{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Inside F3: Building Community And Sharing Knowledge In Digital Forensics","description":"Gareth Davies, Chairman of F3 (First Forensic Forum), joins the Forensic Focus Podcast to explore how a grassroots, vendor-neutral community has helped shape digital forensics in the UK for three decades. He traces F3\u2019s origins in the 1990s, when affordable training and tool-agnostic knowledge-sharing were scarce, and explains why the forum still focuses on byte-level, lab-ready techniques over sales pitches. Looking ahead, Gareth previews F3\u2019s 2025 conference in Warwickshire (Nov 18\u201320), the not-for-profit pricing model, and upcoming trainings on UAVs, software-defined radio, implants\/biomed devices, smartwatch and vehicle forensics, and video authentication\/deepfakes. He also discusses international growth (including interest in an Australian chapter) and an open call for volunteers to help run events and keep training affordable. #DigitalForensics #DFIR #ForensicsTraining #IncidentResponse #VehicleForensics #CryberCrime #DigitalEvidence #DigitalInvestigtion #DigitalEvidence \ud83d\udc49 Visit Forensic Focus at https:\/\/www.forensicfocus.com 00:00 Introducing Gareth Davies 01:09 What is F3? 03:01 Gareth's Journey into Forensics 05:35 PhD and Research Work 06:54 Current Role and Responsibilities 09:08 Interesting Cases and Projects 12:27 Involvement with F3 14:41 F3's Global Reach and Community 20:03 Challenges and Future of F3 22:39 Personal Experiences and Networking 24:47 Becoming Chairman of F3 30:50 Upcoming F3 Event Details 35:28 Digital Forensics Teaching and Research 37:30 Upcoming F3 Training 42:38 Challenges in Digital Forensics 45:28 The Importance of Community and Resources 55:04 Personal Interests and Hobbies 57:46 Conclusion and Final Thoughts \ud83c\udfa5 Video\/Transcript \u2013  https:\/\/www.forensicfocus.com\/podcast\/inside-f3-building-community-and-sharing-knowledge-in-digital-forensics\/ \ud83d\udcdd Show Notes F3 \u2013 First Forensic Forum website - https:\/\/f3.org.uk F3 \u2013 First Forensic Forum LinkedIn - https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/f3.org.uk\/ Spyder Forensics - https:\/\/www.spyderforensics.com B\u00e9n\u00e9dictine - https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/B%C3%A9n%C3%A9dictine APOLLO -&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/github.com\/mac4n6\/APOLLO DFRWS - https:\/\/dfrws.org GCK File Signature Table - https:\/\/filesig.search.org NIST - https:\/\/www.nist.gov\/itl\/ssd\/digital-forensics \ud83d\udc49 Follow Forensic Focus here: RSS | https:\/\/www.forensicfocus.com\/feed\/ YouTube | https:\/\/youtube.com\/@ForensicFocus Podcast | https:\/\/forensicfocus.com\/podcast LinkedIn Page | https:\/\/linkedin.com\/company\/forensicfocus LinkedIn Group | https:\/\/linkedin.com\/groups\/693917 X | https:\/\/x.com\/ForensicFocus Facebook | https:\/\/facebook.com\/forensicfocus Bluesky | https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/forensicfocus.bsky.social Instagram | https:\/\/instagram.com\/forensicfocus TikTok | https:\/\/tiktok.com\/@forensicfocus Mastodon | https:\/\/dfir.social\/@forensicfocus Website | https:\/\/www.forensicfocus.com ","author_name":"Forensic Focus","author_url":"https:\/\/www.forensicfocus.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/38645120\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/194388695"}