About the reviewers
Igor Mikhaylov has been working as a forensic examiner for 22 years. During this time, he has attended a lot of seminars and training classes by top digital forensic companies (such as Guidance Software, AccessData, and Cellebrite) and forensic departments of government organizations of the Russian Federation. He has experience and skills in computer forensics, incident response, cell phone forensics, chip-off forensics, malware forensics, data recovery, digital image analysis, video forensics, and big data. He has written three tutorials on cell phone forensics and incident response for Russian forensic examiners.
Detective Chad Prda has served in law enforcement for over 16 years. Throughout his distinguished career he has obtained several certifications, including Advanced Peace Officer, Advanced Interview and Interrogation, and Expert in Mobile Forensics. Detective Prda served on S.W.A.T. for 8 years as a firearms instructor and a lead marksman (sniper).
He later moved into criminal investigations, specializing in social media investigations, mobile forensics, and cellular mapping, as well as testifying in several criminal cases as an expert witness and studying at the United States Secret Service National Computer Forensics Institute.