There's always another hurricane, planning for the future of network forensic collection

Jan 21, 2025

Those that know me will attest to the fact that this last hurricane season was a tough one. While the F-Response offices sustained little in the way of damage, my personal studio was flooded which has necessitated months of restoration, recovery, and planning.

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While I could go in depth about all three, and shake my fists at the gods of flooring and drywall, I'd instead like to talk about the last one.

Planning.

See, I know there's going to be another hurricane. It might be this year, it might not be for a dozen years, but there's clearly going to be another one. The key is how prepared can I be for it? For all of you living in a disaster zone, wildfires in the West, hurricanes in the South, tornadoes across the middle, etc. this is pretty much a yearly rite of passage. It's the annual questions: What do I need to do now to make the next season better? Should I look at my evacuation plans? What level of storm surge is too much storm surge? How about the generator? Does it need tuning? (Hint: Yes, it always needs tuning.)

Still, it's this sort of planning that's critical to being ready when the worst happens.

I'd like to take a second to apply that same thinking to cyber forensics and remote collection. (You knew I was going to come around to this at some point.)

No one wants to get the remote collection request. No one wakes up in the morning and thinks, "Gee, today would be a great day to sweat figuring out how to collect Suzy Q's laptop from six states away," or "Wow, this Friday night's a perfect time to frantically ponder how to get a forensic image of Mark's Windows tablet while he's traveling."

But, just like me with my hurricane plans, it's the steps we take now that give our future selves a chance at something better.

So, let's take those planning steps now, shall we?

We (F-Response) have a lot of different ways to solve that remote/cyber forensics collection challenge. We've been doing this for almost twenty years (17 years this April!) and chances are we've run into just about every challenge you've got.

Why not take a few minutes now to get us on your calendar. We'd be happy to do a 30 minute demo, answer any questions you might have, and get you up to speed with all the offerings. If you like what you see, all the prices are upfront and readily accessible. We don't force you to jump through hoops to get a quote, and we aren't going to pressure you into purchasing something. We want to give you a chance to feel good about what you'd do when the litigation hold comes down, or Legal/HR requests a cyber forensics collection of a remote employee's laptop while its in transit between here and yonder.

Remote collection demands can be scary, but much like hurricanes, they tend to go better with an ounce of planning, some knowledge, and a little bit of assistance.

Thanks! We look forward to hearing from you.

Matt