Andover, Massachusetts
Digital Forensics Andover, Massachusetts | Employer and Attorney Support
Andover sits on the Route 495 and Interstate 93 corridor, where technology and life-science employers, schools, and families generate disputes that turn on laptops, shared drives, and phones.
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Evidence questions that start inside a company laptop or a family phone.
Many Andover matters are not about one dramatic event. An employee leaves for a competitor and files turn up in a personal cloud account. A custody disagreement turns on a text thread that has since been edited or deleted. A founder suspects a shared mailbox has been forwarding messages somewhere it should not.
Rune Forensics helps employers, individuals, and counsel work out what the devices and accounts can actually show before positions harden. The first conversation usually settles what to preserve, who should stop using which device, and which records are most likely to answer the question.
Who the work suits
Employment and corporate counsel, owners of small and mid-sized firms along the 495 corridor, school and nonprofit administrators, and individuals in family or civil matters.
What tends to be disputed
File transfers before a resignation, access to a work account after a termination, whether a screenshot reflects the original message, and what a phone extraction does and does not establish.
Where the work concentrates
Employer departures, account access, and device evidence.
Scope is set around the dispute, not a standard package.
- Departing-employee device and file-movement review
- Shared drive, cloud sync, and external storage history
- Phone and message analysis for family and civil matters
- Mailbox rules, forwarding, and sign-in review
- Independent review of an opposing examiner's report
- Declaration and testimony support when findings are contested
How an engagement runs
A short, documented path from first call to written findings.
Preserve before anyone tidies up
Devices are isolated as needed, accounts are exported where possible, and each step is logged so the handling can be explained later.
Answer the question that was asked
The review follows the records that bear on the dispute rather than imaging everything and hoping something turns up.
Report with limits visible
Findings are tied to artifacts, and anything the data cannot show is stated plainly.
Common engagements
Disputes where a laptop, phone, or mailbox holds the answer.
Typical Andover matter types
- Employee departures and non-compete disputes
- File-exfiltration questions
- Family law communications
- Independent review of an existing forensic report
- Business email compromise
- Insurance and property claims
Common questions
Practical questions about Andover matters.
Can you work with my company's IT provider?
Yes. Rune Forensics coordinates with in-house IT or an outside provider so logs and exports are preserved without disrupting operations, and so the handling stays documented.
Do you only work with employers?
No. Individuals and attorneys in family, civil, and business matters retain the practice as well. The same standard applies: the report states what the evidence supports.
Is it too late if the employee already wiped the laptop?
Not necessarily. Wiping, reinstalling, and deleting leave different traces, and cloud accounts and mailbox logs often hold records the device no longer does. What remains depends on the specifics.
Early contact helps
Tell us what changed on the device or account, and when.
A short summary of the dispute, the devices and accounts involved, and any deadline is enough to start. Preservation advice can often be given before a formal engagement.
For employer and attorney matters like these, see business forensics and email compromise, computer forensics, and independent forensic review.
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