Professional email investigations for Google Workspace and Microsoft 365. When you need answers, not guesses.
An employee just left and you suspect they took client data with them. Or your compliance team discovered gaps in email retention that could expose you in litigation. Or a regulator is asking questions about communications you cannot locate.
The problem is not just finding the emails -- it is proving what happened, when it happened, and who was involved. Standard search tools show you what exists now, but they cannot show you what was deleted, forwarded to personal accounts, or modified before departure.
You need a forensic approach: systematic evidence preservation, cross-source correlation, timeline reconstruction, and documentation that holds up under legal scrutiny. Your IT team can search inboxes, but they are not equipped for a defensible investigation.
Deep analysis of email metadata, headers, routing paths, and content. We identify deletion patterns, forwarding rules, unauthorized access, and data exfiltration attempts across Google Workspace and Microsoft 365.
Email alone does not tell the full story. We correlate email activity with login logs, Drive/SharePoint access, admin audit logs, and third-party app activity to build a complete picture of what happened.
Implement litigation holds to freeze relevant data before retention policies destroy evidence. Full chain-of-custody documentation from the moment we begin, ensuring everything is defensible in court.
Detailed timeline of events with supporting evidence for each data point. Compliance reports structured for legal review, regulatory submissions, or internal governance requirements.
Fixed pricing. No hourly rates. No surprises.
2-4 weeks
Ongoing
We support Google Workspace (Gmail, Google Vault) and Microsoft 365 (Exchange Online, Compliance Center). This covers the vast majority of business email systems. For on-premise Exchange servers, we can work with exported PST files or direct server access.
We implement litigation holds through Google Vault or Microsoft Purview to preserve all relevant data from the moment an investigation begins. This prevents auto-deletion policies from destroying evidence. We document the hold process for legal defensibility and can provide chain-of-custody documentation.
Yes. We follow forensically sound procedures including proper evidence preservation, chain-of-custody documentation, and detailed audit trails. Our investigation reports are structured for legal review and include methodology documentation. We can also serve as a technical witness if needed.
A typical email forensics investigation takes 2-4 weeks depending on the volume of data, number of custodians, and complexity of the situation. Urgent matters (suspected active data exfiltration) can be triaged within 48 hours with a preliminary report.
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