Data Recovery
The recovery and analysis of raw data does
not only rely on the ability to extract records
from corporate databases and tables. In many
cases the information and evidence of crime;
breaches of ethical and professional standards, or the breakdown of operational
controls may be found in employees personal computers or held in internet
or access control logs or in telephone management systems. IDM has
the expertise to recover data from such diverse and different sources in a
forensically controlled maimer and to analyse and combine such data to establish
the full extent of the problem.
Recovery of data from PCs and Internet Logs
In many cases of serious fraud the perpetrator was a senior manager and conducted may of the fraudulent transactions on his own PC. By first performing a forensic copy of the target computer and subsequently systematically analysing all areas of the hard disk, IDM has been able to successfully recover:
Recovery of Data from Telephone Management Systems and Access Controls
In many fraud investigations the analysis of telephone management systems, both outgoing details of who has been called from inside the organisation and details of incoming calls, can pinpoint locations for further investigation Such analysis can be of great assistance in identifying corruption in the tendering process by determining the frequency, time and duration of calls to prospective bidders.
Access controls record the movements of personnel within a building, the analysis of such data together with information from internet logs may be used to determine who was logged on to a terminal. In many organisations it is impossible to rely on user ID codes (they are frequently shared and easily compromised) and access control logs may provide invaluable conformation.
IDM's expertise in these areas together with its other data mining techniques provides an unparalleled opportunity to unlock an organisations' information assets.