offer maximum and ongoing protection.

Digital forensics revolves around a process of analysis of digital devices, focusing on the recovery, investigation and examination of any materials that may be stored. The purpose of this process is to gather and preserve evidence that may be used when prosecuting the culprits behind any attack.

Digital forensics are therefore used to confirm the occurrence of an attack, understand its full impact, identify the cause and provide evidence should there be any recourse for prosecution. As with any forensic investigation, speed is of the essence, and our experts work quickly to stop any incident that is in progress or gather evidence once it has been halted. If some materials and evidence are not recovered quickly after an attack, they may be lost or deemed inadmissible down the line.