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Joseph Naghdi, founder and CEO.

A court-tested digital forensic and eDiscovery (aka eDisclosure in the UK) expert with more than 20 years in forensic data recovery and, since founding Computer Forensics Lab in 2007, in digital forensic investigation and expert evidence. Joseph leads a team of eight specialists and personally leads every expert witness engagement the lab takes on.

Role
Founder and CEO
Lab founded
2007 · London
Data recovery since
2003
Expert evidence
CPR 35 · CrimPR 19
§ 01 · Practice

Evidence that holds up in court.

Joseph's practice covers the full evidential lifecycle: identification, forensically sound preservation and acquisition, examination, analysis and reporting that complies with CPR Part 35 in civil matters and CrimPR Part 19 in criminal matters. He gives oral evidence in the Crown Court and civil courts, and takes part in joint expert discussions and statements.

He is instructed by prosecution and defence, and by claimants and defendants, on behalf of law firms, barristers, police forces, government agencies, insurers, financial institutions and private clients. He also directs the lab's eDiscovery and disclosure service and leads the Computer Forensics Lab Research Group, which publishes guidance on admissibility and forensic practice for legal professionals.

He contributed the digital forensic analysis featured in the Discovery+ series 999 Murderer Calling.

§ 02 · Qualifications

Qualifications and memberships.

Qualifications

MSc Computer Science · EnCE · CISSP · MCSD · MCP

Memberships

MBCS · IEEE Computer Society

Standards

NPCC digital evidence principles · ISO 17025 aligned practice · ISO/IEC 27037 and 27041 · CPR PD 57AD

Training

Magnet Forensics · GrayKey · SANS Institute