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Deleted Data Forensics for Mobiles Phones Wins UK Accreditation
The UK-based digital forensics company, Forensic Telecommunications Services (FTS) has been awarded accreditation to ISO 17025:2005 and, in a UK first, the laboratory has been assessed and granted accreditation for its specialist techniques used in physically recovering deleted data from mobile phones, mobile phone memory chips as well as the more common standard data recovery techniques.
The ISO 17025:2005 accreditation is the same international standard that is a legal requirement for forensic laboratories providing DNA evidence to the National DNA Database in the UK.
Of particular note is the inclusion of the leading edge forensic techniques of Physical Data Acquisition and "Chip-Off" digital forensics, where the data storage memory chip is removed from the device's electronics board and the data extracted and translated directly. This forensic technique, which can also be performed on Blackberry devices, completely bypasses the handset lock codes and any encryption that may be being used.
What this accreditation means for police and public sector customers is that alongside a cost effective forensic service, Chief Officers can be confident they are using an independently assessed and accredited process for gathering mobile phone evidence, thereby reducing their current risk in this very important area of forensic investigation.
FTS managing director, Shaun Hipgrave, said: "I am exceptionally proud of the whole Phone and Hi-Tech forensics team and their accomplishment in obtaining this prestigious accreditation. It is testimony to our commitment to advanced forensic research and development that FTS is the first UK laboratory whose accredited services include physical memory extraction - or 'HEX Dumps' as they are sometimes known - chip removal forensics and the very latest iPhone extraction methods."
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