Chaps Investigation, Forensics & OSINT Sécuriser.Secure. Understand. Prove. Act.

After an incident, the materialization of evidence makes all the difference. Litigation, fraud, cyberattacks, data leaks or loss, security breaches: Once an event has occurred, the ability to preserve evidence and establish the facts becomes crucial.
Chaps Investigation, backed by TRACIP’s long-standing expertise, transforms digital and contextual data into actionable, legally admissible facts for public and private organizations facing critical situations.
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For several years, TRACIP’s support has provided real reliability in our digital investigations. The equipment, expertise and training offered have enabled our teams to gain precision and efficiency while ensuring the integrity of our analyses.

Our expertise

A French pioneer in digital investigation, TRACIP has been supporting the collection, analysis, and preservation of digital evidence for more than 25 years, across IT, OT, industrial, cloud, and fixed or mobile environments. 

  • Multi-support collection and analysis
  • Judicially admissible methodologies
  • Reconstruction of facts 
  • Exploitation of open sources
  • Threat and actor qualification
  • Decision support 

TRACIP offerings are built on a complete ecosystem of software and hardware solutions: 

  • Investigation workstations and dedicated servers 
  • Field forensic kits for on-site interventions 
  • Imaging tools, duplicators, and write blockers 
  • Digital forensics software (analysis of computers, mobile devices, cloud, encrypted data) 
  • In a laboratory 
  • At the seizure or analysis site 
  • In a mobile or temporary environment 

Our services

TRACIP Remote Forensics offers a collaborative analysis of data collected following an event. This solution: 

  • Integrates secure data collection
  • Provides access to prepared and contextualized data
  • Allows stakeholders to analyze data directly with the support of an expert, reducing dependence on external counsel and scarce expert resources 
  • Guarantees evidence integrity, traceability, and admissibility 

Business analysts can use the data directly, either on site or remotely, while benefiting from the ongoing support of TRACIP forensic experts. 

  • Post-cyber-incident analysis (ransomware, compromise, fraud…) 
  • IT/OT/mobile evidence search
  • Judicial expertise on requisition or court order 
  • Event reconstruction and timeline
  • Acquisition and securing of usable data
  • Support for legal and regulatory proceedings 
  • Compliant documentation for authorities, insurers, and audits 
  • OSINT and contextual analysis 
  • Threat qualification 
  • Decision support in critical situations 

Why Call on a Digital Investigation Expert? 

Digital data is now at the heart of internal investigations, commercial disputes, and unfair competition situations. 

Engaging a specialist makes it possible to: 

  • Preserve the integrity of digital evidence
  • Analyze large volumes of computer data
  • Produce technical reports usable by legal teams 
  • Intervene quickly and in complete confidentiality 

Our teams support legal, compliance, IT, and security management in their digital investigations. 

key figures

1st
France’s 1st private digital forensics laboratory
22+
experts including 14 engineers and technicians
25+
years of experience in digital data processing
200+
professionals trained each year in France and internationally

Use cases

Internal investigation following a suspected data leak

A medium-sized industrial company notices that confidential information relating to a strategic call for tenders appears to have been passed on to a competitor. 

The legal department and the IT department suspect an internal data leak but lack the specialized resources to analyze digital data: email systems, company computers, server access histories, and external storage devices. 

In this type of situation, the priority is to: 

Infrastructures critiques
preserve digital evidence
Industrie & énergie
conduct a reliable and documented internal investigation
Santé
produce legally actionable findings

Our intervention :

Our digital forensic experts intervene quickly to assist the company in its investigation. 

Our methodology is based on several key steps :

we create certified copies of the relevant IT media (computers, professional email accounts, servers) to guarantee data integrity. 

our specialists analyze activity logs, file histories, and electronic communications to identify abnormal behavior. 

Using our advanced analysis tools, we detect transfers of confidential documents, unusual access, or suspicious deletions.

we provide a clear and structured report that can be understood by legal, compliance, and security departments.

Results

The investigation made it possible to: 

  • identify an unauthorized transfer of strategic documents 
  • reconstruct the precise chronology of actions taken 
  • provide digital evidence that could be used in internal proceedings 

Thanks to this digital investigation, the company was able to secure its sensitive information and strengthen its data leak prevention measures. 

Unfair competition and misappropriation of strategic information

A company in the service sector observes the simultaneous departure of several key employees to a newly created competitor. 

A few weeks later, the competitor appears to have access to specific commercial information: pricing proposals, prospect lists, and internal methodologies. 

Management suspects a case of unfair competition involving the misappropriation of data and know-how.

To act quickly, the company must establish precise facts by analyzing the available digital data.

Our intervention: digital investigation and digital evidence analysis 

Our digital investigation and digital forensics experts are called upon to analyze the computers and professional accounts of the employees concerned. 

The investigation involves several steps :  

we preserve data from professional computers, email systems, and storage spaces.

our tools identify file copies, transfers to external media, sends to personal addresses, or uploads to cloud services.

a detailed report provides the company with technical and factual elements to substantiate the facts of unfair competition.

Results

The investigation demonstrated: 

  • The mass extraction of sensitive commercial files
  • Their transfer to external storage
  • The retrieval of strategic information prior to the employees’ departure

These elements enabled the company to initiate legal proceedings based on solid digital evidence.

FAQ

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What does Chaps Investigation do?

A: Chaps Investigation helps organizations of all sizes, in France and internationally, to understand, prove, and secure the facts after an incident, whether digital or physical.

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What services does Chaps Investigation offer?
  • Forensic investigation and evidence traceability 
  • OSINT and advanced forensic analysis
  • Post-incident analysis to secure facts and strengthen resilience 
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Q3: Who is Chaps Investigation for?

A: Organizations facing incidents that require evidence, traceability, and in-depth analysis, whether they are SMEs, mid-sized companies, large corporations, or government agencies, both nationally and internationally. 

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Q4: What is the main objective?

A: To analyze, prove, and secure the facts to ensure compliance, improve security, and strengthen future resilience.