Welcome to the RI Digital Forensics Center

The Rhode Island (RI) Digital Forensics Center (DFC) provides services, research, and training in issues involving digital data discovery, recovery, and analysis. This includes the analysis of hard drives, the analysis of network activity, the recovery of lost data, and research and testimony on technical issues.

The DFC is a non-profit center. DFC personnel include experts in computer forensics, computer science, computer networks, computer and network security, and data recovery. The DFC was established in 2004 with a grant from the US National Science Foundation. Since then it has provided digital forensics services to attorneys, businesses, government agencies, law enforcement, and individuals.