The Forensic Nurse

While most people in the industry know the acronym IAFN, as the International Association of Forensic Nurses, is also as a same industry acronym “Imaging And Forensic Networking“. This phrase was coined by the SDFI Telemedicine group. SDFI stands for Secure Digital Forensic Imaging.

The SDFI camara system is meant to be a colposcope replacement, offering increased clarity, file encryption, and secure sharing of images across organizations.

The Northside Hospital - Forsyth, Sexual Assualt Nurse Examiner program is proud to announce that they have become the only SANE  program in the state of Georgia to use employ the use of SDFI technology.  

Secure Digital Forensic Imaging technology offers digital imaging clarity that is on the cutting edge. This technology is also fully compliant with federal rules of evidence, ensuring that the images stored will be admissible in court if necessary.

SDFI stands for Secure Digital Forensic Imaging. This term is also a registered trademark of SDFI TeleMedicine of Beverly Hills California.

SDFI offers what they call a complete colposcope replacement system. A very high resolution digital camera and lighting source as well as a digital imaging encryption system for image storage and retention to maintain a legally defendable chain of custody for evidence. This SDFI process can also be extended to include a telemedicine portion so that digital images taken can be securely transmitted over the internet to authorized parties.

SDFI uses 256-bit AES encryption to secure image integrity. This helps to maintain a chain of custody that can prove in court that the pictures taken were not altered in any way. By using high quality equipment and encryption standards in the SDFI process, the result is often increased file clarity and better overall file security.

More information:

www.sdfi.com/downloads/Federal_Rules_of_Evidence_Spotlight_on_Digital_Pictures.pdf

http://www.sdfi.com/sdfi_sample_pictures.html