Issue 47 explores cloud-based virtual machine investigations, forensic techniques for analysing fake-news ecosystems, and organisational risk reduction through Cyber Essentials certification. Additional features address practitioner burnout, compliance challenges in online services, and the evolving role of CISOs in board-level communication. A legal analysis examines search-and-seizure complexities in public-cloud environments, highlighting operational, governance and evidential implications for modern forensic practice.

Issue 46 examines investigative considerations in digital bank robberies, the application of graph technologies to organisational-risk analysis, and escalating challenges in managing expanding digital-evidence volumes. Additional features assess QR-code threat vectors, foundational techniques for fake-news investigation, and compliance pitfalls for e-payment systems in cloud environments. A legal review of the SolarWinds breach highlights complex evidential and governance implications.

Issue 45 examines the operational importance of security culture, foundational concepts in cyber threat intelligence, and advanced forensic-phonetic methods supporting criminal identification. Additional features analyse cybersecurity workforce dynamics, evolving ransomware behaviours, and emerging investigative considerations in smart-city environments. A legal review of Cisco’s patent-infringement case highlights broader governance and evidential themes relevant to contemporary digital-forensics practice.

Issue 44 analyses privacy risks arising from smart-TV data leakage, legal complexities surrounding cloud-based forensic acquisition, and foundational methodologies in forensic phonetics. Additional features address certificate-governance vulnerabilities, the investigative impact of EncroChat’s collapse, and academic perspectives on digital-forensics practice. A legal review of GDPR compliance in pandemic contact-tracing highlights tensions between public-health imperatives and data-protection obligations.

Issue 43 explores the historical and contemporary significance of cryptography and digital certificates, security risks in pandemic surveillance applications, and the evidential value of memory forensics. Additional features consider intelligence-enabled urban environments and the future direction of cybercrime investigation training. A legal review examines organisational preparedness during pandemic response, highlighting governance and evidential challenges across modern investigative contexts.