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Role

AI for Digital Forensics Analysts

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

Conduct investigations on computer-based crimes establishing documentary or physical evidence, such as digital media and logs associated with cyber intrusion incidents. Analyze digital evidence and investigate computer security incidents to derive information in support of system and network vulnerability mitigation. Preserve and present computer-related evidence in support of criminal, fraud, counterintelligence, or law enforcement investigations.

Digital Forensics Analysts · O*NET 15-1299.06 · Job Zone 4 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

18 of 40tools on this list have an AI solution available today

Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.

AI you can use for this job

58 matched to the tools digital forensics analysts use. Showing 24.

  • Slack

    MCP server

    Slack is a platform for team communication: everything in one place, instantly searchable, available wherever you go. Offering instant messaging, document sharing and knowledge search for modern teams.

    Slack

  • Securely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with Slack MCP or direct API to send messages, fetch channels, read conversations, and manage users through natural language.

    Make (make.com)

  • Securely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with ServiceNow MCP or direct API to create incidents, update tickets, fetch reports, and automate workflow actions through natural language.

    Make (make.com)

  • Amazon S3 is a simple storage service that helps developers and IT teams store, backup, archive and retrieve data from anywhere across the web. It allows administrators to store data in buckets, append tags to objects, configure access controls for several clients, conduct high-v

  • Make (make.com)

  • lobehub

  • Microsoft Excel

    MCP server

    Microsoft's Excel is a spreadsheet application used by millions of users across the world. It is part of the Office ecosystem and is considered the industry standard for spreadsheets. Only files on OneDrive for Business (available with Office 365 and Sharepoint server) are su

    Microsoft Excel

  • Powerpoint

    MCP server
  • ServiceNow

    MCP server

    ServiceNow specializes in IT services management (ITSM), IT operations management (ITOM) and IT business management (ITBM).

    ServiceNow

  • Make (make.com)

  • Amazon S3

    MCP server

    Amazon Simple Storage Service is a fully redundant data storage system. It makes it easy to store and retrieve any amount of data, anytime, from anywhere.

    Amazon S3

  • Ansible

    Skill
  • Ansible

    MCP server
  • Make (make.com)

  • Bash

    App
  • Bash

    MCP server

    Bash is an actionable, AI-powered feed for your product and marketing work.

    Bash

  • Excel

    MCP server
  • Excel

    Skill
  • Google Workspace is a suite of applications from Google which offers a number of tools to communicate and collaborate with colleagues, store files, and manage data from all devices.

The tools this job actually uses

64 documented for this occupation. Showing 40, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.

  • Amazon Web Services AWS softwarehot
  • Ansible softwarehot
  • Apple iOShot
  • Apple macOShot
  • Bashhot
  • Border Gateway Protocol BGPhot
  • Chot
  • Chot
  • Chot
  • Extensible markup language XMLhot
  • Gohot
  • Google Workspace softwarehot
  • Hypertext markup language HTMLhot
  • IBM Terraformhot
  • JavaScripthot
  • Kuberneteshot
  • Linuxhot
  • Microsoft Accesshot
  • Microsoft Active Directoryhot
  • Microsoft Azure softwarehot
  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft PowerPointhot
  • Microsoft PowerShellhot
  • Microsoft Windowshot
  • Microsoft Windows Serverhot
  • Oracle Javahot
  • Perlhot
  • PHPhot
  • Pythonhot
  • Rhot
  • Rubyhot
  • ServiceNowhot
  • Slackhot
  • Splunk Enterprisehot
  • Structured query language SQLhot
  • UNIXhot
  • AccessData FTK
  • Amazon Simple Storage Service S3
  • Cisco Systems Cisco NetFlow Collection Engine

What this job involves

20 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 20.

  1. Adhere to legal policies and procedures related to handling digital media.
  2. Analyze log files or other digital information to identify the perpetrators of network intrusions.
  3. Conduct predictive or reactive analyses on security measures to support cyber security initiatives.
  4. Create system images or capture network settings from information technology environments to preserve as evidence.
  5. Develop plans for investigating alleged computer crimes, violations, or suspicious activity.
  6. Develop policies or requirements for data collection, processing, or reporting.
  7. Duplicate digital evidence to use for data recovery and analysis procedures.
  8. Identify or develop reverse-engineering tools to improve system capabilities or detect vulnerabilities.
  9. Maintain cyber defense software or hardware to support responses to cyber incidents.
  10. Maintain knowledge of laws, regulations, policies or other issuances pertaining to digital forensics or information privacy.
  11. Perform file signature analysis to verify files on storage media or discover potential hidden files.
  12. Perform forensic investigations of operating or file systems.
  13. Perform web service network traffic analysis or waveform analysis to detect anomalies, such as unusual events or trends.
  14. Preserve and maintain digital forensic evidence for analysis.
  15. Recommend cyber defense software or hardware to support responses to cyber incidents.
  16. Recover data or decrypt seized data.
  17. Write and execute scripts to automate tasks, such as parsing large data files.
  18. Write cyber defense recommendations, reports, or white papers using research or experience.
  19. Write reports, sign affidavits, or give depositions for legal proceedings.
  20. Write technical summaries to report findings.