Forensics & eDiscovery

Bill Dean #581
Pete Dedes #562

Sword & Shield’s forensics/eDiscovery consulting practice is a full service, one-stop litigation support technology provider, offering a full spectrum of electronic discovery and forensic services.

We understand and respect the chain of custody rules, the rules of evidence and proper and well-accepted forensic techniques that produce findings that are admissible in court.

We partner with law firms, corporate legal department and small- to medium-sized businesses to offer technology solutions at each stage of the eDiscovery or forensics investigation process: electronic data collection, restoration, profiling, culling, reviewing and reporting.

Bill Dean, Director of Computer Forensics

Bill Dean, Sword & Shield’s director of computer forensics, has more than 13 years of experience in the technical field in roles such as programmer, systems support, enterprise systems design and engineering, virtualization, digital forensics, and information security.

In 2005, he was recognized as the primary architect for an Intel virtualization/server consolidation project and was awarded Network World’s “Enterprise All Star” and “InfoWorld’s Top 100 Projects”. Since that time Bill has focused his career on the specialties of systems security, electronic discovery, digital forensics, and incident response. He served as the technical expert and provided Federal Court testimony in the 7th largest eDiscovery case in 2007.

He is a Certified Penetration Testing Specialist, Certified Computer Examiner, GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH), a GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA), AccessData Certified Examiner, and an active member of the International Society for Forensic Computer Examiners.