Cyvora / Cyber security services
Digital forensic investigation
Identify, preserve and analyse digital evidence to understand what happened and support informed investigative decisions.
For Australian small and medium businesses and enterprise organisations.
Discuss your requirementsWhen to consider this service
Start with the problem
you need to solve.
A need to understand activity on devices, accounts or cloud systems while protecting the integrity of evidence.
Agree a focused scope that reflects the systems, information and business activities you need to protect. The starting point is your current environment and the decisions your team needs to make.
Scope & outcomes
Practical work.
Clear deliverables.
What the engagement can cover
- Agree investigation questions and relevant evidence sources
- Plan preservation, collection and analysis of digital records
- Present findings, timelines and evidence limitations clearly
Typical deliverables to agree
- An evidence collection plan
- Analysis of relevant digital records
- A findings report with stated limitations
Agree final deliverables, access requirements and responsibilities before the engagement begins.
Built around your organisation
The right fit
for your team.
Small & medium businesses
Define a focused investigation around a suspected event, employee account or affected device.
Explore cyber security for SMBsEnterprise organisations
Coordinate evidence handling across multiple systems, stakeholders and investigation requirements.
Explore enterprise cyber securityPlanning your engagement
Answer investigative questions with digital evidence
Digital forensics focuses on what evidence can establish within a defined investigation. Relevant sources may include devices, account records and system logs where access is authorised. The useful starting point is a specific question: which account was involved, what activity occurred or when a sequence of events began. Evidence availability, retention and collection methods affect what can be concluded. Findings should explain both the supporting records and the limits of the analysis.
What to prepare before we start
Identify the investigation objective, evidence owners, relevant systems and any existing preservation steps. Agree authority, handling arrangements and reporting needs before collection. Coordinate with your legal advisers where legal proceedings or employment matters may be involved.
Common questions
Digital forensic investigation FAQs
How is digital forensics different from incident response?
Incident response focuses on managing and recovering from a security event. Digital forensics focuses on preserving and analysing evidence to understand activity and answer investigation questions.
How is the engagement scoped?
Scope is agreed around your objectives, systems, stakeholders and available resources. Confirm deliverables, responsibilities, exclusions and any ongoing support before work begins.
How does digital forensics differ from incident response?
Incident response coordinates containment and recovery. Digital forensics examines evidence to answer investigative questions. The work can support the same incident, but its objectives, collection methods and reporting requirements should be agreed separately.
What affects the findings of a digital forensic investigation?
The available evidence, logging coverage, retention periods, system changes and the authorised scope all affect the analysis. A report should distinguish established findings from uncertainty and explain evidence gaps rather than imply that every event can be reconstructed.