Forensic 4cast

I’ve been doing the Forensic 4:cast Awards for 15 years. Just to give you some context of how long I’ve been doing this… In 2009, when the awards started: The awards started as Simon and I ...

https://forensic4cast.com/2024/01/all-good-things/

Yes, I finally found the time to tally the nominations and get the voting up. And there’s some interesting developments. It looks like the 4:cast Awards has garnered international recognition, ...

https://forensic4cast.com/2023/05/forensic-4cast-awards-2023-voting-is-now-open/

Admit it, you thought I’d forgotten, didn’t you? No, life and my new job are pretty busy, so finding time can be difficult. Maybe I’ll get ChatGPT to write the blurb to save me some time. O...

https://forensic4cast.com/2023/02/forensic-4cast-awards-2023-nominations-are-now-open/

I’ve never worked anywhere for as long as I’ve worked at SANS. I started in February of 2017 and have had several roles in the company since. I started supporting OnDemand students and made m...

https://forensic4cast.com/2022/09/moving-on/

Yes, finally the voting is open. It has been a long road to getting here this year, just so much going on. As the DFIR Summit isn’t happening until August this year, where’s the harm in delay...

https://forensic4cast.com/2022/06/2022-forensic-4cast-awards-voting-is-now-open/

So I keep getting the question, ”when will voting for the awards open?” Well… soon. My host has been troubleshooting my site for about a month now and we’ve finally identified and resolve...

https://forensic4cast.com/2022/06/forensic-4cast-awards-update/

If you’ve clicked on the link looking for a technical article, you’re going to be disappointed. This post is more about something that I’ve been thinking about for a while. Last month Texas...

https://forensic4cast.com/2022/03/trees/

In a break from the norm, I’m going to start with a Bible reference. Romans 2:21 says:“Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself?” As a SANS Instructor this couldn�...

https://forensic4cast.com/2022/02/mac-randomization-in-windows/

I started this back in April and hoped to have it finished for the 4:cast Awards last month. Sadly, life got in the way. This evening I had the time to finish it off. Hope you enjoy it. Lyrics be...

https://forensic4cast.com/2021/08/we-didnt-start-dfir/

Wait, what? Didn’t the awards just finish like 3 days ago? Yes, yes they did. So why are we already seeing nominations for next year? I’m glad you asked… For the last 13 years, the Forensic...

https://forensic4cast.com/2021/07/2022-forensic-4cast-awards-nominations-are-open/