Expert Investigation, chain-of-custody evidence & data retrieval – when the stakes are highest.
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Years of CSSI forensic expertise
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Accepted as evidence reports
iAmaze Consultants has partnered with Computer Storage Services India (CSSI) Private Limited, Gurugram — a specialist with over 20 years of experience in digital forensics, data recovery, and evidence-grade investigation services — to offer these critical capabilities as part of iAmaze’s comprehensive cybersecurity and data security portfolio. Together, we provide organisations with the complete continuum of security
services: from prevention and monitoring through to forensic investigation and data recovery when incidents occur.
CSSI Pvt. Ltd. is a Gurugram-based specialist in digital forensics, data recovery, and
chain-of-custody evidence handling. iAmaze acts as the technology consulting and managed services layer, providing end-to-end engagement management, compliance alignment, and client support. Together, we ensure every investigation and recovery is handled with technical precision, legal rigour, and complete client confidentiality.
Our team of specialists has a wealth of experience delivering digital forensic services across various industries, utilising a tried-and-true method to cater to your unique needs. Our established forensic support framework offers valuable insights for HR and legal investigations, as well as incident inquiries within your network, outsourced infrastructure, and cloud service environments.
Digital forensics is not just a technical exercise — it is a legal process. Every step of the CSSI forensic methodology is designed to produce evidence that is court-admissible, tamper-proof, and defensible under cross-examination. From the moment a device is submitted to the moment findings are presented, the chain of custody is documented and maintained without interruption.
Our forensic support framework covers incident inquiries across networks, outsourced infrastructure, and cloud environments. This encompasses investigations related to:
Workplace investigations involving suspected policy violations, unauthorised data access, intellectual property theft, or inappropriate use of corporate systems. Our forensic analysis provides objective, evidence-based findings to support HR and legal proceedings with complete chain of custody.
Post-breach forensic investigation to determine the attack vector, initial point of compromise, lateral movement paths, data exfiltration scope, and dwell time. Essential for insurance claims, regulatory notifications, and implementing controls to prevent recurrence.
Long-dwell sophisticated intrusions where attackers establish persistent access over extended periods. Forensic analysis identifies the threat actor’s techniques, the full scope of compromise, all affected systems, and the timeline of malicious activity from initial access to containment.
Every CSSI forensic engagement follows a rigorous seven-step methodology aligned to international digital forensics standards. This process ensures that all evidence collected is legally admissible, scientifically defensible, and properly documented from discovery through to presentation.
Recognise the potential evidence and determine the scope of the investigation. Define the systems, devices, timeframes, and individuals involved. Establish the legal framework governing the investigation.
Secure and isolate the data to prevent tampering, contamination, or loss. This step ensures the integrity of the evidence. Create forensic images of storage media using write-blocking tools to maintain an unbroken chain of custody.
Gather the relevant data using validated forensic tools and techniques while maintaining a fully documented chain of custody. Every item collected is logged, labelled, and tracked from the moment it enters the forensic process.
Analyse the collected data to identify relevant information. This includes filtering out irrelevant data, recovering deleted files, decrypting protected content, and focusing on significant findings using industrystandard forensic platforms.
Interpret the data to reconstruct events or find connections. This step involves deep analysis to understand the context, timeline, and implications of the findings — identifying who did what, when, and how.
Document the findings, methods used, and conclusions in a detailed, legally admissible report. This report is structured for legal proceedings, HR investigations, or internal reviews and meets evidentiary standards.
Present the findings in a clear, understandable manner to court, arbitration panels, or organisational stakeholders — ensuring that evidence is admissible, conclusions are defensible, and nontechnical audiences understand the significance
Every forensic engagement concludes with a comprehensive set of documented deliverables designed for use in legal proceedings, regulatory responses, HR decisions, and internal remediation.
A detailed, court-admissible report documenting all findings, the methods and tools used, the chain of custody for all evidence, analytical conclusions, and the basis for each conclusion. Structured for submission to legal counsel, courts, arbitration panels, regulators, or HR leadership.
All collected digital evidence preserved in forensically sound formats with verified hash values confirming integrity. Evidence is documented with full acquisition details, storage conditions, and handling history to satisfy chain of-custody requirements for legal proceedings.
A chronological reconstruction of events drawn from log files, filesystem timestamps, email metadata, access records, and other digital artefacts — establishing a precise sequence of who did what, when, and from where. Critical for establishing culpability or ruling out suspects.
A non-technical summary of findings, conclusions, and recommendations written for business leadership, legal teams, and board members who require the material facts without forensic technical detail. Structured for decision making and regulatory notification purposes.
Technical guidance on the specific vulnerabilities, access control failures, or policy gaps that enabled the incident — with prioritised recommendations to prevent recurrence. Provided as a separate technical annex to support your IT and security teams.
CSSI forensic specialists are available to provide expert witness testimony in legal proceedings, court hearings, arbitration, or regulatory inquiries — presenting findings and defending methodology under examination by opposing counsel or regulators.
Data is the most valuable asset in today’s digital world. It can be lost or corrupted through hardware failure, logical failure, accidental deletion, malicious activity, or environmental damage — and every scenario demands a different approach. CSSI’s data recovery specialists have achieved consistently high success rates across the full spectrum of storage technologies, from consumer hard drives to enterprise RAID arrays and complex database servers.
CSSI offers complimentary initial investigation of your device and provides a clear assessment of whether the lost data is recoverable before any commitment is made. Every recovery is conducted with forensic-grade care to prevent further damage and maximise the volume of data retrieved. Even complex databases of hundreds of gigabytes have been successfully reconstructed — including Exchange databases, SQL files, and large multimedia formats.
Data loss occurs across a predictable but wide range of scenarios. Understanding the cause is essential to selecting the correct recovery approach and preventing further damage through incorrect handling
Hard disk head crashes, motor failure, damaged platters, and electronic component failure. Physical failures require clean-room recovery by specialist engineers using hardwarelevel tools. Attempting to operate a physically damaged drive accelerates damage and reduces recovery probability. Stop using the device immediately.
Corrupted file systems, partition table damage, accidental formatting, failed OS updates, and bad sectors that cause read errors. Data remains physically present on the media but cannot be accessed through normal means. Logical recovery uses forensic imaging and specialised reconstruction software.
Files deleted from recycle bins, partitions accidentally formatted, or data partially overwritten during failed recovery attempts. Recovery success depends on how quickly action is taken and whether the storage media has been written to since the deletion. Every write to the disk reduces recovery probability.
Data encrypted by ransomware attackers is often recoverable without paying the ransom through shadow copy recovery, backup restoration, and forensic reconstruction techniques. CSSI works with iAmaze’s cybersecurity team to address both the recovery and the underlying security incident simultaneously.
RAID controller failure, multiple simultaneous disk failures, incorrect rebuild attempts, and misconfiguration are among the most complex recovery scenarios. CSSI has deep expertise in RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10 arrays as well as NAS and SAN systems from all major manufacturers.
Corrupted Exchange databases, SQL Server databases, Oracle instances, and other enterprise database platforms require specialist recovery tools and database level expertise. CSSI has successfully reconstructed databases of hundreds of gigabytes with high data completeness rates.
Recovery from all HDD manufacturers — Seagate, Western Digital, Toshiba, Hitachi, Samsung, and others — covering head crashes, platter damage, motor failure, firmware corruption, and bad sector damage. Both desktop and laptop drives. Clean-room recovery where physically required.
Complex RAID array recovery for RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, and custom configurations from all major NAS and SAN manufacturers. Controller failure, multiple disk failure, failed rebuild, and misconfiguration scenarios. Enterprisestorage systems including HP, Dell, NetApp, and Synology.
Recovery from USB drives, solid-state drives (SSD), SD cards, microSD cards, CompactFlash, and other NAND flash media. Covers controller failure, wear-levelling corruption, and physical damage. Specialist tools for SSD-specific failure modes including sudden power loss during writes.
Specialist recovery for Microsoft Exchange databases, SQL Server MDF/LDF files, Oracle databases, and large file formats including video, voice recordings, and complex proprietary formats. High success rate even for databases of hundreds of gigabytes with structural corruption.
Recovery from LTO, DAT, and DLT backup tapes, CDs, DVDs, and legacy storage formats. Particularly relevant for archival recovery and historical data retrieval from long-term storage media that may have degraded over time.
For certain logical failure scenarios, recovery can be performed remotely without shipping your device — reducing turnaround time and eliminating transit risk. Conducted over a secure, encrypted connection with full documentation. Available for cases where physical damage has not been assessed.
An employee is suspected of leaking confidential client data before resigning. CSSI forensically examines their corporate laptop and email account. iAmaze manages the process with HR and legal teams, ensuring findings are documented for potential employment tribunal or police proceedings.
A manufacturing company’s file server is encrypted by ransomware. CSSI recovers data from backup systems and unaffected volumes while conducting forensic analysis to identify the initial entry vector and lateral movement. iAmaze implements remediation controls to prevent recurrence.
A professional services firm’s NAS device fails with two simultaneous disk failures. CSSI engineers recover the RAID array and retrieve three years of client project files and financial records that were not separately backed up. Business continuity restored within 72 hours.
A company needs to produce email evidence of contract negotiations for a commercial dispute. iAmaze deploys Vaultastic for future archival and engages CSSI to forensically recover historical emails from decommissioned servers — producing court admissible evidence with full chain of custody.
A sales director leaves and joins a competitor. The company suspects client database copying before departure. CSSI forensically examines USB activity logs, cloud upload history, and email attachments on the director’s corporate devices, producing a forensic timeline for legal action.
An Exchange Server database becomes corrupted following a failed update, and recent backups are also found to be corrupt. CSSI recovers the Exchange database at the file level, restoring months of email data that the organisation had considered permanently lost.
CSSI Pvt. Ltd. brings over two decades of specialist experience in digital forensics and data recovery. Their engineers have handled thousands of cases across every storage technology, failure scenario, and legal context — consistently achieving high recovery rates and producing admissible forensic evidence.
iAmaze manages the complete client engagement — from initial contact and scope definition through documentation, compliance alignment, and secure data handover. We bridge the gap between CSSI’s specialist laboratory capabilities and your organisation’s business and legal requirements.
Every forensic investigation follows internationally recognised digital forensics standards. Chain-of-custody documentation, write-blocking, hash verification, and structured reporting ensure that evidence produced is admissible in Indian courts, tribunals, arbitration panels, and regulatory proceedings.
CSSI provides a free, no obligation assessment of every device before any recovery work begins. You receive a clear diagnosis, probability estimate, and fixed quote before committing. There are no surprises and no charges if recovery is not possible.
All devices and data handled by CSSI are treated with strict confidentiality under non disclosure agreements. Recovered data is never retained beyond the agreed handover period. Forensic case files are handled according to legal evidence standards with restricted access throughout.
iAmaze’s cybersecurity team works alongside CSSI’s forensic specialists on incidents that involve both a security breach and a data recovery requirement — such as ransomware attacks. This integrated response addresses the immediate data recovery need and the underlying security incident simultaneously.
Every CSSI data recovery follows a structured process designed to maximise recovery volume while protecting the original media from further damage. iAmaze manages the client engagement, documentation, and secure data handover throughout.
Submit your device to CSSI via iAmaze for a complimentary initial investigation. Our engineers assess the failure mode, estimate the probability of recovery, and provide a clear quote before any work begins. No obligation. No charge for the assessment. You decide whether to proceed.
Before any recovery work begins, we create a forensic-grade bit-level image of your storage media using write-blocking tools. All subsequent recovery work is performed on the image — your original media is never modified, preserving maximum recovery potential and evidence integrity.
Depending on the failure type, our engineers apply the appropriate recovery methodology: physical repair in clean-room conditions, logical filesystem reconstruction, RAID array rebuilding, or database-level recovery. Every technique is documented throughout.
Recovered data is verified for completeness and integrity before delivery. We provide a detailed recovery report listing what was recovered, what could not be recovered, and why. Recovered data is delivered on a secure, encrypted medium with full handover documentation.
Digital forensics is the process of collecting, preserving, analysing, and presenting digital evidence in a way that is legally admissible and scientifically defensible. You need it when an incident has occurred — employee misconduct, data theft, a cyberattack, a legal dispute, or a regulatory inquiry — and you need objective, court-grade evidence of what happened, when, and by whom.
For urgent incident response scenarios — such as active ransomware, suspected ongoing data theft, or time-sensitive legal proceedings — iAmaze and CSSI prioritise rapid response. Contact us immediately when an incident is discovered. Delay in securing digital evidence risks evidence contamination, overwriting, or loss.
CSSI provides a free initial assessment before any commitment. After examining your device, their engineers will give you an honest probability estimate and a clear quote. CSSI’s recovery success rates are consistently high across most failure scenarios. Complex cases such as RAID arrays, databases, and flash storage that have been mishandled may have lower probabilities, which CSSI will assess and communicate clearly upfront.
Yes. All engagements are covered by non-disclosure agreements. Forensic case files are handled according to legal evidence standards with restricted access throughout the engagement. Recovered data is never retained beyond the agreed handover period. iAmaze manages the client engagement with the same confidentiality standards applied across all our cybersecurity services.
Yes. CSSI’s forensic methodology is aligned to internationally recognised digital forensics standards and Indian evidence law requirements under the Information Technology Act and the Indian Evidence Act. Chain-of-custody documentation, write-blocking procedures, hash verification, and structured reporting are all maintained to satisfy the admissibility requirements of Indian courts, tribunals, and regulatory proceedings.
Stop using the affected device or system immediately. Do not attempt to recover data yourself or run diagnostic tools — this can overwrite recoverable data or contaminate forensic evidence. Contact iAmaze immediately on +91 9811575577 or contactus@iamazeconsultants.com. We will triage the situation and engage CSSI for rapid
assessment. Every minute the device continues to operate reduces recovery probability.
Our first consultation is free, takes 45 minutes, and comes with no obligation and no pitch. We review your current technology landscape, identify the top three opportunities by business impact, and tell you honestly whether iAmaze is the right fit. If we are not, we will tell you that too.
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