How West Midlands has moved digital forensics to the cloud

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How West Midlands has moved digital forensics to the cloud

West Midlands has begun moving teams over to a cloud-based digital forensics platform and it is already helping with the disclosure workload.

Date - 30th May 2022
By - Cachella Smith

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Three weeks ago, West Midlands deployed a cloud-based digital forensics platform by Exterro and housed in Microsoft Azure. DS John Price who oversees the digital forensic side of the reporting team and the digital crime scene attendants...

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