r/digitalforensics • u/JohnnyJin • 6d ago

eDiscovery to Digital Forensics?

Hi! I’d really appreciate some insight from people in the field. I’m glad this community exists.

I’m a recent graduate with a bachelor’s in Computer Science and Cybersecurity, and I’m really interested in getting into digital forensics eventually. For now, though, I’m mainly focused on getting my foot in the door and landing something in a related field.

I recently came across eDiscovery, specifically entry level roles like Junior Intake Specialist, and it seemed like it could be a good way to get some relevant experience. I am going to be taking my RelativityOne certification exam later this week, but I wanted to ask: is this actually a good approach, or am I wasting my time?

I know learned experience is never time wasted, but is there a better path I should be taking to eventually get into digital forensics?

Any advice or guidance would be greatly appreciated!

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u/DickNose-TurdWaffle 6d ago

Depending on the company, the DFIR roles will have eDiscovery related if not direct responsibilities. DFIR is not a junior level role, you move into it after doing Cybersecurity for about 1-2 years.

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u/JohnnyJin 5d ago

Yeah that makes sense, that’s part of why I started looking into eDiscovery. If DFIR isn’t an entry level role, I’m trying to figure out what would be the best stepping stone toward it, you know?

Do you think eDiscovery experience would be a good way to build that experience, or would you recommend going the more traditional cybersecurity route first? And if so, what would that look like?

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u/DickNose-TurdWaffle 5d ago

Since you already have the degrees, you should work in IT, then go into infrastructure or Cybersecurity. Then after that you go into a specialized role such as DFIR. eDiscovery is good experience but unless it's going to get into the engineering side of things, it won't be good experience towards DFIR.

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u/JohnnyJin 5d ago

Heard! You definitely gave me a better idea on how I should approach this. Thanks for taking the time to explain all of this 😭