Occasionally new things will happen at RectorNet that we are just dying to tell you about.  When that occurs, we will post it on this page.

January 23,  2004

RectorNet changes name to  RectorNet LLC.  On January 23, 2004, the Texas Secretary of State approved RectorNet's filing as a  Limited Liability Company.   2003  was a good year of growth for RectorNet.  We assisted clients with data acquisition and analysis needs from Dallas to San Marcos.   The expansion of the business made it necessary to make some adjustments in our business model and convert to a limited liability company.   We look forward to continued growth in 2004 as RectorNet LLC.

January   2004

Roy D. Rector successfully completed the NW3C Instructor's Development Program in 2003 and is certified to teach the NW3C's Basic Data Recovery  and Analysis (BDRA) course.  Roy will be teaching this course to law enforcement personnel in the Central Texas area.

December 2,  2002

Roy D. Rector was selected as one of two computer forensic examiners to attend the first Instructor Development Program sponsored by the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C).

The NW3C has launched an Instructor Development Program in partnership with police departments who have the facilities and capabilities of hosting the NW3C's Basic Data Recovery and Analysis (BDRA) training.  BDRA is a 4.5 day course directed at teaching police officers about the FAT file system and basic file recovery methodology.  Roy spent two weeks in West Virginia with veteran NW3C instructors learning how to teach the BDRA curriculum.  Roy is scheduled to begin teaching the course in February of 2003 and will be certified as a NW3C trainer upon completing four training sessions.  More information about the BDRA training can be obtained at http://www.cybercrime.org/training.html.

October 29,  2002

Roy D. Rector joins the Guidance Software team as a part time EnCase Trainer.

Guidance Software, Inc. (GSI) is the world's leading provider of computer forensic software and enterprise digital investigation solutions.  EnCase is the number one forensic software solution world wide.

Eight to twelve times a year, Roy will be conducting GSI's Forensic and Expert training sessions -- teaching others how to use EnCase.  Most of the training will be conducted at the GSI training facilities located in Pasadena California and/or Sterling Virginia.  Roy is thrilled at this opportunity and said, "As a Senior Patrol Officer, I elected to be a field training officer because training rookies made me a better cop.  I know from experience that being a trainer will make me a better forensic examiner, and being a forensic examiner will make me a better trainer."

 More information about GSI, EnCase and the training can be found at www.encase.com.

September 5,  2002

Roy D. Rector earned the certification of EnCE (EnCase Certified Examiner) from Guidance Software, Inc.

EnCase computer forensic software is the World's leading solution for computer investigations and forensics.  Roy earned the EnCE certification by completing a 185 question written exam which test the participants knowledge about computer forensics, logical and physical hard disk structure, and using EnCase.

After passing the exam, Roy was then tasked with using EnCase to analyzing a hard disk and a floppy diskette in 18 forensic scenarios.  Each scenario tested Roy's ability of electronic discovery and evidence recovery using the EnCase forensic methodology.

These scenarios are designed to test the participant's skill in partition recovery, keyword search techniques, password and encryption decoding, base64 email attachment recovery, steganography detection, unallocated data examination and many other forensic data recovery techniques involving the use of EnCase.

October 19, 2001

Roy D. Rector earned the certification of CFCE (Certified Forensic Computer Examiner) from the International Association of Computer Investigative Specialist (IACIS).

 IACIS is an international volunteer non-profit corporation composed of law enforcement professionals dedicated to education in the field of forensic computer science.  IACIS members represent Federal, State, Local and International Law Enforcement professionals.

Roy earned his certification by attending the two week training course (IACIS Advanced Seizure and Processing) and then completing a series of forensic exercises consisting of the analysis of 6 floppy diskettes and a hard disk drive.  The exercises test the participant's skill in deleted file and directory recovery, partition recovery, password and encryption decoding, email recovery, steganography detection, unallocated data examination and many other forensic data recovery techniques.

Participants are required to demonstrate their knowledge of the FAT file system and their  forensic proficiency by discovering digital evidence and then explaining and documenting the methodology used in a detailed forensic report.  The final phase of the certification process is a comprehensive written examine consisting of 85 true/false, multiple choice and essay questions.   Participants are allocated 18 months to complete the certification process.

 Roy earned his certification in 5 months.