What digital shield does

Digital Shield Inc. is a privately held, founder-owned U.S. professional services firm specializing in digital forensics, incident response, eDiscovery, mobile-device evidence collection and analysis, cryptocurrency investigations, vulnerability assessments, and forensic training. The company was founded in 2015 by Joseph Church, a former law-enforcement detective with experience handling electronic evidence in hacking and intrusion cases, and operates with a headcount of 1-10 employees from White Plains, NY. Its client base is concentrated in federal, state, and international government and law-enforcement agencies (including the FAA, DoD, FBI, NSA, FDLE, and agencies in the Cayman Islands and Philippines), as well as law firms, corporate security teams, and forensic laboratories.

Digital Shield's technology stack is built on a curated portfolio of third-party forensic platforms — Cellebrite UFED for mobile acquisition, Belkasoft Evidence Center / X for multi-source artifact parsing, Forensic Explorer for computer forensics, Virtual Forensic Computing (VFC) for evidence virtualization, Pagefreezer Social Discovery for web/social preservation, and ADF Solutions for triage and collection — supported by an in-house methodology emphasizing defensible collection, chain-of-custody documentation, and courtroom-ready reporting. The company holds certified training partnerships with each of these vendors and offers implementation, licensing consultation, and examiner workflow development through its Digital Shield Products sub-brand and Training Academy.

The business model is exclusively direct, professional-services engagement, with no disclosed pricing, no reseller or marketplace presence, and sales initiated via phone (321-704-1336) or email ([email protected]). Revenue is generated through five primary streams: project-based digital forensics and incident response, eDiscovery collections and processing, litigation support and expert technical consulting, instructor-led and custom forensic training, and Certification & Accreditation / NIST-aligned security assessments. Geographic reach includes the U.S., the Caribbean (Cayman Islands), and Southeast Asia (Philippines). No revenue, funding, or headcount growth figures are publicly disclosed.

Name

digital shield

Legal name

Digital Shield Inc.

Website

https://digitalshield.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Digital Shield Inc. is a U.S. boutique digital forensics and incident-response professional services firm serving federal, state, and international government and law-enforcement agencies, law firms, corporate security teams, and forensic laboratories with investigation, eDiscovery, mobile forensics, and certified training services built on third-party forensic platforms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Forensics Services

NAICS

Investigation, Guard, and Armored Car Services (56161), Investigation and Security Services (5616), Investigation and Personal Background Check Services (561611)

SIC

Services-Detective, Guard & Armored Car Services (7381)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Forensics & Evidence Collection (Endpoint, Mobile, Cloud) (BPAKAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Penetration Testing, Red Team & Ethical Hacking (EDAOAIAH), Digital Asset Risk, Security & Audit Tooling (Smart Contract Audit, Threat Monitoring) (FSAGAMAJ)

Keywords

• Digital forensics services
• Incident response
• EDiscovery collections
• Mobile device forensics
• Cryptocurrency investigations

Headquarters

HQ city

White Plains

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Digital Forensics & Incident Response: Fees for digital forensic examination, incident response, cryptocurrency investigations, mobile-device data extraction, data recovery, and vulnerability assessments. Services are performed remotely or onsite based on matter requirements.
2. eDiscovery Services: End-to-end collection and technical support for litigation, investigations, regulatory response and complex electronic evidence matters including Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Slack, Teams, mobile devices, computers, servers, and social media collections.
3. Training Academy: Instructor-led, certification-oriented and custom forensic training courses including VFC, Forensic Explorer, Belkasoft X, computer forensics, incident response, mobile forensics, and open-source digital forensics. Training delivered in scheduled classes, private hosted classes, customized programs and on-demand offerings.
4. Litigation Support: Expert technical consulting, reports, declarations, testimony support and evidence review for attorneys, corporations, investigators and litigation teams.
5. Certification & Accreditation Services: Security assessment, compliance documentation and remediation planning for organizations demonstrating security posture of systems and operational environments, including NIST-aligned assessments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Digital Shield is a professional services firm that provides digital forensic examination, incident response, eDiscovery collection and review, mobile-device evidence acquisition, cryptocurrency and blockchain investigations, vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, data recovery, litigation support, and instructor-led forensic training. The firm also resells, implements, and trains clients on third-party forensic technology platforms such as Cellebrite UFED, Belkasoft X, Forensic Explorer, Virtual Forensic Computing (VFC), Pagefreezer Social Discovery, and ADF Solutions.

Product overview

Digital Shield is a professional services company offering digital forensics, incident response, eDiscovery, cybersecurity, and technical training services rather than a single unified software product. The company's offering portfolio consists of supported third-party forensic technology products (Cellebrite UFED, Belkasoft Evidence Center / Belkasoft X, Forensic Explorer, Virtual Forensic Computing (VFC), Pagefreezer Social Discovery, and ADF Solutions) which they resell, implement, and provide training for, complemented by a range of core professional services including digital forensic examination, eDiscovery collections, mobile device data extraction, data recovery, cryptocurrency investigations, vulnerability assessments and penetration testing, litigation support, and a Training Academy offering instructor-led certification courses, custom programs, and on-demand training for forensic platforms and investigative workflows.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Training Academy: Digital Shield's professional training division offering courses in digital forensics, mobile device investigations, incident response, and forensic platform certifications
• Digital Shield Products

Products and services

• Digital Forensic Services
• eDiscovery Services
• Litigation Support Services
• Training Academy
• Vulnerability Assessments and Penetration Tests
• Mobile Device Data Extraction Services
• Data Recovery Services
• Certification and Accreditation Services
• Cryptocurrency Investigations Services

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• CellebritecoreTechnology or IntegrationDigital Shield provides services and training related to Cellebrite UFED, a mobile forensic acquisition and examination platform used for accessing and collecting evidence from mobile devices. Digital Shield offers training and product support for Cellebrite workflows.
• MD5 / Virtual Forensic Computing (VFC)coreTechnology or IntegrationDigital Shield provides VFC by MD5 certified training. VFC enables investigators to boot forensic images as virtual machines for interactive examination while preserving original evidence sources.
• GetData (Forensic Explorer)coreTechnology or IntegrationDigital Shield offers Forensic Explorer certification training. Forensic Explorer is a full-featured computer forensic examination platform for preservation, analysis and presentation of electronic evidence.
• BelkasoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationDigital Shield provides Belkasoft certification and advanced mobile training. Belkasoft Evidence Center / Belkasoft X is a digital forensic platform supporting computer, mobile and cloud evidence acquisition and analysis.
• PagefreezercoreTechnology or IntegrationDigital Shield offers Pagefreezer Social Discovery training and services for web and social-media discovery, collecting and preserving online content for investigations, litigation and compliance matters.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lighthouse (formerly Discovia): eDiscovery, digital forensics, and information governance services firm. Overlaps on collection workflows, defensible methodology, and law-firm/corporate client base.
• Stroz Friedberg (Aon): Aon-owned digital forensics, incident response, and eDiscovery practice with deep law firm and enterprise client penetration. Directly comparable service mix (mobile forensics, incident response, litigation support) though operating at materially larger scale than Digital Shield.
• Kroll: Global investigative and digital forensics firm offering incident response, eDiscovery, and litigation support to corporations, law firms, and government. Overlaps with Digital Shield across digital forensics, cryptocurrency investigations, and insider-threat matters at significantly greater scale.
• HaystackID: Specialized eDiscovery, digital forensics, and managed review services provider. Direct peer in defensible collections, mobile forensics, and litigation support with similar target buyers (law firms, corporations, government).
• BKD Forensic Investigations: Forensic accounting and digital forensics practice within a top accounting firm. Comparable digital forensics, eDiscovery, and litigation support offerings serving corporate and legal clients.

Broad incumbents

• FTI Consulting: Large publicly traded consulting firm with a dedicated Technology and Forensic Practice covering eDiscovery, digital forensics, and expert testimony. Comparable litigation-support and forensic service lines with broader advisory capabilities and global delivery.
• Epiq Systems: Large-scale eDiscovery and managed review provider offering end-to-end electronic discovery services. Comparable in eDiscovery collections, processing, and litigation support to corporate and law firm clients.

Emerging players

• Magnet Forensics: Publicly traded developer of digital investigation software (Magnet AXIOM, GrayKey). Comparable mobile and computer forensics technology stack that Digital Shield supports and trains on; both target law enforcement and government forensic labs.
• Cellebrite: Publicly traded mobile forensics technology vendor whose UFED platform is core to Digital Shield's mobile forensics service. Overlap in mobile device acquisition training and government/law enforcement customer base.
• Cybereason: Endpoint detection and incident response provider offering DFIR services complementing digital forensics. Overlap with Digital Shield's incident response and vulnerability assessment practices, though anchored in a proprietary EDR platform.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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