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In the second part of our discussion about the benefits of government contracts to digital forensic investigation, Forensic Magazine talks to Jonathan Grier, principle of Grier Forensics. Grier's sifting technology speeds the investigation of computer hard drives by pinpointing usable data -- the data important to a case. In Part 1 of our discussion, with Martin Novak, we found out how Grier Forensics was awarded the contract from the NIH. In this part, we find out from Jonathan Grier how this technology works. In the next part, Grier tells us about his experiences with government agencies.
Overwhelming amounts of data
The end of digital forensics has been greatly exaggerated. Whether it's Bitlocker encryption, solid state drives or cloud computing, none have brought the demise of digital data retrieval yet. And if Jonathan Grier has a say, neither will the overwhelming amounts of data found on today's hard drives.
"With hard disks becoming so large, so cheap and so numerous, the amount of data officers have to collect, or any forensic...