Focused Conservation wants to recognize Belkasoft, a supporter in the effort to dismantle and disrupt the illegal wildlife trade. After learning about the recent success of our Digital Evidence Exploitation Specialist (DEES) training program, Yuri Gubanov, who founded Belkasoft in 2002, reached out to offer support to the participants of the DEES program by providing complimentary licenses for the Belkasoft X platform as well as access to on-demand training courses on iOS and Android forensics.
Belkasoft, a leader in the development of a wide range of digital forensic tools and headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, has a global presence with customers in law enforcement, government agencies, and private sectors. They develop and provide a range of digital forensic tools and services, including their flagship product, Belkasoft Evidence Center, which is widely used for forensic analysis and incident response. The software enables investigators to collect, analyze, and report on digital evidence from various sources such as computers, mobile devices, and cloud services.
For the past 2-1/2 years, the Focused Conservation DEES program has been providing equipment, training, and mentoring in digital evidence and OSINT exploitation to thirteen law enforcement wildlife trafficking investigators in Liberia, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Kenya, Peru, and Colombia. The mission of the DEES program is to build the investigative capacity of wildlife trafficking investigative units in these countries, by giving them the ability to properly seize and analyze all types of digital evidence, and to conduct cyber investigations related to illegal wildlife trafficking.
Focused Conservation greatly appreciates Belkasoft’s support, and we expect that the DEES program participants will further enhance their future digital forensic work with the use of the very capable Belkasoft X software platform. While the current DEES program will officially close in October of 2024, Focused Conservation will continue to seek additional opportunities to provide digital forensics training to other wildlife trafficking investigators around the world.
