2011 Results

On Tuesday 7th June the third annual Forensic 4cast Awards took place at the SANS Forensic Summit in Austin, Texas.

The nominees are listed below and the winners are highlighted in red.

Outstanding Contribution to Digital Forensics – Individual

• Harlan Carvey
• Rob Lee
• Ryan Kubasiak

Outstanding Contribution to Digital Forensics – Company

• Microsystemation
• Guidance Software (CEIC)
• AccessData

Best Digital Forensics Blog

• Windows Incident Repsonse
• A Fistful of Dongles
• Lenny Zeltser on Information Security

Best Digital Forensics Book

• Windows Registry Analysis
• Malware Analysis Cookbook and DVD
• Virtualization and Forensics

Best Digital Forensics Blog Post/Article

• Ken Pryor – “I’m Here, Now What?”
• Matt Churchill – “Free Digital Forensics Triage Tool”
• Rob Lee – “Digital Forensic SIFTing: SUPER Timeline Analysis and Creation”

Best Digital Forensic Podcast

• Forensic 4cast
• Cybercrime 101
• Cyberspeak

Best Computer Forensic Hardware

• Tableau TD1
• Voom Hardcopy 3
• Tableau TMSS-II01

Best Computer Forensic Software

• log2timeline
• FTK 3
• EnCase Forensic

Best Phone Forensic Hardware

• XRY
• MPE+ Field Tablet
• Cellebrite UFED

Best Phone Forensic Software

• XRY
• MPE+
• Paraben Device Seizure

Best Civilian Forensic Team

• NID Forensic Academy
• Digital Discovery Corporation
• Mandiant

Digital Forensic Investigator of the Year

• Lee Whitfield
• Matt Churchill
• Jonathan Rajewski

2010 Results

On Thursday 8th July 2010 the second annual Forensic 4cast Awards took place at the SANS Forensic Summit in Washington DC. This event was held in front of a live audience for the very first time.

The nominees are listed below and the winners are highlighted in red.

Outstanding Contribution to Digital Forensics – Individual

• Lee Whitfield
• Rob Lee
• Kristinn Gudjonsson
• Matt Shannon

Outstanding Contribution to Digital Forensics – Company

• Guidance Software
• SANS
• F-Response (Agile Risk Management)

Best Digital Forensics Blog

• Windows Incident Repsonse
• SANS Forensic Blog
• Happy as a Monkey

Best Digital Forensics Book

• Windows Forensic Analysis 2E
• Handbook of Digital Forensic Investigations
• Malware Forensics

Best Digital Forensic Podcast

• Cyberspeak
• Inside the Core
• Forensic 4cast

Best Computer Forensic Hardware

• Tableau TD1
• Tableau T8
• Wiebetech USB

Best Computer Forensic Software

• EnCase
• FTK Imager
• F-Response
• Sleuthkit

Best Phone Forensic Hardware

• Cellebrite UFED
• XRY

Best Phone Forensic Software

• Mobilyze
• MobilEdit
• Katana Lantern

Digital Forensic Investigator of the Year

• Jimmy Wegg
• Nick Furneaux
• Andrew Hoog

The Digital Forensic Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Craig Wilson, the author of Blade and NetAnalysis.

2009 Results

On Sunday 19th July 2009 the first annual Digital Forensic Awards were held by the Forensic 4cast Team.

Over 400 votes were cast by the nominees’ peers in the digital forensic field.

The nominees are listed below and the winners are highlighted in red.  The awards ceremony can be viewed here.

Outstanding Contribution to Digital Forensics (Individual)
Matt Shannon (F-Response)
Rob Lee (SANS/Mandiant)
Jamie Morris (Forensic Focus)

Outstanding Contribution  to Digital Forensics (Company)
F-Response
Sans Forensics
X-Ways

Best Digital Forensic Article/Blog Posting
Iphone White Paper
pdgMail
Memory Forensic Acquisition and Analysis 101

Best Digital Forensic Blog
Windows IR (Harlan Carvey)
Sans (Sans Forensics Team)
Forensickb (Lance Mueller)

Best Digital Forensic Book
Windows Forensic Analysis (Harlan Carvey)
IPhone Forensics (Jonathan Zdziarski)
File System Forensic Analysis (Brian Carrier)

Best Computer Forensic Hardware Tool
Tableau
Fastbloc
Macquisition

Best Computer Forensic Software Tool
X-Ways Forensics
DCFLDD
Drive Prophet

Best Phone Forensic Hardware Tool
Cellebrite
Susteen
XRY

Best Phone Forensic Software Tool
Datapilot
XRY
Pandora’s Box

Digital Forensic Examiner of the Year
David Kleiman
Rob Lee
Jonathan Zdzjarski

Lifetime Achievement Award
Rob Lee
Brian Carrier
Ovie Carrol

The ‘Huh?’ Award
Winner: Josh Muszynski – charged $23,148,855,308,184,500 for a packet of cigarettes.

Digital Forensics Humanitarian Award
Johnny Long for his dedication to ‘Hackers for Charity’.

The Forensic 4cast Awards – because even nerds deserve an award!