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Waterloo, Ont.-based Magnet Forensics got its start providing crime-fighting technology to traditional law enforcement agencies around the world. But over the past year, as the pandemic has forced millions of people to work from home and online activity has soared, the company has been watching a shift in strategy into the corporate world pay off.
It turns out that the same sorts of digital crime fighting tools used to investigate everything from the Boston Marathon bombing to the Quebec mosque shooting are also adept at solving instances of fraud, IP theft and employee misconduct, something that has helped Magnet grow its private-sector business to approximately 1,500 corporate clients, including more than half of the Fortune 100 companies.