Introduction

Managing an Accredited Digital Forensics Laboratory

Managing an Accredited Digital Forensics Laboratory

This webinar originally occurred on July 1, 2020
Duration: 1 hour

Overview

In a 1-hour presentation, this webinar will address challenges unique to managing digital forensics laboratories seeking or maintaining accreditation. Participants will explore current challenges facing digital forensics laboratories and creative solutions to these problems. Topics include maintaining a one-person lab, technical reviews, proficiency testing, laboratory storage costs, and rapidly changing technology in a static SOP world.

Detailed Learning Objectives

  1. Overview of 17025:2017 for DME Labs
  2. How to project costs for digital storage
  3. How to write an SOP for technology that rapidly changes

Presenter

  • Tracy Walraven

Funding for this Forensic Technology Center of Excellence webinar has been provided by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.

The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this webinar are those of the presenter(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Department of Justice.

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