After years of research, I am handing in my PhD thesis for examination. Its been a journey in which I have grown. It’s not over yet, and it does not matter if I pass or fail, as I have built something that will hopefully advance the profession of digital forensics worldwide.

Terms and conditions apply 😉

The simple reality is that as cool as DF/IR sounds, it is honestly not for anyone. There are consequences from the work we do. I once had a digital forensics university student complain because I swore in class, to which my response was, of this offends, then DFIR is not for you

Still going strong

I am really excited to have been a co-author of two chapters of the 2nd Edition of the textbook, Forensic Investigation: Legislative Principles and Investigative Practice. I hope that this textbook will serve as a valuable reference for investigators.

The first excitement is building for the Core NetWars tournament in Riyadh May 2025. Who is going to win. SANS Institute, EMEA

Holy shit, what is up with the domestic security line Cape Town Airport

Nothing like sitting in the lab forensicating while listening to my favourite music on full blast.

Last week was a humbling experience as I was inducted into the inaugural ITWeb Cybersecurity Hall of Fame in South Africa by my peers. It is a privilege to share this with nine other remarkable individuals, many I consider friends. Thank you for the honour.

This is a brilliant post and really gets to the heart of something I have been saying for a while DF/IR is not an entry level discipline. It is a specialisation with real consequences. What we do impacts lives.

It’s the simple things in life that matter 🤣

I wish I could shake some people awake in South Africa to realise that vulnerability scans done against your systems are not pen tests, and people that are doing this are ripping you off.

If I didn’t have to pay for licences for digital forensics tools I could afford nice things 🤣

Prior to this year's ITWeb Security Summit in Johannesburg, I had a really fun interview with EngineerIT discussing digital forensics and artificial intelligence. bit.ly/JJEngineerIT20…

Thanks ITWeb for a really fun interview. I got to geek out talking about AI in digital forensics, talk about space cybersecurity, and the challenges of doing digital forensics in ...... space 😲 . youtu.be/F74C1eDoLu4?si…

Your music and influence on metal will live forever 🤘🏼. To a life well lived Ozzy, Prince of Darkness.

Looking forward to giving the keynote presentation at BSides Joburg in less than an hour. The excitement is real.

Amy Smith presenting a really amazing talk on Hardware Security Modules in FinTech, and the impact that quantum computing may have at BSides Joburg

What an amazing talk by Justin J Williams talking about geolocation using Wigle.net and Apple services at BSides Joburg . This is definately something I will be exploring further for investigations.

Jaco running an absolutely amazing interactive incident response simulation at BSides Joburg