Forensic & eDiscovery Collections:

SMITH DFI, Inc. has in-depth experience in providing forensically defensible physical and logical data collections across a wide spectrum of digital media, platforms and environments:

  • Remote Data Collections

    • Computer and Mobile collection services available.

  • Live Memory Capture

  • Email Systems

    • Server Based

    • Webmail

    • Cloud Storage

  • Websites & Social Media Captures/Investigations

  • All Computer Systems - Laptops & Desktop

    • OSX, Windows, Linux, Unix, etc.

  • Mobile Devices - Cellular Phones & Tablets

    • iOS, Android, Windows, etc.

  • External Media

    • USB Thumb Drives - External HDD's - NAS Devices

  • Server Platforms

  • RAID arrays

    • Hardware & Software Configured

  • Virtual Environments

Best Practices

Using a collection of high-grade software solutions and tools, digital evidence collection best practices, along with detailed documentation, SMITH DFI, Inc. is positioned to provide you with unimpeachable evidence collections for forensic analysis, preservation holds or eDiscovery processing.  We are highly experienced in forensic data preservation in dynamic and fast-paced environments common to the Silicon Valley and San Francisco Bay Area.  In order to provide cost effective services, target media and devices are always preserved in parallel when possible at highly competitive rates.