Specialist practices operating as one integrated defense.
End-to-end investigation of fraud, phishing, ransomware and insider crime.
Court-admissible acquisition, analysis and reporting across digital surfaces.
Full physical & logical extraction from iOS, Android and encrypted devices.
Deep-dive analysis of workstations, servers, disks and volatile memory.
Header analysis, spoofing tracebacks and mailbox reconstruction.
Video enhancement, timestamp validation and facial identification.
Employment, corporate, tenant and pre-matrimonial checks.
Open-source intelligence, dark web monitoring and threat attribution.
Due diligence, IP theft, fraud audits and whistleblower probes.
Actionable intel synthesis for boards, legal counsel and law enforcement.
From boardrooms to SOCs — we operate wherever evidence matters.
A repeatable, court-defensible pipeline behind every engagement.
Senior investigator triages within 60 minutes under strict NDA.
Written SOW, immediate evidence preservation, chain-of-custody opened.
Air-gapped lab work — acquisition, indexing, deep artifact analysis.
Independent QA and dual-analyst validation of every finding.
§65B-compliant deliverable with exhibits and expert testimony.
Cross-examination support and long-term matter continuity.
Dipak S. Dahifale is the Founder & Director of Shield Cyber Forensic Investigation (SCFI). Founded in 2020, SCFI has grown into a trusted partner for individuals, corporates, advocates and law-enforcement agencies seeking evidence-based, ethical and confidential investigations.
With 7+ years of founder experience, he leads a multidisciplinary team delivering cyber security, digital forensics, cyber crime investigation, OSINT and digital intelligence — all preserved under strict chain-of-custody standards.
CHFI, CEH, EnCE and CISSP-certified investigators.
Air-gapped labs and NDA-backed engagements.
Chain-of-custody preserved from acquisition to trial.
On-ground field teams across every metro.
Shield Cyber Forensic Investigation established by Dipak S. Dahifale.
Dedicated evidence-preservation lab and chain-of-custody workflows.
Milestone across forensics, cyber crime and digital intelligence.
Field investigators across Mumbai, Hyderabad, Delhi and Ahilyanagar.
Trusted by individuals, corporates, advocates and law-enforcement.
Anonymised engagements — real numbers, real courts, real recovery.
Multi-region SaaS unicorn hit by a double-extortion actor. SCF isolated blast radius, preserved memory forensics on 47 hosts, and delivered a §65B report used in FIR & insurance claim.
18-month covert digital-intelligence engagement. Chain-of-custody preserved on 3.4 TB of mailbox + workstation evidence. Convictions secured; funds recovered via court order.
USB, cloud sync, and Git history reconstructed across five workstations. Findings held under cross-examination at a High Court commercial bench.
"Their forensic report held up flawlessly under cross-examination. That's the bar."
"They contained a ransomware incident in under six hours. Nothing exfiltrated."
"Discreet, methodical, and enterprise-grade. We now retain Shield on standing brief."
One conversation. Complete confidentiality. Immediate triage by a senior investigator.
