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DELIVERABLE — TRACE™

Technology Review & Case Assessment.

Every LTD engagement produces a TRACE™ Report — a documented, reproducible record of what was examined, how, what was found, and what it means.

WHAT IT IS

A forensic record designed to be reproducible.

The TRACE™ Report — Technology Review & Case Assessment — is the signature deliverable across every LTD practice. Whether the engagement is forensic acquisition, eDiscovery audit, or AI governance review, the work ends in a TRACE™ Report.

Every TRACE™ Report follows the same structure: scope and authority, methodology, tooling and validation, findings with cited artifacts, conclusions tied to the question presented, and qualifications of the examiner. The report is written so that a second examiner working from the same evidence and the same methodology would reach the same conclusion.

That's the standard for established industry forensic methodology. It's also the standard for credibility in any setting where the work is reviewed. Carlos's published article Surviving Daubert in the Age of AI (eForensics Magazine) and his Techno Security Conference presentation 25 Lessons That Make or Break Your Case walk through the framework in detail.

REPORT SECTIONS
What's in every TRACE™
  • Engagement scope & authority
  • Custody record & evidence chain
  • Tools used & validation status
  • Methodology & decision log
  • Findings with cited artifacts
  • Conclusions tied to question presented
  • Reproducibility statement
  • Examiner qualifications & CV
STANDARD

Built to industry forensic standards, written for clarity.

A TRACE™ Report is technical enough for a forensic peer to reproduce, and clear enough for a judge or jury to follow.

STEP 01
Reproducible
Another qualified examiner with the same evidence and methodology should reach the same conclusion. Every decision is logged and justified.
STEP 02
Validated tools
Tools listed by name and version. Validation status documented. Limitations disclosed before they're raised on cross.
STEP 03
Cited artifacts
Findings reference the underlying artifacts by hash, path, and acquisition source. Nothing is asserted without an evidentiary anchor.
STEP 04
Standards-aligned
Methodology stated, peer-reviewed where applicable, error rates addressed, scope and qualifications clear. Report and CV travel together.
ENGAGE

Need a documented forensic record for your engagement?

TRACE™ engagements start with scope confirmation and end with a sealed report. We deliver in engagements where the work has to stand up to documented review — because most of it eventually does.

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