FORENSICSMARA RESOURCES
Practical guidance for law firms, litigation teams, and forensic professionals. Start with the collection, understand the scope, and plan what comes next.
Plan the request, prepare the custodian, and keep the handoff clear.
A practical preparation guide for custodians and counsel: invitation, computer, cable, storage, phone prompts and automatic upload to the MARA portal.
Plan a remote phone collection around the matter: agree scope, prepare the custodian, track secure upload and receive the deliverables in your portal.
Understand collection methods, supported sources, and delivered scope.
Understand the difference between a phone backup, logical collection, full file system extraction, and targeted delivery before planning mobile evidence collection.
Plan the collection and review of messages from the phone.
How to plan Signal evidence collection from iPhone and Android phones, distinguish it from an ordinary backup, and move the results into review.
Plan WhatsApp evidence collection from Android phones and understand how phone acquisitions, backups, and native ZIP or TXT chat exports fit into Analyzer review.
START WITH THE MATTER
Tell us what you need and when. MARA can help you plan the collection and the next stage of review.