Blog Posts
Matt Donahue | May 28, 2024
Why Securing the ‘Front Door’ to Legal is Now Mission Critical
We are seeing a massive shift happening in how crimes are investigated and solved. The best witness has evolved from a human to a company, but law enforcement doesn’t intuitively know how to navigate the appropriate legal channels at most companies. Confusion bubbles, frustration ensues, and now law enforcement and companies are fighting each other instead of the bad guys…
Nick Pailthorpe | May 28, 2024
A Step Together: Addressing the Complexity of Investigations in Brazil
In late April, we joined more than 1,200 local investigators and law enforcement agents in Brazil for an in-person and virtual discussion on how to work effectively with private sector companies when conducting investigations…
Matt Donahue | May 28, 2024
Herd Immunity: Protecting the Kodex Community from Fraudulent Law Enforcement Data Requests
Every day, law enforcement response teams (LERT) within corporations do their best to respond to the significant number of data requests they receive from law enforcement. But they are outnumbered by the volume of requests and the growing number of threat actors…
Brian Donahue | Feb 7, 2024
Law Enforcement Data Requests: The Supply Chain Vulnerability Nobody’s Talking About
Law enforcement and government agencies have always been an attractive target for criminal hackers. By stealing and using their credentials or spoofing government domains, criminals obtain a perception of authenticity that helps them social engineer businesses. Unfortunately, there has been an upward trend in public sector targeting for some time…
Kodex | Nov 20, 2023
Kodex Raises $10M Seed, Delivering the Only Complete Solution for Law Enforcement Response
Kodex, the only complete solution for law enforcement response, raised a $10 million seed round, led by a16z with participation from Tusk Venture Partners and other strategic investors (full list below). This brings the company’s total funding to $12 million to date…
Kodex | Nov 14, 2023
Account Security at Kodex
We use multiple layers of defense with built-in redundancies to verify law enforcement agents and prevent their Kodex accounts from unauthorized use. Law enforcement officers are required to sign up with a verified agency email. However, criminals know that law enforcement agencies often have weaker security than the companies they’re trying to exploit…
Matt Donahue | Nov 13, 2023
Why Kodex is on a Mission to Modernize Law Enforcement Response for Business
Today, most crimes involve some element of technology – whether that’s using online platforms to communicate with others to plan a terrorist attack or an abuser luring children through private messages. This means most law enforcement investigations will involve following some kind of digital footprint to gather the necessary facts and evidence…
Kodex | Oct 24, 2023
“I’ve never sent a fax in my life and this is the FBI! What are we doing here?”
Matt recently joined the Decipher Security podcast with host Dennis Fisher and Nick Selby, a seasoned CISO and law enforcement officer, to discuss the challenges organizations face when responding to data requests and how companies can address them. One of the greatest challenges for organizations is verifying that requests come from legitimate law enforcement officers…
Kodex | Aug 31, 2023
Removing Friction for LERT Teams with Legal and Technical Advancements
It’s no secret that laws often lag behind the pace of technology. As criminals increasingly adopt the use of technology in their campaigns to harm others, the volume of law enforcement requests for data from private companies has increased exponentially…
