[mixmax]

Somewhat unrelated - but who do forensic analysts work for, and what do they look for? Are they only working for government agencies, or is there some kind of private work as well? Are you looking for terrorists, kiddie porn or something entirely different?

Just curious...

[ErrantX]

I work for a private company and we contract out to both the private and public sectors. There is definitely a lot of private work; not just investigations but document recovery etc. It also segues into general security work. The public sector, at least in the UK, is on the decline. Budgets are dropping and so everything is going in-house and they are getting rid of the expensive contractors.

Most of the work in my experience is fraud related, probably around 80% of it. But this can vary (with the time of year, current economic/political climate etc.). As exciting as it sometimes gets to sound (and indeed, sometimes is) 99% of digital forensics is sheer. absolute. boredom. :)