Leading computer and digital forensic examiner.

Leading forensic analyst in audit and fraud assessment and in loss prevention.

Leading defence expert, having successfully analysed and reported on some of the most serious, high profile and complex multi-layered cases. These have included charges of possessing indecent images, fraud and terrorism.

Simon’s work includes: finding and retrieving material, copyright and intellectual property theft, breaches of acceptable use policies, data recovery (including the retrieval of deleted data such as email correspondence, address book contacts, calendar entries, internet history and dates and times of key events), user identification, hard drive and server imaging and the securing of volatile data.

Vastly experienced across multiple Operating Systems (Windows, Linux, UNIX and MacOS ), Virtualisation (VMWare) and Software ( SQL, Oracle, Office, Encryption, Anti-Virus, etc.)

Infrastructure architecture, security architecture and secure system design specialist, with technical expertise across a wide variety of technologies including Cloud (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), Virtualisation, E-commerce and Social Media. 

Holds an in-depth knowledge of numerous information management and security standards and best practice guides, including HMG Information Security Standards (IAS1, IS2, JSP440, NHS, CESG Memos, etc.) and Risk Management Accreditation Document Sets (RMADS), ISO 27001, ISO/BS 17799, COBIT and Sarbanes-Oxley Standards.

Highly experienced and respected e-mail, mobile (Blackberry, SmartPhones), satellite and telecommunications analyst and digital examiner.

All Investigations are undertaken in strict compliance with the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) guidelines for managing and evaluating digital evidence.

Heavily involved in the research and development of new forensic tools and techniques.

Highly accomplished risk, vulnerability and threat assessor. 

CISSP Certified (since 2004).

Encryption expert – public key, certificates and secret/shared key, full disk encryption (FDE).

Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) – audit and compliance expert.

Highly respected policy and procedure development consultant for global organisations.

Teacher and mentor at a postgraduate level: Visiting Lecturer at De Montfort University Cyber Security Centre in Network Forensics and Alternative Operating Systems.

Experienced and qualified trainer in all aspects of digital forensics and information security including: forensic awareness, security awareness, first responder and incident response, security assurance and linux security.