Dates for your diary

Details of two forthcoming events that CCL will be supporting this year - Security & Policing and the IDIA.

More cell site analysis insight, courtesy of a webinar hosted by the Forensic Capability Network (FCN) featuring our own Matt Tart

In this blog, we’re going to take a closer look at CCL’s Managed Review service through what we term the ‘Five Cs’ lens - calibre, cost, control, choice and capabilities.

The CCL cell site analysis team is one of the most highly regarded in Europe - and it's passionate about driving understanding, setting standards and establishing best practice in this still nascent forensics area. Here Principal Cell Site Expert Matt Tart shares some useful further reading on the subject.

We talk to Head of HR Sam Marklew about recruitment, exploding many of the myths about what's needed to make a career in digital forensics, and revealing the one quality that Sam prizes above all in the candidates she talks to.

Join CCL's Joshua Tedd and Sergey Ermolovich as they take us through their investigation into the pathology of fake browser update attacks and advise on how organisations can better manage the risks arising from this type of cyber threat.

CCL’s commercial director Lisa Burton highlights how we can offer immediate practical assistance to a higher education sector having to cope with more than one viral bad actor.

A new issue of the Digital Evidence and Electronic Signature Law Review is now available and our Director of Innovation Andrew Sheldon selects his 'top read'

Over the summer we earned a place on the NHS SBS Cyber Security Services Framework. Time for a little refresher.

"Life always offers you a second chance. It’s called tomorrow" (or FCM Queued Messages if you're talking to our Principal Analyst Alex Caithness). In his latest blog, Alex explains how FCM Queued Messages can lead us to Android artefacts that present a golden second opportunity to recover data that might otherwise be unrecoverable.

With Chrome today's most popular browser and exponential growth in “Chrome-esque” applications, a deep understanding of how they store data is essential. CCL's Principal Analyst Alex Caithness is back with a follow-up deep dive look at IndexedDB - and an open-source gift to his fellow practitioners and researchers.

CCL data analytics consultant Gavin Dodd will be speaking at this ACEDS and Exterro webinar on the subject of Legal Hold and the importance of effective data preservation.

CCL's Principal Cell Site Expert Matt Tart will be presenting on casework assessment and interpretation of cell site analysis

CCL's Principal Analyst Alex Caithness asks the question: After SQLite, what comes next? A must-read primer on LevelDB - tomorrow's ubiquitous format?

Director of Cyber Paula Page is taking on an expanded role, heading CCL's push for global CREST accreditation for its SOC - and becoming only one of seven companies worldwide operating at this level.

CCL Forensics Limited, the UK’s leading digital forensics specialist and part of CCL Solutions Group, has announced its successful recertification to ISO 17025 and the Forensic Science Regulator’s Codes of Practice and Conduct – and confirmed that it now has the broadest accredited scope of any provider in the industry.

CCL Group has announced the appointment of Lisa Burton as its new Commercial Director. Lisa will work alongside CEO Noel McMenamin with a brief to expand CCL’s footprint in the private sector - a key pillar of its revenue growth strategy.

In this article we explore a recently discovered LinkedIn phishing attempt and discuss the effectiveness of LinkedIn as an attack vector over a more traditional email-based campaign.

Sharing an article first published in Public Sector Focus magazine that looks at how CCL's holistic approach to data - from forensics to governance to cyber security - can unlock real value and insight

A significant announcement today from CCL Solutions Group Chairman, Keith Bristow, confirming the transition to a new CEO, with Noel McMenamin stepping up as Andy Archibald steps back.

Businesses naturally place huge trust and confidence in their people, and in the vast majority of cases, that is rewarded with loyalty and integrity. But the impact of a rogue employee can be highly disruptive to business operations and can be disastrous to business value.

As cyber adversaries continue to use more sophisticated forms of attack, protecting an organisation’s digital infrastructure is becoming increasingly difficult to manage. Organisations are looking for more effective security solutions, such as managed security operations centres (SOC), to protect their operations.

We are delighted to announce that CCL Solutions Group’s Principal Expert (Cell Site) Matthew Tart has published a paper, Cell site analysis: Roles and interpretation, in Science & Justice - the journal of The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences.

With the risk of a cyber breach and subsequent GDPR infringement higher than ever before, organisations are increasingly looking toward penetration testing to understand and rectify their IT infrastructure vulnerabilities before an attack can take place.

CCL Forensics Limited, the UK's leading provider of digital forensics analysis services, has been granted an Extension to Scope (ETS) to its ISO17025:2017 and Forensic Science Regulator’s Code of Practice and Conduct schedule of accreditation by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS).

At CCL Group we live by our values and recognise that in the high expectations we set, we must ensure our people are given a platform to thrive. Gaining silver accreditation of Investors in People demonstrates our ongoing commitment to staff welfare, training and ongoing development.

The recent fines British Airways (BA) and the US hotel group Marriott International are facing from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for data breaches is a warning shot to all businesses. In response to these high-profile fines, in our blog this week, our experts are offering practical advice to reduce the risk of security breaches and what to do in the event of an attack.

CCL Group played a critical role in the investigation into three illegal immigrants found onboard a vehicle, with SMS data recovery essential to securing a conviction.

Highlighting the critical need to have a fully formed, robustly tested Incident Response plan in place as part of your core cyber security toolkit.

CCL Group, the UK’s leading provider of digital forensics, data analytics and cyber security services, today announces the acquisition of Evidence Talks, a digital forensics provider with over 25 years’ experience in supplying technology and consultancy services to law enforcement, defence, government and corporate organisations.

CCL Group and Spyder Forensics are delighted to announce a new strategic partnership that will bring significant benefits to the digital investigation community in 2019. The partnership will combine CCL Group’s unique capabilities in digital forensics with Spyder Forensics’ market leading research trusted by forensic practitioners worldwide.

Our latest blog looks at how leading-edge forensic techniques allow CCL to reconstruct, in vivid detail, exactly what a user was doing right up to the point when an RTC occurred - going beyond just communication records.