New Delhi: BECIL’s new offering to strengthen Law Enforcement Agencies to tackle cyber threats. A new Digital Forensic Lab has been established by Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Ltd ( BECIL), a PSU under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India. The lab was inaugurated by Lt Gen (Dr) Rajesh Pant PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd.) National Cyber Security Coordinator in the presence of George Kuruvilla, CMD of BECIL.
The Digital Forensic Laboratory has been set up with procurement of latest equipment and software. Scientific officers, who have undergone expertise training at various institutes and have experience in various forensic science laboratories, have been appointed in the laboratory.
The laboratory is now ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited and ready to take up Computer Forensics, Mobile Forensics, iOS and Android Analysis, Forensic Data Recovery, Email Forensics, Cloud and IoT Forensics, CCTV Forensics and Drone Forensics. An increasing number of connected devices – smartphones, watches, GPS – can store meaningful information which could potentially become pieces of digital evidence.
To meet this growing challenge, through Digital Forensics Lab, BECIL is assisting in building national digital forensic capacity and developing evidence management processes to better support investigations and prosecutions.
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