Cybersecurity

Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR)

Court-admissible forensics and 24×7 incident response.

Overview

Forensic investigation and incident response for ransomware, business email compromise, insider threat, data breach and fraud — with evidence handled to a court-admissible standard.

In depth

A four-layer view of this service.

Context, scope, delivery and impact — written for buyers, boards, auditors and search engines alike.

Layer 01 — Context

Context & Why It Matters

Ransomware, business email compromise, insider data theft, payment fraud and state-aligned intrusions have made digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) a board-level capability — not just an IT response.

UAE, KSA and Indian regulators (CBUAE, SAMA, NCA, RBI, CERT-In, SEBI) impose strict incident notification deadlines (often 4–72 hours), and law-enforcement engagement is increasingly expected.
Forensically sound handling is the difference between a defensible response and a regulatory or legal failure.

Layer 02 — Scope

Scope & What It Covers

Coverage includes ransomware response, business email compromise, insider data theft, payment and wire fraud, web and application compromise, cloud incident response (AWS, Azure, GCP, M365, Google Workspace), Active Directory compromise, mobile forensics (iOS, Android), eDiscovery support, malware reverse engineering, network forensics, log and SIEM analysis, evidence acquisition under chain-of-custody, expert witness reports and regulator and law-enforcement liaison.

Layer 03 — Approach

Our Approach & Delivery

DFIR practitioners certified in GCFA, GCFE, GCIH, GREM, GNFA, EnCE and CFCE, following ACPO, NIST SP 800-86 and ISO/IEC 27037 evidence-handling guidance.

Retainers provide 1-hour response SLAs and pre-authorised investigators 24×7.
Tooling includes EnCase, Axiom, FTK, Volatility, Velociraptor, KAPE, and cloud-native acquisition.
Every engagement closes with a written report, lessons-learned and a remediation roadmap.

Layer 04 — Impact

Business Impact & Outcomes

Containment in hours not days, court-admissible evidence preserved, regulator deadlines met, ransom decisions made on facts not panic, and a clear root-cause that drives durable remediation.

For insured clients, MAST is panel-approved with multiple cyber insurers, accelerating coverage decisions during live incidents.

At a glance

Process flow, compliance checklist and benefits.

A visual breakdown of how the engagement runs, what evidence we leave behind, and the business outcomes you can defend at the board.

Process flow

How we deliver Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR).

01
Triage
Initial assessment, scoping and containment.
02
Investigate
Forensic imaging, log analysis, malware reverse-engineering.
03
Respond
Eradication, recovery and stakeholder communication.
04
Report
Final report, evidence pack and remediation roadmap.

Compliance checklist

What auditors and regulators expect to see.

What a court-admissible DFIR engagement delivers — aligned to ACPO Principles, NIST SP 800-86 and ISO/IEC 27037.

First-responder triage
Initial assessment, containment guidance and evidence-preservation steps within 1 hour for retainer clients.
Chain of custody
Documented custody log from collection through analysis, storage and disposal.
Forensic imaging
Write-blocked bit-for-bit images of endpoints, servers and cloud workloads with hash verification.
Log, memory and malware analysis
Timeline reconstruction, RAM analysis and malware reverse-engineering as applicable.
Threat-actor attribution
TTP mapping to MITRE ATT&CK with IOC extraction.
Recovery and eradication plan
Steps to evict the threat actor and harden against re-entry.
Regulator, insurer and law-enforcement liaison
Disclosure templates and timelines pre-agreed with stakeholders.
Final report and evidence pack
Court-admissible report with executive summary, technical narrative and lessons-learned.

Benefits

What you walk away with.

1-hour response SLA on retainer

Pre-authorised investigators on standby 24×7 for ransomware, BEC and breach response.

Court-admissible evidence

Handling aligned to ACPO and NIST SP 800-86 with documented chain of custody.

Faster containment and recovery

Pre-built playbooks for the most common incident types cut downtime.

Regulator-credible disclosure

Pre-agreed templates and timelines reduce sanctions and reputational impact.

Insurance-aligned process

Engagement and reporting accepted by major cyber insurers' panel processes.

Lessons-learned that hold

Final report includes prioritised, owner-tagged controls to prevent recurrence.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

Do you offer an incident response retainer?+

Yes — retainers guarantee 1-hour response SLAs, with pre-agreed rates and pre-authorised investigators on standby 24×7.

Is your evidence handling court-admissible?+

Yes. We follow ACPO and NIST SP 800-86 guidelines with full chain-of-custody documentation.

What incident types do you handle?+

Ransomware, business email compromise (BEC), insider threat, data breach, financial fraud, intellectual property theft, cloud account takeover and nation-state intrusion.

Do you negotiate with ransomware actors?+

We coordinate with specialist ransom-negotiation partners and OFAC-screened payment facilitators where leadership decides negotiation is necessary. Our default position is recovery, not payment.

Will you work with our cyber insurer?+

Yes — we are on the panels of major regional and global cyber insurers and align scope, rates and reporting to their incident-response requirements.

Can you support law-enforcement reporting?+

Yes — we coordinate with UAE Cyber Crime Centre, SAMA-CERT, CERT-IN, CBUAE and law enforcement as required, with evidence packs prepared to a court-admissible standard.

How fast can you mobilise without a retainer?+

We can typically have a triage call inside 4 hours and forensic responders onsite or remote within 24 hours. Retainer clients get a 1-hour SLA.

Will you provide a final, signed report?+

Yes — every engagement closes with a written report covering scope, timeline, root cause, remediation and lessons learned, signed by the lead investigator.

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