Oct 20 Β· Week 4 β€” Detect, Investigate & Respond

πŸ”¬ Digital Forensics

Digital Evidence: Preserve First, Investigate Second

Day 20 Β· Oct 20

πŸ›‘οΈ CyberSecurity Month 2026 Β· WAIG Γ— DefenAI

πŸ”¬ Preserve β†’ Investigate

Digital Evidence: Preserve First, Investigate Second

Campaign day

20

Digital Forensics

Week focus

W4

NIST SP 800-61

Action items

2

Org checklist today

  • β—†Chain of custody
  • β—†Volatile capture
  • β—†Log integrity
  • β—†Legal hold
  • β—†WAIG Foundation: Education on lawful investigation ethics.
  • β—†DefenAI Labs: Forensics lab capabilities and integrations.
  • β—†Suggested comms format today: Technical post.

Spoliation kills cases

Validate log retention meets investigation needs

4-part action model

Governance Β· Technology Β· Resilience Β· Incident response

Chain of custody and volatile data capture before deep analysis.

Governance

Define metrics: detect, respond, recover for Digital Forensics.

Technology

Validate controls with BAS, purple team, forensics tooling.

Resilience

Measure MTTD/MTTR improvements quarterly.

Incident response

Run tabletop + technical drill for Digital Forensics.

Today's flow

  1. 1

    Understand

    Why Digital Forensics matters for your organization today.

  2. 2

    Assess

    Map assets, owners, and gaps against today's theme.

  3. 3

    Act

    Test log export for one critical system.

  4. 4

    Share

    Publish learning internally and on social β€” #CyberSecurityMonth2026.

Did you know?

  • πŸ’‘Digital Evidence: Preserve First, Investigate Second
  • πŸ’‘Mission: Chain of custody and volatile data capture before deep analysis.
  • πŸ’‘Frameworks to explore: NIST SP 800-61, MITRE ATT&CK, SANS IR.

Frameworks & standards

NIST SP 800-61MITRE ATT&CKSANS IR

Organizational checklist (infographic summary)

  • βœ“Test log export for one critical system.
  • βœ“Train handlers on evidence handling.
  • βœ“Share today's infographic with one community audience.
  • βœ“Log one improvement in your risk or incident tracker.

Audience awareness infographic

Eight communities Β· one mission

Tap a card for tailored awareness and today's action β€” built for sharing.

Chain of custody and volatile data capture before deep analysis. As an employee, digital evidence: preserve first, investigate second affects every inbox, device, and customer record you touch.

Share: Employees: Day 20 β€” Digital Forensics. #CyberSecurityMonth2026 #ResponsibleAI

One-click publish

Share Day 20 externally

LinkedIn, Medium, Instagram, Facebook, and X β€” captions tailored for this theme (employees).

Select an audience, then use one-click publish to tailor the share caption for that community.

Mission

Chain of custody and volatile data capture before deep analysis.

Organizational actions

  • βœ“Test log export for one critical system.
  • βœ“Train handlers on evidence handling.

Partner angles

WAIG: Education on lawful investigation ethics.

DefenAI Labs: Forensics lab capabilities and integrations.

Suggested format: Technical post

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