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With more than 95% of business records globally now created and stored electronically, the forensic seizure and analysis of electronic data has become a fundamental process in virtually all corporate enquiries and dispute resolutions. Our forensic technology specialists are trained in the forensic acquisition and analysis of electronic data. Using our globally developed proprietary tools and dedicated forensic laboratories worldwide, we offer a highly professional approach to electronic data retrieval. Our global team is experienced in handling and processing enormous volumes of data typically stored by large corporations, while our forensic tools have been used in numerous corporate reviews requiring electronic disclosure and advanced financial data analytics.
We use a number of data capture and review tools to analyse and de-duplicate electronic data such as email and user files. These can then be searched and categorised depending on the needs of the reviewer.
We have also developed a number of data mining tools to analyse the financial data held by clients. These tools utilise the accounting data held by client applications and can be used to search for particular transactions and journal entries. They are typically used to identify suspicious transactions, trends and inconsistencies in support of a company's internal review.
With a principal laboratory in Hong Kong and satellite facilities in Beijing and Shanghai, our forensic technology specialists can:
- Locate, identify and secure all forms of electronic data;
- Provide advanced computer forensic analysis and expert report;
- Consolidate terabytes of data for easy and accountable review;
- Provide forensic electronic review environments for corporate email and user files;
- Provide electronic review environments for Asian languages;
- Interrogate data from large financial systems and ERP environments for fraud related and regulatory compliance issues; and
- Investigate high-tech intrusive incidents including unlawful access to a computer network, threatening e-mail, privacy and other internet borne incidents.
Integrity of the Process
We can guarantee that the seizure and capture of digital data is performed in a forensically sound manner. The processes and software tools we use are specialised for this purpose, and consistent with those utilised by international law enforcement agencies and accepted by the courts in most countries.
Computer Crime Investigations
As well as providing computer forensic and electronic evidence recovery services, we can also help in the search for high-tech intrusive incidents including hacking/cracking, threatening e-mail, piracy and other internet borne incidents.
Email and Electronic Review Tools (e-Review)
Large organisations typically have hundreds of email boxes with backup data running into the terabytes. We have developed proprietary tools which allow us to process and search data of this magnitude, forensically searching mailboxes and user files through a simple interface. This process eliminates duplicate emails and user files, while maintaining an audit trail of the entire process - and ensuring accountability for all material that has been subject to review.
Our e-review tools can be used on many types of electronic documentation and work equally well, regardless of whether the data sets are in English, Chinese, Japanese or any other character sets.
Fraud Detection Tool
Developed by our team to enhance our approach to corporate internal reviews, the Fraud Detection Tool is a flexible solution used to identify red flags and anomalies in a corporation's disbursement, vendor, employee and customer master data. It helps narrow an enquiry by providing key information to access where suspicious transactions or relationships lie, and can analyse exceptionally large datasets thanks to its Oracle platform.
General Ledger Tool
The General Ledger Tool was developed to meet the needs of corporate investigation teams analysing transactions deep within large corporate general ledgers. It is designed to perform analysis on entire sets of client data from the financial statement level down to specific journal entries, using a variety of different tests to detect unusual or irregular journal entries. Examples of what these tests will highlight include journal reversals, transfers, newly opened accounts, seldom used accounts, suspense accounts, and unauthorised users. Our proprietary data mining tools will allow the reviewer to focus his or her attention on relationships or transactions that warrant further examination. |
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