Sawtooth Digital Forensics
Your Trusted Adviser
Idaho's premier digital forensics lab — serving individuals who need their data back and attorneys who need it done right. Advising municipalities, nonprofits, and sole proprietors on cybersecurity and risk in the age of AI.
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Your data recovered.
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Your evidence preserved.
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Your environment secured.
One Lab. Every Level of Need.
Our Mission
At Sawtooth Digital Forensics, we believe "industrial grade" cybersecurity shouldn't be a luxury reserved for big corporations. Our mission is to democratize advanced digital forensics, cybersecurity and AI-enabled engineering for the communities that need it most. From individuals desperate to recover lost personal data to rural small businesses and local governments navigating the complex world of AI and smart infrastructure, we provide affordable, elite-tier protection. We are local, privacy-first, and dedicated to proving that you don't need a Fortune 500 budget to get Fortune 500 expertise.
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Enterprise Expertise, Main Street Budgets: We bring 30 years of elite cybersecurity experience—spanning critical infrastructure, state & federal agencies, and the Fortune 1—down to a scale and price point that works for sole proprietors, local non-profits, and individuals.
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Defending the Rural Intermountain West: While big firms overlook small towns, we specialize in protecting our local communities. We bridge the gap for smaller operations—safeguarding municipal utility infrastructure and IIoT and guiding rural businesses safely into the age of AI.
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No Data, No Fee Recovery for Everyone: Losing priceless business data or irreplaceable family photos shouldn't ruin you financially. We offer free diagnostics and a strict "no data, no fee" policy, bringing advanced forensic data recovery to all who need it.
Services
Sawtooth Digital Forensics is an East Idaho–based practice built on thirty years of cybersecurity and forensic experience. We recover lost data for individuals and businesses, provide court-ready forensic analysis and expert testimony for legal professionals, and advise municipalities and small organizations on IT/OT security and AI risk. Local presence, national-grade credentials, and a privacy-first way of working define everything we do.
Our comprehensive range of services is designed to meet your cybersecurity needs efficiently. If you are a sole proprietor, a municipality, a nonprofit, or are in a sector designated as Critical Infrastructure, we want to serve your needs. We focus on providing clear, actionable insights to help you navigate through digital challenges. And when the worst happens, we'll help you recover quickly. But wouldn't it be worth it to let us help you before you really need it.
Expert Witness Testimony and Chain-of-custody Digital Evidence Analysis
We conduct thorough digital evidence analysis to uncover key insights and lay a solid foundation for informed decision-making and legal actions. Our analytical approach is meticulous and detail-oriented. We follow best practices of the ASCLD/LAB and ISO 17025, and maintain strict protection with fully documented chain of custody from receipt to return.
Data Restoration
Our data recovery services aim to restore lost information from damaged or corrupted devices. With advanced tools and techniques, we help you recover critical data with minimal disruption. Failed drives, ransomware, deleted files, water damage, we've seen it all. Free diagnosis. No data = no fee.
Expert Guidance You Can Trust
We provide expert cybersecurity consulting services, advising municipalities, nonprofits, and small organizations on best practices for data protection, policy development, incident response preparedness, and regulatory compliance in a rapidly changing AI-powered world, ensuring you are prepared for any situation in your current or future cyberspace.
We specialize in cyber-physical systems: industrial control systems, IoT, applied AI and robotics/mechatronics environments. We have experience providing services to client organizations in nuclear energy, electric distribution, agriculture, water, healthcare, manufacturing, higher education, and finance, government agencies at the city, state, and Federal level, from companies of only one to the Fortune 1. We're confident we can help you, too.