Digital Forensics Incident Response Services.
Wills & Probate Recovery Support Service.
3B Data Security can provide digital recovery support assistance to the executors or administrators of an estate or assist with the requirements detailed within a will.
Under the circumstances it may not be feasible, possible, or practical (for the executors, administrators, or family members) to access the contents of the deceased’s computer equipment, laptop, mobile phone, tablet, digital storage media, e-mail accounts or social media. This could be due to password protection on the device or application, data or device encryption, sheer quantity of data, location of the data or simply not knowing what data even exists in the first place.
The situation could be of a sensitive, continuous, or challenging nature and requires the independence from a third party digital forensic expert, capable of justifying their actions and present potentially complex findings in a clear and simple way whilst abiding with any relevant data protection laws and respecting the situation.
There are various reasons why the digital media needs to be interrogated and the data recovered in a forensic manner. These could include:
3B Data Security can provide digital recovery support assistance to the executors or administrators of an estate or assist with the requirements detailed within a will.
Under the circumstances it may not be feasible, possible, or practical (for the executors, administrators, or family members) to access the contents of the deceased’s computer equipment, laptop, mobile phone, tablet, digital storage media, e-mail accounts or social media. This could be due to password protection on the device or application, data or device encryption, sheer quantity of data, location of the data or simply not knowing what data even exists in the first place.
The situation could be of a sensitive, continuous, or challenging nature and requires the independence from a third party digital forensic expert, capable of justifying their actions and present potentially complex findings in a clear and simple way whilst abiding with any relevant data protection laws and respecting the situation.
There are various reasons why the digital media needs to be interrogated and the data recovered in a forensic manner. These could include:
- To confirm ownership.
- Attribution or source location.
- Dispute resolution.
- Provide clarification or supporting information about the estate, the deceased or potential beneficiaries.
- Recovery of cherished documents, photographs, videos, work documents or other intellectual property, whilst ensuring proportionality and data protection is maintained.
- Recovery of key items from email correspondence to help execute the will or probate.
- Assistance in providing access to or finding relevant accounts, closing accounts, including social media, or paying debts or confirming potential liabilities, locating crypto currency accounts, stocks or shares, etc.
- Secure destruction of the deceased’s devices or personal data to ensure privacy.
- Re-purposing of the device for any beneficiaries to use in the future, whilst ensuring the privacy of the deceased’s data.
3B Data Security can assist in these processes in a respectful and professional manner. Having years of experience in carrying out digital forensic investigations and data recovery for private industry, public sector and within law enforcement, means we are well equipped to assist the process to achieve the desired outcomes for all.
3B Data Security supports teams within law firms with investigations, helping their clients with incident management and also with a Wills & Probate Digital Recovery Service.