Why Attain Accrediation? Rhesa G. Gilliland, Assistant Laboratory Director 6/5/2018

Forensic Laboratory Services (FLS) FLS has 20 DEU laboratories to date. All one analyst locations throughout the U.S. All accredited as of 2014-2015 6/5/2018

Background Laboratory Director of a ISO accredited Digital Evidence Laboratory for 6+ years Directly involved in three rounds of ISO accreditations of the Computer Forensic area Involved with Digital Evidence since 1997 6/5/2018

Reasons Outside Body with trained assessors conduct the assessment Provides validation of the work performed meets industry standards Goal is to improve quality through constant review Documentation exists to prove what you do 6/5/2018

Issues Don’t just start writing policy Figure out a few processes Technical reviews and Admin reviews Documentation Electronic Paper Where do you keep it? 6/5/2018

Arguments Explain why over and over and over again Why are we doing this? We were fine before! This is taking me away from my casework! 6/5/2018

Questions? Rhesa G. Gilliland Assistant Laboratory Director USPIS Forensic Laboratory Services 22433 Randolph Drive, Dulles, VA 20104-1000 rggilliland@uspis.gov W – 703-406-7150 C – 240-506-3757 6/5/2018