Re: Digital Forensics Professional Services Costs was Use of Digital Forensics Professional Services

[Gary Dobbins <dobbins () ND EDU>]

Sometimes, the value of the objectivity implied by an external opinion
makes it worth the added expense to outsource.  Sometimes, contractual or
regulatory requirements mandate doing so.
So, you probably don't want to ever consider your in-house option to be
exclusive.

James H Moore wrote:
> We are looking at the costs of outsourcing Digital Forensics
> Professional Services, and the costs of keeping it in-house.  Also, we
> are looking at determining the point where we do the transition (when it
> goes from an investigation to a forensic investigation).  We haven't
> done pricing, and so that is what I am looking for is information /
> experiences that people have in the investigations and forensics area,
> and what influenced their decisions.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jim
>
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> Jim Moore, CISSP, IAM
> Information Security Officer
> Rochester Institute of Technology
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> Rochester, NY 14623-5603
> (585) 475-5406 (office)
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>
>
>
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> information security best practices, as hackers and criminals are at
> sharing attack information"  - Peter Presidio

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