Digital forensics &
incident response
Evidence acquisition and analysis across servers, endpoints and mobile devices, supported by log and security telemetry review.
Digital forensics / Insider risk / eDiscovery
Look
closer.
I’m Tara Peterson. I lead complex digital investigations, connect the evidence across systems, and turn technical findings into decisions people can stand behind.
Enterprise impact
Rapid progression to senior forensic leadership, reflecting trusted investigative judgment, technical depth, and growing ownership of complex investigations.
Enterprise
Insider threat program built and operationalized with security.
2 AI agents
Developed for timeline analysis and eDiscovery search quality.
Stellar Award
Recognized for exceeding expectations.
The work behind
the finding.
From acquisition to defensible reporting, I connect technical investigation with the needs of legal, security and business partners.
Digital forensics &
Insider risk &
enterprise investigations
Program development, daily alert triage, escalation and investigative coordination with security operations.
eDiscovery &
legal support
Cross-platform evidence retrieval and clear documentation to support litigation, employee matters and internal inquiries.
Capability, built
in practice.
Selected contributions from enterprise forensic engineering and investigations.
Built an enterprise insider threat program.
Worked with the SOC to establish monitoring, daily triage, escalation and investigative response workflows.
Developed AI-assisted investigation tools.
Built one agent for insider-risk timeline analysis and another for creating and quality-checking eDiscovery KQL searches.
Created repeatable forensic processes.
Authored investigative playbooks and operating guidelines, evaluated new tools and mentored forensic analysts and engineers.
Made complex evidence actionable.
Advised legal, ethics and compliance, HR, employee relations and security leaders on findings and investigative next steps.
Evidence first.
Conclusions second.
Careful acquisition, cross-source correlation and clear communication—the fundamentals of work that holds up to scrutiny.
01
Acquire
Collect relevant evidence from endpoints, mobile devices and cloud environments.
02
Correlate
Connect logs, communications, artifacts and timelines across sources.
03
Interpret
Distinguish supported findings from gaps, limits and assumptions.
04
Communicate
Translate technical complexity into information decision-makers can use.
Progress by
the work.
Rapid advancement from forensic analyst to senior engineer, reflecting expanding responsibility, technical judgment, and leadership across complex investigations.
Senior Forensic Engineer
Warner Bros. Discovery · Investigations, insider risk, forensic leadership and AI-assisted workflows.
Forensic Engineer
Warner Bros. Discovery · Digital evidence acquisition, analysis and reporting.
Forensic Analyst
Warner Bros. Discovery · Forensic collections and investigation support.
Product Support Specialist
Huntress Labs · Security troubleshooting, log review and remediation verification.
Tools of the trade.
Forensic analysis
EnCase · Cellebrite UFED · Cellebrite Endpoint Investigator · Magnet AXIOM · FTK · Autopsy · Paladin · Pivotal Mobile eDiscovery
Security & response
Splunk · QRadar · SentinelOne · Carbon Black · Microsoft Defender · ESET · Rapid7 · Proofpoint
Insider risk & eDiscovery
Microsoft Purview · Microsoft Insider Risk Management · Google Vault · Google Investigator · Relativity · Onna
Engineering & systems
Python · PowerShell · SQL · Bash · Windows · macOS · Linux · Active Directory · Intune · ServiceNow
Foundations.
M.S. Digital Forensics & Cyber InvestigationsUniversity of Maryland Global Campus
B.S. Business AdministrationPoint Park University
A.A.S. Mortuary SciencePittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science
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