Written by a Staff Writer | Published on 8 July 2026
Boards need to be trained on how digital evidence must be secured and, in turn, train their IT teams in what they can and cannot do in such a situation.
Digital evidence has quickly become the smoking gun in white collar crime, but it’s worthless in court if handled by the wrong people in the wrong way.
“As with a physical crime scene, digital evidence must be managed by forensic professionals who know how to preserve its integrity and prevent contamination,” says David Loxton, CEO and Senior Attorney at Loxton Forensics.
Yet, many organisations make the fatal mistake of assigning critical digital evidence gathering, protection and analysis duties to IT personnel who know nothing of forensic science.
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Listen to Aubrey Masango interviewing David Loxton on 702’s “Crime Time”