Practical content from industry professionals on digital forensics · data recovery · cyber security · KVKK compliance.
SOC 2 (AICPA), the audit report that opens sales to the US market for SaaS/cloud/MSP/fintech companies. The SOC 1/2/3 difference, Type I (point-in-time) vs Type II (6-12 months). 5 Trust Services Criteria (Security mandatory + Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality, Privacy). ISO 27001 comparison. 12-18 months of preparation. Choosing a Big 4 vs Tier 2 vs niche CPA audit firm.
Read moreThe "castle and moat" model is dead. Learn what Zero Trust really is, NIST SP 800-207, the CISA five pillars, BeyondCorp, Microsoft Entra, and a 90-day roadmap for SMEs.
Read moreVolatility Foundation open source Python framework. V2 vs V3 differences. RAM dump tools (FTK Imager, DumpIt, LiME for Linux). The pslist, pstree, netscan, and malfind commands. Memory artifact types (process, thread, network, registry, file handle, mutex). Detecting Mimikatz/LSASS dumps, capturing ransomware encryption keys in memory. Hash + chain of custody for the forensic report.
Read moreUSTKAB is the national coordination channel operating under USOM. Notification thresholds (critical infrastructure 3 hours, normal incidents 24 hours, and the separate KVKK 72-hour rule). STIX/TAXII plus a manual form. Its relationship with Law No. 5651, KVKK, and the CBDDO Information and Communication Security Guide. Parallel readiness with the ENISA CSIRT network and the EU NIS2 directive. The administrative penalty consequences of failing to report.
Read moreDeepSpar Disk Imager (DDI), the Canada-based professional imager hardware. The DDI 4 + DDI Forensic + 3D Data Recovery lines. Bad sector retry strategy (logical, physical, head map). The difference from PC-3000 and when to use which. Comparison with Tableau, Atola Insight, X-Ways. NIST CFTT Hardware Write Block compliance. Forensic mode chain of custody.
Read moreThe PC-3000, built by ACE Laboratory (Russia), is the gold-standard hardware of the data recovery industry. Express, Portable III, UDMA-E, SSD, Flash and Data Extractor versions. Vendor-specific firmware reset for Seagate F3, WD Marvell, Toshiba, Samsung and HGST. The SSD module: TRIM disable plus FTL. Forensic mode with a write blocker and hash chain. DSET's use and the alternatives (DeepSpar, MRT Lab, Atola).
Read moreA transparency gallery from DSET's Hacettepe Teknokent laboratory. An ISO 14644-1 Class 100 equivalent cleanroom, PC-3000 Express, DeepSpar Disk Imager, HDD platter microscope imagery, SSD NAND chip-off, RAID disk cloning, donor parts inventory, Cellebrite UFED, hash verification, and a corporate handover room. How a 99.4 percent success rate is possible. Why Hacettepe Teknokent is a strategic university ecosystem.
Read moreFive SSD failure causes (controller death, NAND wear, firmware, TRIM side effects, PMIC/PCB). Early detection with SMART parameters. The JEDEC JESD218 TBW standard plus official manufacturer figures (Samsung 980 Pro 1200 TBW, Crucial MX500 360 TBW, and more). Analysis of six brands (Samsung, Crucial, Kingston, WD, SanDisk, Intel/Solidigm). Turkey's grey-market product versus authorized distributor channels (Penta, Index, Akilli, Arena). Seven SSD buying recommendations. DSET's qualitative field patterns.
Read moreRecurring breach patterns in the decision summaries the KVKK Board shares with the public under its transparency principle (Article 8). Eight core breach categories (leakage, unauthorized access, loss, misdirected sharing, inadequate safeguards, late notification, deficient disclosure, children's data). Sector trends (e-commerce, finance, healthcare, education, telecom, public sector, legal). The pre-pandemic to post-pandemic evolution from 2020 to 2025. The six factors the Board weighs when setting penalties. Practical patterns drawn from DSET's 100+ corporate clients.
Read moreAn analysis of the recurring rejection patterns found in publicly available rulings on karararama.yargitay.gov.tr. Ten main rejection categories (broken chain of custody, missing hash, no write blocker, undefined methodology, legal interpretation, unsourced findings, contradictory reports, exceeding the scope of duty, insufficient evidence, missing digital signature). The relationship between supplementary reports under HMK Article 281 and expert opinions under CMK Articles 67 to 73. Seven practical recommendations. Field experience from Hamza Aytac Doganay (6 years at the Cybercrime Unit of the General Directorate of Security plus a thesis-based master's degree from Ankara University).
Read more12 field lessons drawn from DSET's experience since 2003, with more than 20,000 TB of data recovered and over 100 enterprise clients. The first power-on after an HDD failure, TRIM as the silent SSD killer, the URE math behind RAID 5, geography versus failure profile, the backup paradox, ransomware as a permanent risk, Apple Silicon's Secure Enclave, phone factory resets, cloud backups and data protection law, donor parts, the chain of errors, and data recovery and digital forensics as one integrated discipline.
Read moreUniversity SIS, faculty thesis and publication archives, research lab data, Moodle/distance-learning/Teams; school e-Okul sync, IEP records, exams. YOK National Thesis Center. Last-minute thesis recovery is the most common case. KVKK art. 6 student health reports plus art. 28 research exemption. Academic discounts for students and faculty. Close to Hacettepe University.
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