Meridian Edge provides strategic advisory and thinking-partner support to public sector organisations working in, around, or reliant on digital forensics. We operate as an independent “critical friend” to senior leaders—bringing operational credibility, forensic governance expertise, and a practical understanding of investigative reality. Our focus is helping you make sound, defensible decisions across people, process, technology, and evidential integrity, while strengthening compliance with the Forensic Science Regulator’s Codes of Practice and ISO17025 expectations where applicable.
Independent strategic advice to shape direction, priorities, and measurable outcomes
A digital forensic function has significant queues and inconsistent triage, with high-profile cases at risk and unclear root causes. We help leadership rapidly stabilise performance through pragmatic triage and prioritisation models, bottleneck analysis, workflow redesign, and reporting that gives genuine operational grip—without undermining evidential integrity.
An organisation is convinced technology is the solution, but pain is actually caused by fragmented handoffs between investigators, forensics, disclosure teams, and legal. We map the end-to-end process, identify failure points (intake quality, tasking, review, outputs, unused products), and redesign the workflow so technology enables the operating model rather than masking it.
You need to buy, replace, or reconfigure a platform—case management, forensic workflow, review, or disclosure tooling—and cannot afford a mis-step. We act as an independent advisor to shape requirements, evaluate options against operational needs, and stress-test supplier claims with “day in the life” scenarios, ensuring governance, auditability, and scalability are built in from the start.
You outsource some or all digital forensic work but need confidence in standards, turnaround, and evidential resilience. We help define proportionate assurance arrangements: what you should measure, how to audit effectively, what to require contractually, and how to demonstrate control—aligned to FSR expectations and ISO17025 principles where relevant.
Investigations involving high volumes of digital material create disclosure risk and inefficiency, with teams unclear on roles, review strategy, and defensible decision-making. We support the design of disclosure strategy and governance that is operationally realistic, legally aware, and measurable—reducing late-stage surprises and strengthening defensibility.
When scrutiny is imminent—or when a live matter risks being challenged on methodology or integrity—we provide rapid, senior-level review of the forensic approach, documentation, decision trails, and risk controls. The aim is not just “pass the audit”, but to ensure the organisation can evidence competence, consistency, and control.
Where a unit is growing, merging, or reshaping, we help leaders design team structures, clarify role specialisation, improve tasking models, and introduce governance that supports performance. This is often paired with practical leadership support to help sustain change beyond a single programme.Our Supply Chain Consulting services help Meridian Edge improve their supply chain processes and optimize their logistics. We work with you to identify areas of improvement, streamline processes, and help you run your business more efficiently.
We work collaboratively, with pace and discretion. Engagements typically start with a short discovery phase to confirm the problem, constraints, and desired outcomes, followed by a focused plan that prioritises the highest-risk issues first. Success is measured in improved operational performance, reduced risk, stronger governance, and clearer decision-making—not just documentation.
If you’re facing a strategic decision, capability challenge, or scrutiny risk in digital forensics, we can act as a trusted thinking partner and critical friend—helping you move from uncertainty to a defensible plan with measurable outcomes.