SILVER EDGE CYBER CRIME INVESTIGATIONS

Cyber Crime Investigations

Silver edge has the global expertise and resources necessary to investigate a range of cybercrime activity, employing a full range of investigative strategies to identify system vulnerabilities, intrusions and data ex-filtrations and to recommend appropriate and cost-effective solutions that can be applied across the enterprise.

In the event of a data breach, Silver edge’s cyber investigation teams can help identify the source of the intrusion and evaluate how to best safeguard your system from future attacks. We collect and examine physical and digital evidence to uncover important information about an incident to determine where and when an incident occurred, as well as how it happened. We can determine what data was compromised and whether digital evidence was erased or modified, recover data, and recreate events and exchanges so that you have an accurate diagnosis to develop an effective recovery plan.

Silver edge offers a full range of investigative resources for an effective investigation of cybercrime, ranging from data collection and analysis to conducting fraud and internal investigations. We combine computer forensic expertise with traditional investigative methodology, including interviews and surveillance in order to retrace the behavior of people may have had access to protected or proprietary information.

Our cyber investigations experts reflect our multidisciplinary team approach to problem solving. Cyber team members include the industry’s top practitioners from law enforcement, the Department of Justice and private practice who have proven track records for successfully defending expert findings in court or administrative proceedings. We work closely with general counsel, senior executives, audit committees or outside counsel at each stage to explicate forensics data and assure your objectives are met. If requested, we can assemble a case file for referral to a regulator or law enforcement agency or serve as expert witnesses.

Cyber Security Capabilities

• Cyber Crime Investigations
• Data Breach Prevention
• Incident Response Management
• Data Breach Response
• Cyber Litigation Support
• Cyber Due Diligence

SILVER EDGE BRAND PROTECTION

Brand Protection

Silver edge investigates intellectual property (IP) compromises and provides proven strategic and tactical methods to safeguard brands and protect against global piracy, counterfeiting, gray market diversion and misappropriation by former employees, business associates and third parties.

Brand protection and intellectual property protection are critical concerns for long-term corporate growth and survival in today’s competitive, global marketplace. All manner of products and commodities are susceptible to IP theft, including:

• Fashion and apparel
• Music
• Film
• Software
• products
• Formulas for fragrances, pharmaceuticals and agricultural chemicals
• Financial models and algorithms

Failure to develop a wide-ranging strategy to protect intellectual property and brands can cost a company millions of dollars, lost competitive advantages and, ultimately, its ability to compete. Taking steps to prevent such incidents from occurring is essential, and when an incident occurs, being prepared with a quick and thoughtful response is crucial.

Silver edge works strategically with clients and their legal counsel to manage and protect against theft, counterfeiting, diversion and misappropriation of the following:

• Customer data
• Trade secrets
• Trademarks
• Patents

Drawing upon its expertise in computer forensics, security consulting, litigation support, business intelligence and investigations, silver edge assists to identify vulnerabilities within clients’ organizations and introduce appropriate measures to secure assets before a loss is suffered. We provide a unique multi-disciplined, tactical approach to brand protection services and IP protection, encompassing physical security, cyber security, operational security and human resources consulting.

In the event that sensitive or critical intellectual property is compromised, Silver edge professionals work with clients and their counsel to investigate the loss, identify those responsible and support associated litigation and recovery efforts. Our professional team is experienced in investigating data breaches, IP loss and theft, and patent infringements, including following the trail of counterfeit products through the supply chain.

Silver edge has investigated some of the largest black and gray market IP compromises in nearly every industry, including apparel, consumables, electronics and healthcare, resulting in the identification of the perpetrators, criminal prosecutions, and civil penalties and fines. Our global team of experts enables effective investigations and support across markets at different points in the supply chain. Silver edge provides expert testimony and intellectual property litigation support, including loss quantification, in counterfeiting and IP infringement matters.

Our services include:

• Investigative services
• Intelligence gathering
• Market surveillance and enforcement
• Licensee due diligence
• Crisis management
• Litigation support
• Compliance audits
• Employee integrity reviews
• Loss quantification
• Supplier and vendor integrity background investigations
• Cyber security assessments
• Expert witness testimony

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Financial Investigations

Combining unparalleled investigative expertise with financial acumen, Silver edge tackles challenging and complex questions surrounding allegations of financial misconduct, fraud, regulatory breaches, bribery and other corruption-related matters.

Insiders are the single biggest threat to corporate assets and individuals’ private wealth. Privately held businesses and multinational, public corporations face risks from insiders with privileges as well as those with responsibilities that include purchasing, treasury and the management of books and records. Employees with supply chain oversight present elevated bribery risk.

External risk is very real too, and our forensic, cyber and investigative services have provided resolution to those who have had their data breached, assets stolen or royalties underreported, sometimes with the help of an insider. Silver edge’s financial investigation teams assist clients and their counsel with any and all phases of an investigation, from the initial detection of suspicious activity right through to resolution, whether the end result is restitution, litigation, an insurance claim or referral to the appropriate law enforcement agency.

Silver edge undertakes financial investigations of misconduct, bribery and corruption, as well as assessments of financial transactions, accounting irregularities, and regulatory and compliance issues on behalf of publicly and closely held companies, private equity firms, government agencies, municipalities, NGOs and high net worth individuals.

Our areas of expertise include:

• Anti-corruption investigations
• Asset tracing
• Cash flow analysis
• Court-appointed investigations
• Damages quantification
• Data mining and analytics
• Economic analysis
• Expert and fact witness testimony
• Financial reporting and disclosures assessment
• Forensic accounting
• Forensic due diligence
• Insurance claims
• Internal controls assessment and remediation
• Internal investigations
• Money laundering analysis and remediation 
• Purchase price dispute analysis
• Reconstruction of financial transactions
• Regulatory investigations
• Royalty and profit participation audits
• Trustee, receiver and monitorship services
• Whistleblower allegation assessment and investigation
• White collar executive defense

Silver edge’s multidisciplinary, international teams have helped clients understand their vulnerabilities in the toughest of circumstances, from reconstructing complex transactions after the failure and collapse of banks to the garden variety vendor fraud. We advise clients on best practice and procedures to ensure that future fraudulent incidents are minimized.

• Certified Public Accountants; Chartered Accountants
• Certified Fraud Examiners; Certified in Financial Forensics
• Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists
• Former Big Four auditors and forensic accountants
• Former federal special agents
• Former FBI digital forensics and cyber investigations experts
• Regulatory specialists
• Former federal and local prosecutors
• Former law enforcement
• Former C-suite and operations executives

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Corporate Investigations

Silver edge consistently provides firms with the professional investigative consulting expertise necessary to resolve conflict through fact-finding and critical analysis. We have conducted thousands of investigations country wide and have an unmatched track record of resolving disputes and working with in-house and outside counsel to successfully conduct and conclude internal or regulatory inquiries.

Our experts help organizations with their critical fact finding when they need to conduct internal investigations or to examine allegations of wrongdoing. Whether or not actual misconduct is discovered, such inquiries, and their aftermath, can pose serious risks to companies and their stakeholders, damaging their reputation, disrupting their business operations and exposing them to government scrutiny, as well as to potential criminal, civil and regulatory liability. Silver edge investigative services and expertise have helped clients successfully resolve investigations promptly and with minimal business disruption.

In situations where an independent investigative auditor may be required, Kroll can put its expert financial and investigative teams to work, having served as a court-appointed or agency-appointed monitor in numerous organizations including, finance, banking, construction as well as labour unions.

Investigations Capabilities

• Asset Searches
• Brand Protection
• Financial Investigations
• Regulatory Investigations
• Forensic Accounting
• Dispute Advisory Services
• Internal Investigations
• Litigation Support
• Business Intelligence
• Proxy Contests
• Monitor-ships
• Cyber Crime Investigations