IT Forensics – Windows
Forensic analysis of Windows Group Policy – Understanding system configurations
Gruppenrichtlinien steuern zahlreiche Sicherheits- und Systemeinstellungen in Windows-Umgebungen. Sowohl lokale Richtlinien als auch domänenbasierte Group Policies können nachvollziehbare Spuren hinterlassen und Aufschluss über Konfigurationen, Benutzerrechte, Softwareeinschränkungen und weitere sicherheitsrelevante Einstellungen geben.
Im Rahmen einer professionellen IT-forensischen Untersuchung werden Gruppenrichtlinien niemals isoliert bewertet. Erst die Korrelation mit Registry-Artefakten, Ereignisprotokollen, Benutzerkonten, Sicherheitsrichtlinien und weiteren digitalen Spuren ermöglicht eine belastbare technische Bewertung.
Why LanCologne?
Since its foundation, LanCologne has specialised in professional IT forensics. Our staff have decades of experience in the field of information technology and provide support to businesses, solicitors, private individuals and, on a regular basis, the courts.
The examination is carried out exclusively on a forensic copy or a forensic image. The original evidence remains unchanged and is stored in a manner that preserves its evidential integrity.
Our services
Analysis of local and domain-based Group Policy settings, reconstruction of policy changes, evaluation of security-related configurations, correlation with other Windows artefacts, and comprehensive documentation of all investigation steps.
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This is how the analysis works
Once a forensic image has been created, existing Group Policy settings and their artefacts are identified, analysed and technically correlated with other digital traces.
Warum sind Gruppenrichtlinien wichtig?
They have a significant impact on the security level and behaviour of a Windows system and can document which settings were in force on a system or have been changed.
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LanCologne – Windows Forensics in Cologne
LanCologne supports you in carrying out legally admissible analyses of Windows Group Policy settings and in the objective evaluation of complex IT forensic issues.