Solution Guide

Introduction 11
of Custody may be defined as maintaining the integrity of digital data as
evidence from the time it is collected, through the time findings are reported,
and until the time it may be presented in a court of law.
Present
Using the Dell Digital Forensics Solution, viewing teams and investigators can
access potential case evidence securely and in real time, thus mitigating the need
to release evidence on DVDs or to require experts to travel to the lab for file
access purposes.
Archive
The Dell Solution offers formalized backup, recovery, and archiving
infrastructure to help optimize cooperation between agencies and security
divisions and even across borders, free up administrative overhead, provide
consistency between labs, and minimize risks to the digital chain of custody.
Additionally, Dell’s Digital Forensics Solution blueprint includes an optional
search component that allows for information correlation between ingested data
sets.
Dell’s Solution Eases Industry Pain Points
Using the Dell Digital Forensics Solution can make the process of bringing
digital evidence from the crime scene to the courtroom infinitely simpler for
investigative professionals by providing:
• State-of-the-art datacenter networking that speeds ingestion, analysis, and
sharing of digital information
• Information assurance by further automating the digital forensics process,
thereby lowering the risk of error and data compromise
• Additional data integrity assurance, currently through the use of the most
secure hash protocols, and soon through the implementation of an auditing
feature that will help automate chain-of-custody records
NOTE: Any conclusions or recommendations in this document that may resemble
legal advice should be vetted through legal counsel. Always check with your local
jurisdiction, local prosecutors, and local forensics laboratory regarding their
preferred method(s) of digital evidence collection.