COMPUTER FORENSICS & DIGITAL EVIDENCE
Computer Forensics Investigations
Built on Evidence.
Cyber Centaurs conducts computer forensics investigations to preserve, examine, and interpret digital evidence from computers, storage systems, cloud environments, and related data sources. We help organizations and counsel establish what occurred, reconstruct relevant activity, and develop defensible findings for legal, corporate, and investigative matters.
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WHEN DIGITAL EVIDENCE MATTERS
When the Digital Record
Can Establish the Facts.
Computer forensics investigations are often required when business activity, disputed events, employee conduct, or legal claims depend on what occurred within a digital environment. The available evidence may help establish actions, timelines, access, data movement, communications, and other relevant activity.
Employee Activity & Internal Investigations
Business Disputes & Litigation
Unauthorized Access or Use
Data Movement, Copying & Deletion
Disputed Digital Events
Suspected Evidence Alteration
FORENSIC OBJECTIVES
Preserve the Evidence.
Reconstruct the Activity.
A computer forensics investigation should protect the evidentiary record, identify relevant artifacts, reconstruct activity across available sources, and develop findings that distinguish what the evidence supports from what remains uncertain.
Preserve Evidence
Protect relevant systems, storage, logs, metadata, and other digital evidence before unnecessary changes alter the available record.
Examine Artifacts
Identify and analyze files, system activity, user actions, application data, communications, and other relevant forensic artifacts.
Correlate Sources
Compare activity across devices, accounts, timestamps, logs, communications, and external systems to establish context and sequence.
Establish Findings
Document supported conclusions, unresolved questions, and the evidentiary basis for investigative, legal, or business decisions.
FORENSIC EVIDENCE SOURCES
Evidence Across the
Digital Environment.
Relevant evidence may exist across computers, storage systems, communications, cloud platforms, user accounts, and peripheral devices. Cyber Centaurs examines available sources in context rather than relying on any single artifact or system.
Computers & Endpoints
Windows systems
macOS systems
user profiles
application activity
system logs
file-system artifacts
Storage & File Systems
internal drives
external drives
network storage
deleted files
metadata
file history
Email & Communications
mailbox data
message headers
attachments
communications history
collaboration activity
relevant metadata
Cloud & Collaboration
Microsoft 365
Google Workspace
OneDrive
SharePoint
Dropbox
other cloud repositories
User Activity & Metadata
login activity
USB activity
recent files
link files
browser history
timestamps and metadata
External & Removable Media
USB devices
external storage
connected devices
data transfers
removable-media history
other peripheral evidence
INVESTIGATIVE QUESTIONS
What Can the Evidence
Establish?
The purpose of forensic analysis is not merely to recover artifacts. It is to determine what the available evidence can reliably establish about the events, activity, and claims at issue.
What Happened?
Reconstruct relevant activity and identify the digital events associated with the matter.
Who Performed the Activity?
Evaluate account activity, user artifacts, device usage, authentication records, and other evidence that may help attribute actions.
When Did It Occur?
Develop timelines across files, systems, communications, logs, and other sources to establish sequence and timing.
What Data Was Accessed, Copied, Moved, or Deleted?
Examine evidence of file access, transfers, external storage, archive creation, cloud activity, deletion, or other relevant data movement.
Does the Evidence Support or Contradict the Allegation?
Compare the available digital record with reported events, witness accounts, business records, or disputed claims.
What Remains Unresolved?
Identify evidentiary limitations, missing sources, conflicting artifacts, or questions that cannot be conclusively answered from the available record.
COMPUTER FORENSICS PROCESS
A Disciplined Forensic
Examination.
The forensic process is structured to preserve evidence, maintain investigative integrity, examine relevant artifacts, correlate findings across sources, and communicate supported conclusions clearly.
01
Scope & Preserve
Define the investigative questions, identify relevant evidence sources, and preserve the digital record before unnecessary changes occur.
02
Acquire Evidence
Collect forensic images, logical data, cloud records, communications, logs, or other relevant evidence using methods appropriate to the matter.
03
Examine & Analyze
Analyze files, systems, user activity, metadata, communications, deleted data, and other forensic artifacts relevant to the investigation.
04
Correlate & Reconstruct
Compare findings across evidence sources to develop timelines, reconstruct activity, identify relationships, and evaluate competing explanations.
05
Report & Advise
Document supported findings, evidentiary limitations, relevant exhibits, and conclusions for counsel, executives, investigators, or other authorized stakeholders.
FORENSIC FINDINGS
From Digital Artifacts to
Defensible Findings.
Individual artifacts rarely tell the entire story. Cyber Centaurs evaluates forensic evidence in context and develops findings that explain relevant activity, document the supporting record, and help decision-makers understand what the evidence does—and does not—establish.
Reconstructed Timelines
Chronologies that correlate relevant activity across systems, files, communications, accounts, and other evidence.
Documented User Activity
Findings concerning relevant account, device, application, file, or communication activity supported by the available record.
Data Access & Movement Findings
Analysis of evidence associated with files being accessed, copied, transferred, shared, archived, deleted, or moved to external locations.
Deleted & Historical Evidence
Recovery and interpretation of deleted, historical, or residual artifacts where such evidence remains available.
Supporting Exhibits & Evidence
Relevant timelines, artifact summaries, screenshots, forensic references, or other supporting material used to document findings.
Decision-Ready Reporting
Clear technical findings communicated in a manner appropriate for counsel, corporate leadership, investigators, or other authorized stakeholders.
WHY CYBER CENTAURS
Technical Depth.
Investigative Judgment.
Digital evidence is most valuable when technical findings can withstand scrutiny.
Cyber Centaurs combines computer forensic expertise, investigative discipline, and clear communication to help organizations and counsel evaluate complex digital matters and make decisions based on the available evidence.
Computer Forensic Expertise
Experience examining digital evidence across computers, storage systems, communications, cloud environments, and related sources.
Evidence-Driven Methodology
Findings are developed through preservation, examination, correlation, validation, and documentation of available evidence.
Support for Counsel & Organizations
Technical findings are communicated clearly to legal counsel, executives, investigators, and other authorized stakeholders.
Expert Witness & Courtroom Experience
Forensic findings can be documented and communicated with attention to evidentiary integrity, technical support, and the scrutiny associated with legal proceedings.
COMPUTER FORENSICS FAQ
Practical Questions
Before Engagement.
Computer forensics matters often begin with incomplete information, disputed events, or uncertainty about what digital evidence may still exist. These questions address common considerations before a forensic examination begins.
What types of computer forensic investigations do you handle?
Cyber Centaurs assists with corporate investigations, employee activity, business disputes, litigation support, unauthorized access, suspected data movement, deleted information, disputed digital events, and other matters where computer or digital evidence may help establish relevant facts.
Can you examine both Windows and Mac computers?
Yes. Cyber Centaurs can examine Windows and macOS systems as well as relevant storage media, user data, application artifacts, logs, communications, and other available evidence associated with the matter.
Can a computer forensic investigation recover deleted files?
Deleted data may sometimes be recoverable or partially reconstructable depending on the device, storage technology, operating system, subsequent activity, encryption, and other technical factors. Recovery is not guaranteed, and findings are reported according to what the available evidence supports.
Can you determine whether files were copied to a USB drive or external device?
In some matters, forensic artifacts may provide evidence that removable devices were connected, files were accessed, or data-transfer activity occurred. The ability to establish exactly what was copied depends on the artifacts retained by the system and other available evidence sources.
Can you determine when a file was created, modified, accessed, or deleted?
File-system metadata, application artifacts, logs, communications, cloud records, and other sources may help establish relevant timing. Timestamps must be interpreted in context because system behavior, synchronization, copying, user actions, and other factors can affect how they are recorded.
Do you work with attorneys and litigation teams?
Yes. Cyber Centaurs regularly supports legal counsel and organizations in matters involving digital evidence, forensic examination, investigative findings, litigation support, technical consultation, and expert-witness requirements.
Can computer forensic work be performed remotely?
Many forensic matters can begin remotely through secure collection of computer data, cloud records, email, logs, or other relevant sources. Some matters may require shipment of devices or on-site collection depending on the evidence, technical circumstances, or legal requirements.
How should we preserve a computer that may contain relevant evidence?
Avoid unnecessary use, deletion, software installation, reimaging, operating-system resets, or other changes that may alter relevant evidence. Contact Cyber Centaurs to discuss preservation and collection options appropriate to the device and the investigative matter.
CONFIDENTIAL INQUIRY
Speak With a
Forensic Investigator.
Tell us briefly about the matter, the devices or evidence involved, and the assistance you need. A member of the Cyber Centaurs team will review your inquiry and follow up directly.
Confidential inquiry. Please do not submit evidence, credentials, or sensitive files through this form.