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Forensic Discovery

If you are involved in any court proceeding in which electronic evidence is presented, you need a computer forensics expert. With nearly 20 years’ experience, we can provide digital forensic investigations and expert witness testimony.

Digital Forensics

Computer forensics is the science of preserving, processing, identifying, discovering, and retrieving digital evidence from electronic devices such as computers, cellphones, and servers. The forensic methodologies used ensure any evidence discovered will be admissible in a court of law. Beginning with a comprehensive chain of custody, we preserve the digital information and conduct a forensically sound investigation for presentation in court. Cases we have worked on include computer-assisted theft, embezzlement, computer fraud, theft of trade secrets, misappropriation of funds, data theft, data deletion, computer hacking, computer data manipulation, and divorce.

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What We Do

Starting in 2005, Northwest Data Recovery has offered both laboratory and on-site services to secure computer evidence. In 2021, we acquired G2 Research to expand our forensic discovery services.

We can retrieve and document evidence from a wide range of computer-related issues — including financial fraud, computer misuse in the office, and internet abuse. The critical data can be anything from a single file on a floppy disk to gigabytes of data on a RAID array. Northwest Data Recovery maintains a strict chain of custody control system and takes security seriously.

We can retrieve and document evidence from a wide range of computer related crimes — including financial fraud, computer misuse in the office, and internet abuse. The critical data can be anything from a single file on a floppy disk to gigabytes of data on a RAID array. Northwest Data Recovery maintains a strict chain of custody control system and takes security seriously.

All staff with access to case evidence are EnCE®, CCE®, and OFE certified. We have a fully-equipped data recovery laboratory, forensic processing laboratory, secure storage areas, and a class 100 cleanroom — all the tools needed to conduct forensically sound digital investigations. We can authenticate documents, recover deleted files, enhance audio/video files, search e-mail correspondence, and more. If you need to know exactly what happened on a computer and when, we can help. We have experience working all sorts of cases, including civil and criminal cases — divorce, fraud, misuse of funds, and more.

Northwest Data Recovery has forensic experts experienced in courtroom preparation and testimony, and we provide comprehensive reports which often prove highly valuable for legal proceedings. If digital information is key to your case, contact us.

Wayne Josleyn

Wayne Josleyn is a Certified Computer Examiner (CCE) with the International Society of Forensic Computer Examiners, an EnCase® Certified Examiner (EnCE) with OpenText Corp., an Oxygen Forensic Expert (OFE), and a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP). He has testified as an expert witness in digital forensics in Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Texas, California, and Federal Court. His more than 18 years of experience in the computer industry recovering data from thousands of hard drives and other electronic devices has given him an intimate knowledge of how data is stored electronically — a valuable tool when performing digital investigations.