Stratus

By WesDx

Cloud infrastructure for digital forensics

Deploy forensics labs anywhere in the world through a browser. No complicated setup, no vendor lock-in. You maintain complete control and chain of custody over your evidence.

Need hands-on help? We also offer expert forensic services

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Digital forensics infrastructure is broken

Forensics labs are constantly stretched thin with growing caseloads and shrinking budgets. Expensive hardware sits waiting between urgent cases. Your team is chained to a physical location. And when evidence needs to stay in a specific jurisdiction, you're stuck with complex procurement and shipping delays.

Stratus fixes this.

We provide turnkey cloud infrastructure that deploys in minutes, scales on demand, and works in any global region. Your investigators access everything through a browser. You use your preferred forensic tools. And you maintain complete control over your evidence—it never leaves your custody.

From procurement to production in a day

Stratus workstation management showing multiple forensic environments across regions

Manage forensic workstations across multiple regions from one interface

1

Configure

Tell us your requirements—tools, regions, team size. We design your environment.

2

Deploy

We provision your infrastructure in your own isolated environment. Pre-configured and ready to use.

3

Connect

Your team logs in through a browser using your existing identity provider. No client software, full control over access policies.

4

Scale

Add capacity when you need it, release it when you don't. Pay for what you use.

Infrastructure that works the way you do

Any Region, Any Tool

Deploy in 30+ AWS regions worldwide. Use software from Magnet, OpenText, Cellebrite, or any forensic software your team prefers. We're infrastructure, not a walled garden.

True Data Sovereignty

Your evidence stays under your complete control, in the regions you choose. We never have access to your case data. You maintain unbroken chain of custody and meet jurisdictional requirements.

Secure Browser-Based Access

Your investigators connect through any modern browser with enterprise SSO integration (OIDC). You stay in control with your existing identity provider and conditional access policies.

Hybrid Connectivity

Connect your lab machines to Stratus using secure industry-standard WireGuard VPN. Seamlessly integrate on-premise equipment with cloud infrastructure.

Predictable Costs

Move from capital to operational expenditure. Scale up for surge cases, scale down when idle. Pay for investigations, not empty workstations.

Managed Infrastructure

We handle patching, updates, backups, and compliance. Your team focuses on forensics, not IT.

Built for Team Collaboration & Control

Stratus gives you the management tools and visibility that forensics teams need to work efficiently together.

Stratus cost monitoring dashboard showing real-time usage, spend, and optimization recommendations

Real-time cost monitoring and optimization dashboard

Unified Multi-Account Management

Handle multiple isolated environments from a single interface. Separate teams, cases, or jurisdictions logically while maintaining unified visibility and control.

  • One frontend for all your environments
  • Organize by team, case, or jurisdiction
  • Consolidated billing and cost tracking
  • Centralized user management across all workspaces

Cost Monitoring & Optimization

Complete visibility into your infrastructure spending with actionable insights to optimize costs.

  • Real-time dashboard showing costs, usage, and active sessions
  • Daily burn rate, spend to date, and projected costs
  • Automatic recommendations for right-sizing instances
  • Identify under or over-provisioned workstations
  • Per-case or per-team cost allocation

Smart Idle Detection

Customizable idle detection that understands forensics workflows—automatically saving costs without disrupting investigations.

  • Automatically powers down idle workstations
  • Configurable timeouts per workstation or team
  • Detects active processing—won't shut down running cases
  • Instant wake-up when investigators return
  • Saves budget without manual intervention

Role-Based Access & Collaboration

Granular permissions with individual accountability and team flexibility—exactly how forensics teams work.

  • Administrative and examiner roles with custom permissions
  • Individual accounts with shared case access
  • Hand off investigations between team members
  • Full audit trails for all access and actions
  • Session recording and playback for training or review

Choose Your Path

Whether you need tools for your team or expert assistance with cases, we have you covered.

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Stratus Platform

Self-service cloud infrastructure

Get turnkey forensics labs that deploy in minutes. Your team uses their preferred tools, maintains complete control over evidence, and we handle all the infrastructure complexity.

Best for:

  • Teams who want to run their own investigations
  • Organizations that need flexible, on-demand capacity
  • Labs wanting to eliminate hardware overhead
  • Multi-region or remote investigation requirements

What's included:

  • Pre-configured forensic workstations
  • Enterprise SSO with your identity provider
  • Multi-account management with unified frontend
  • Smart idle detection for automatic cost savings
  • Cost monitoring dashboard with optimization recommendations
  • Role-based access control with full audit trails
  • Deploy in 30+ AWS regions worldwide
  • Use any forensic tools (Magnet, OpenText, Cellebrite, etc.)
  • Hybrid connectivity via WireGuard VPN
  • Managed infrastructure & updates
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Expert Forensic Services

Full-service analysis & examinations

Need experienced forensic examiners? Our team provides comprehensive digital forensic analysis, expert witness testimony, and consultation services.

Best for:

  • Organizations without in-house forensic expertise
  • Complex cases requiring specialized knowledge
  • Legal proceedings needing expert witness testimony
  • Overflow capacity during high-volume periods

Services offered:

  • Digital evidence collection & preservation
  • Computer & mobile device forensics
  • Network & cloud forensics
  • Expert witness testimony
  • Incident response support
  • Forensic training & consultation
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Use them together

Many of our clients use both: Stratus for routine investigations and our expert services for complex cases or overflow capacity. We can seamlessly hand off cases between your team and ours.

Sectors We Serve

Forensics infrastructure that matches your mission

Law enforcement digital forensics labs face a fundamental challenge: fixed budgets, constant backlogs, and unpredictable urgent requirements. Your teams are always busy, but when a critical case hits, you need capacity immediately.

Stratus provides a different model.

Instant scale for urgent cases

When a critical investigation requires immediate attention, spin up additional capacity in minutes. Choose from hundreds of machine types with the performance you need—no procurement delays, no hardware shipping.

Power for the largest cases

Handle massive evidence sets with enterprise-grade performance: up to 64TB volumes with 256,000 IOPS and 4GB/s throughput. Process terabytes of data without hardware constraints.

Unlimited secure storage

Leverage automated lifecycle management for evidence storage. Secure it, process it, retain it, remove it—with automated cost optimization as data ages. Scale to any size without capacity planning.

Deploy capacity where you need it

Evidence that must stay in a specific jurisdiction? Spin up infrastructure in that region. Need to process a case in Frankfurt, Sydney, or São Paulo? Deploy there in minutes.

Save budget when demand is normal

Scale up for surge cases, scale down when they're complete. Move from capital expenditure to operational expenditure that only runs when you need it.

Simplify accreditation

Pre-configured, documented environments reduce the validation burden. Consistent processes across all deployments make audits straightforward.

Enable remote forensics

Your investigators access workstations through a browser from anywhere—home, field offices, or courtrooms. Maintain security while enabling flexibility.

Integrate what you have

Connect your existing on-premise equipment and evidence machines to your cloud environment. One platform, complete visibility.

Hands-on forensics training without the IT overhead

Teaching digital forensics requires infrastructure—and managing that infrastructure shouldn't distract from teaching.

Stratus provides standardized forensics labs accessible from any browser. Students get hands-on experience with real tools and environments. Educators focus on curriculum, not IT support.

Consistent environments

Every student gets the same pre-configured workstation. No "it works on my machine" troubleshooting.

Access from anywhere

Students connect through a browser. No software to install, no network configuration, no compatibility issues.

Multi-platform support

Windows, Linux, and macOS environments in one platform. Teach skills across operating systems.

Independent of campus IT

Stratus runs in cloud infrastructure completely separate from your educational network. No permissions, no conflicts, no delays.

Practical experience

Students learn on the same tools and workflows used in professional forensics labs.

Expert Forensic Services

When you need experienced digital forensic examiners, not just infrastructure, our team is here to help.

Digital Forensic Examinations

Comprehensive evidence analysis

Our certified forensic examiners provide thorough analysis of digital evidence for legal proceedings, internal investigations, and incident response.

  • Computer forensics (Windows, macOS, Linux)
  • Mobile device forensics (iOS, Android)
  • Network and cloud forensics
  • Memory and malware analysis
  • Data recovery and reconstruction

Detailed reports with findings, methodology, and expert opinions suitable for court proceedings.

Expert Witness Testimony

Credible, defensible expert testimony

Our examiners have extensive courtroom experience and can provide clear, credible testimony to support your legal case.

Pre-Trial Support

Case review, evidence assessment, and consultation with legal counsel to develop your digital evidence strategy.

Deposition & Trial Testimony

Clear explanations of technical findings that judges and juries can understand. We make complex digital evidence accessible.

Report Preparation

Detailed forensic reports that meet legal standards and withstand cross-examination.

Incident Response & Consultation

Rapid response when you need it most

Security incidents don't wait for business hours. Our team provides emergency response and ongoing consultation for your security needs.

  • 24/7 incident response availability
  • Breach investigation and containment
  • Malware analysis and reverse engineering
  • Forensic readiness consulting
  • Training for your internal teams

Fast, professional response to minimize damage and preserve evidence for legal action or remediation.

Need to discuss a case?

Contact us for a confidential consultation about your forensic investigation needs.

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About WesDx

WesDx provides digital forensics solutions that combine cutting-edge technology with expert human capability.

We founded WesDx after seeing a consistent problem: digital forensics teams struggling with infrastructure that didn't fit their needs, and organizations needing expert forensic capabilities they couldn't build in-house.

Stratus, our cloud platform, brings deep infrastructure expertise to digital forensics—understanding the tools, workflows, compliance requirements, and jurisdictional complexities that make this field unique.

Our forensic services team provides the expert analysis and testimony that complex cases demand, backed by years of experience in law enforcement, corporate security, and legal proceedings.

Whether you need tools, expertise, or both—we deliver practical solutions that work the way forensics teams work.

Vendor Agnostic

Use whatever forensic tools your team prefers. We're infrastructure and service, not a walled garden.

Customer Control

You maintain complete control and sovereignty over your evidence. Unbroken chain of custody with full jurisdictional compliance.

Practical Focus

We solve real operational problems, not theoretical ones. Every solution is battle-tested.

Partnership Model

We succeed when your forensics operation succeeds. Your goals are our goals.

Frequently Asked Questions

General

Stratus is cloud-based infrastructure for digital forensics labs. We provide pre-configured workstations in AWS that your team accesses through a browser, with full support for hybrid on-premise deployments.

Law enforcement forensics labs, corporate security and incident response teams, legal technology firms, and forensics training programs.

No. We handle all the AWS complexity—VPCs, security groups, IAM policies, networking. Your team just logs in and works.

Technical

Any of them. We're vendor-agnostic infrastructure. Your team uses whatever forensic software they prefer—Magnet, OpenText, Cellebrite, Autopsy, or any other tool.

Through any modern web browser with enterprise single sign-on (SSO). Integrates with your existing identity provider and access policies.

Windows, Linux, and macOS. SSH terminal access is also available.

Yes. Stratus supports hybrid deployments where cloud workstations connect securely to on-premise evidence machines and storage.

All 30+ AWS regions worldwide. Deploy infrastructure wherever your jurisdictional requirements dictate.

Security & Compliance

In your own isolated environment, in the regions you choose. We never have access to your evidence or case data. You maintain complete control and chain of custody.

Stratus is designed to support compliance with common forensics lab requirements. We provide documentation, audit logs, and standardized processes. Specific certifications depend on your deployment configuration—contact us to discuss your requirements.

You define access policies. Stratus supports role-based access control, session logging, and audit trails.

Pricing

Flat monthly rate plus usage. You pay a base fee for the platform and management services, plus AWS infrastructure costs based on what you use.

We offer demo environments so you can evaluate Stratus with your team. Contact us to schedule.

Infrastructure provisioning, security updates, patching, monitoring, backup configuration, and support. Essentially, we handle the cloud complexity so you don't have to.

Let's discuss your requirements

Whether you're exploring cloud forensics for the first time or looking to optimize an existing deployment, we're here to help.

Phone

UK: 0208 264 6730

US: +1 833 979 3739

Email

info@wesdx.com

Address

WesDx
71-75 Shelton Street
London WC2H 9JQ