Illinois License Number 115.0011993

Chicago Computer Forensics Expert

Chicago is positioned as a truly global city that is home to more than sixty Fortune 500 companies, hundreds of world leading law firms and millions of employees. In this type of business environment, there is a limitless amount of information being developed on computers and a growing need to access that information.

Advanced Surveillance Group’s Computer Forensic Investigations Experts specialize in conducting an exhaustive, detailed and accurate investigation of information derived from computers in Chicago.

As private detectives, we approach computer forensics as an investigation, an approach that many “computer experts” would not take. It is our belief that the most important thing we offer our clients is our investigative training and our investigative approach to computer forensics. Simply having acquisition and analysis software does not make someone an expert and there have been a dramatic number of computer technicians looking for work who have entered this field with little or no experience or training, but hold themselves out to be “experts”. Our investigative advantage is very real and many of our clients, as well as their opposition, are surprised at what we are able to find on a hard drive that was thought to have been deleted or “never existed”.

We can recover electronic evidence from the following types of devices:

• Hard Drives
• Back-up Storage Media
• Databases
• E-mail Servers
• Web Servers
• Internet Sites
• Personal Digital Devices (Blackberries and cellular telephones)
• Digital Cameras
• Zip Drives
• Fax Machines
• Digital Answering Machines

We have assisted Chicago businesses and Chicago attorneys in many areas of computer forensics including some of the following: Software infringement, fraud, breach of contract, embezzlement, Trademark infringement, copyright infringement, conspiracy, child pornography, trade secret misappropriation, data theft, data misappropriation, stalking, asset location, wrongful termination, age discrimination, sexual harassment.

When results matter, choose an expert computer forensic investigator in Chicago that will get you all the information possible and can hold up as an expert in court.

Choosing a Chicago Computer Forensics Specialist

When you require the services of a computer forensics investigator in Chicago, don't be afraid to shop around. There are an increasing number of firms and individuals who claim to be computer forensics experts. Many charge rates in excess of ten thousand dollars for a single drive examined on a very ordinary case like a domestic matter.

Obviously the level of experience of the examiner is also crucial. There are really only a handful of top notch computer forensics investigators working in Chicago. We advise that you request the Curriculum Vitae of the investigator to make sure he or she meets your requirements before you consider who to hire. There is far more to proper computer forensic analysis than the ability to retrieve data, especially when a case could go to court.

Computer forensic skill aside, ultimately you are retaining the services of a computer expert who will likely be called to testify in court in Chicago to explain his or her work and findings. The court will want to acknowledge that individual's level of computer and investigative training and experience rather than the experience of the firm. That experience should come from computer forensics and real world investigation. The same would be true of his or her training. Obviously there are many individuals running around Chicago equipped with computer forensics software who have no experience testifying, are not investigators and only know one way to search for data on a computer.