Investigator-first digital guidance

You're the investigator. We'll help with the digital part.

Start with what you have. See what it can add to the investigation, what needs preserving and where it can take you next - explained clearly, without unnecessary technical language.

Start with what I have Ask a general question

Start with the material

What have you been given?

Choose the closest match. Each route starts with what the material is, what it can add to the investigation and what you can do with it next.

A suspicious emailA message, attachment, header or sender claim Start here An IP addressAn address in a log, report, email or provider return Start here A payment or transactionA bank transfer, card payment, account or money trail Start here A phone or other deviceA handset, tablet, application or device-based record Start here An extraction or reader reportA forensic download, report, folder, screenshot or artefact Start here An account or usernameAn online identity, login, profile or account record Start here A website or domainA URL, domain name, web page, host or registration record Start here Messages or social mediaChats, posts, calls, contacts or platform material Start here

Less time lost in translation

Digital evidence can be complicated. The conversation doesn't need to be.

For investigators

Had enough of simple digital questions producing needlessly complicated answers?

IF Digital explains the digital part in language you can use - without the lecture, the jargon contest or the assumption that everybody wants to become a network engineer.

Understand what you have, what it can add to the investigation and what you can do with it next.

For technical specialists

Tired of explaining IP addresses to investigators who just need to know what to do next?

IF Digital helps investigators understand the concepts, recognise what your answer means and ask better-framed questions - leaving you more time to get back to the 1s and 0s.

Better questions. Clearer answers. Less time lost in translation.

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Tell us what you have or what you are trying to do

Use ordinary language. Ask what the material is, what it can add, what should be preserved or where the next useful records may be held. Keep names, identifiers, case details and evidential content out of the question.

Ask a general question

What exactly have I been given? What can I do with it? What should I preserve? Who might hold the records I need? What is my next line of enquiry?

Structured learning

Want to learn this properly?

IF Digital Learning offers short guided modules, realistic scenarios and knowledge checks for people who want to build confidence rather than answer one immediate question.

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