dence GmbH

dence GmbH is a German company specialising in digital forensics and the examination of software and digital data. According to its own materials, the firm's team has worked since 2004 on developing innovative tools for examining digital traces, and since 2009 it has produced expert opinions (Sachverständigengutachten) in the fields of information technology, software and digital forensics for German and international clients, both public authorities and private parties. Its stated mission is to answer questions about the authenticity, plausibility and origin of digital data by identifying and analysing the traces left behind when modern communication technologies are used. The company focuses on two main areas. The first is digital media forensics: analysing digital images, videos and audio recordings to determine whether they are genuine, unaltered, and correctly attributed, and whether metadata such as capture time and location are complete and unchanged. The second is virtual currencies: reconstructing transaction histories, de-mixing mixers and otherwise supporting investigations involving cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, including cases of loss through attacks or ransomware, law-enforcement handling, and bank due-diligence obligations. Beyond casework, dence offers consulting on the identification, securing and evaluation of digital data, and helps organisations and authorities design ways to integrate digital forensics into their operations. It produces both private expert opinions and opinions for courts and authorities, and it has offered training focused on the forensic analysis of digital media data and other digital artefacts since 2010, delivered in German or English. The firm also develops custom analysis software for novel digital artefacts. dence presents itself as an active participant in the German and European security and anti-fraud community. Its website lists, among other items, an ICO analysis published on 28 February 2025 to support research into the technical details of a databroker ICO, a presentation of its OSINT investigation approaches in investment fraud at the Cybercrime Security Cooperation conference on 6 November 2024, and a 21 April 2023 report on the whereabouts of investor funds in connection with the Juicy Fields case and a ZDF television feature. The company is privately held and, based on the available evidence, operates primarily in Germany and the wider European market.

dence GmbH is a German company active in digital forensics and the expert examination of software and digital data. Its own account places the origins of its technical work in 2004, when its team began developing innovative tools for examining digital traces. The company states that it has produced expert opinions (Sachverständigengutachten) in the fields of information technology, software and digital forensics since 2009, serving both German and international clients in the public and private sectors. Since 2010 it has also offered training focused on the forensic analysis of digital media data and other digital artefacts, delivered in German or English. The firm's work is built around the observation that the use of modern communication technologies leaves behind a large number of digital data points and traces. dence identifies and analyses these traces in order to answer questions about the authenticity, plausibility and origin of digital data. It has specialised in particular in digital media data and virtual currencies. In media forensics, it addresses whether digital images, videos and audio recordings are genuine and unaltered, who authored a recording, and whether supplementary information such as capture time and location is complete and unchanged. In the area of virtual currencies, it addresses challenges arising from the growing popularity of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, including support after the loss of bitcoins through an attack or ransomware infection, new approaches to handling virtual currencies from a law-enforcement perspective, and approaches to implementing banking due-diligence obligations. Over time the company has positioned itself within the German and European security, anti-fraud and cybercrime community. Its website records participation in the Cybercrime Security Cooperation conference on 5–6 November 2024, where it presented its OSINT investigation approaches in investment fraud and exhibited. It also records a 21 April 2023 report on the whereabouts of investor funds in connection with the Juicy Fields case and a ZDF television feature, and a 28 February 2025 ICO analysis supporting research into a databroker ICO, with a report published at Netzpolitik.org. These activities illustrate a practice that combines casework, public-interest research and conference engagement. In terms of services, dence offers consulting on the identification, securing and evaluation of digital data, helping clients understand the possibilities, challenges and limits of digital forensics methods and develop concepts for integrating them into a company or authority. It produces expert opinions on request, both private opinions and opinions for courts and authorities, following a process that typically runs from a free initial consultation through commissioning, identification and securing of evidence, analysis and examination, preparation of a report or expert opinion, and, if needed, presentation of the opinion in court. It also develops custom analysis software for novel digital artefacts. Its stated technical focus areas include information technologies (software and hardware), software development and programming techniques, desktop, mobile and online applications, distributed IT systems, cloud computing and cloud storage, databases, reverse engineering, digital/computer/IT forensics, and the analysis of stationary and mobile devices and computer networks. The company is privately held, and the available evidence does not indicate a parent company, stock listing or ownership by a larger group.

• 2010

  dence begins offering training focused on forensic analysis of digital media data and other digital artefacts.

• 2009

  dence GmbH begins producing expert opinions in information technology, software and digital forensics for German and international clients.

• 2004

  dence team begins developing innovative tools for examining digital traces.

• Report on the whereabouts of investor funds in connection with the Juicy Fields case and a ZDF television feature.

• Presentation of OSINT investigation approaches in investment fraud at the Cybercrime Security Cooperation conference.

• ICO analysis published to support research into a databroker ICO.

Independent German digital forensics and IT expert-opinion provider serving courts, authorities and private clients in Germany and Europe.

• Expert opinions (Sachverständigengutachten)

  Independent expert examinations in information technology, software and digital forensics, produced as private opinions or for courts and authorities.

• Image forensics

  Analysis of digital images to determine authenticity, integrity and origin.

• Cryptocurrency forensics

  Reconstruction of transaction histories and de-mixing of mixers to answer questions about virtual currencies.

• Digital forensics consulting

  Advice on identification, securing and evaluation of digital data, and on integrating forensic methods into organisations.

• Forensic training

  Training courses on forensic analysis of digital media data and other digital artefacts, in German or English.

• Custom analysis software

  Individual analysis software developed for novel digital artefacts.

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