We have provided a calm & measured Incident Response service for countless situations over the years.

With the correct the approach and expertise an Incident should have a timely and positive outcome. We are often brought in to handle the digital element and find our expertise useful other areas, with our knowledge of servers, computers, networking, protocols, legal issues, forensics and data recovery, we can provide advice and assistance to identify, isolate, preserve, recover and restore vital information. Mitigate and limit any damage and fallout. Our clients have been able to show that they have acted appropriately to an incident employing the right experts - they have in turn been able to report back to management, share holders, the public and regulatory bodies that they have performed above and beyond their remit to get an incident resolved.

An incident response is not just useful when a server has been hacked, common examples are:

• Database Deletion - Accidental simultaneous destruction of SQL databases on clusters.
• File system re-formatting.
• Malicious data deletion.
• Employee, Senior Staff and Director dismissals or resignations.
• Server RAID failure.
• Employee misconduct.
• Network Intrusion and server hacking.
• Intellectual Property Theft
suspicion
• eDiscovery / eDisclosure

When it comes to electronic data, fast response and decision making can make or break a case.  Electronic data can be volatile and if handled incorrectly can be destroyed very easily. The simple act of turning on a computer or trying to find or recover data on a live computer without the right skills and training can cause a lot of damage and even destroy data.

Having the skills, knowledge and know how to collect potential electronic evidence and what electronic devices could contain evidence is essential to ensure that evidence is not left on the scene which could be subsequently deleted by the suspect. A wide of devices can contain evidence including games consoles, mp3 players, digital cameras, personal video recorders (PVR) and television recording devices such as SKY +, V + and freeview + as they all contain hard drives. Being able to recognise devices which could potentially hold evidence and decided if they are crucial to the investigation is a skilled job and requires professional investigators to make the decision.

Using Aperio will reduce your risk and could save potential embarrassment or stop you destroying or losing critical data and time.