Incident Response Plan

Affidavits and Search Warrants

Many investigations begin with an allegation or an indication of an incident. Whether via the help desk, the organization’s sexual harassment reporting channels, or direct report, someone makes an allegation that another worker is performing actions explicitly prohibited by the organization or that make another worker uncomfortable in the workplace. The organization’s forensics team must then request permission to examine digital media for potential EM. In law enforcement, the investigating agent would create an affidavit Sworn testimony that certain facts are in the possession of the investigating officer and that they warrant the examination of specific items located at a specific place. The facts, the items, and the place must be specified in this document. requesting a search warrant Permission to search for evidentiary material at a specified location and/or to seize items to return to the investigator’s lab for examination. An affidavit becomes a search warrant when signed by an approving authority. . When an approving authority signs the affidavit or creates a synopsis form based on this document, it becomes a search warrant and grants permission to search for EM at the specified location and/or to seize items to return to the investigator’s lab for examination. In corporate environments, the names of these documents may change and in many cases may be verbal in nature, but the process should be the same. Formal permission is obtained before an investigation occurs.

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