Exterro announced the launch of FTK 8.1, the award-winning, court-admissible digital investigations solution designed for speed, reliability and ease of use, with the fastest scalable processing engine on the market. FTK 8.1 redefines mobile investigations using next-generation data processing, the fastest and most collaborative review and analytics technology, near-native data reporting, and the most scalable remote Mac capture capabilities on the market.
Most importantly, FTK 8.1 delivers a breakthrough entity management solution that automatically groups all mobile and computer data from a single device user, then aggregates all the different usernames, accounts and devices into a comprehensive view of their activity. With a clear picture of the applications, devices and communication patterns used most frequently by individual individuals, investigators can quickly uncover hidden patterns in complex data sets related to individuals and get to conclusions faster. This evidence can then be seamlessly shared with third-party examiners on FTK Central’s web-based platform or via a portable case, and evidence stories can be easily communicated via a new, fully customizable report builder that compiles artifacts and timelines into a clear narrative.
“Exterro brings 30 years of market experience and a bold, innovative approach to DFIR with FTK 8.1, making it the solution of choice for data investigations on mobile, desktop and in the cloud,” said Harsh Behl, Vice President of Product Management, Forensic Solutions at Exterro. “With these new enhancements, investigators can get to the key facts of the case much faster by automatically identifying known aliases, eliminating the need to spend hours connecting pieces of information, and creating a comprehensive view of relationships and communication patterns. Key evidence can then be compiled and communicated in a single report that embeds artifacts and timelines directly into the narrative. This results in a faster, more efficient and more effective investigative process.”
For enterprise customers conducting large-scale internal investigations, FTK 8.1 supports collecting and remediating data from a wide variety of remote devices, including collecting from a Mac endpoint that is not on the corporate network or VPN. Users can also respond to incidents faster by performing rapid triage on compromised remote endpoints with FTK’s new targeted collection presets. It’s now easier than ever to collect the most important information, analyze it in FTK, and then respond at scale.
Exterro FTK 8.1 features enable:
- Obtaining a complete picture of communication patterns in cases using innovative entity management technology
- Easily communicate evidence with FTK’s fully customizable Lab-to-Court Report Builder
- Investigate external Mac users with Off-Network Mac Collection
- Streamline mobile device verification with FTK’s unified iOS and Android processing and artifact parsing tools
- Better analyze chat app data with chat date filters, chat language translation , and visual support for inline chat replies
- Find and view deleted and edited chat messages better than any other tool in the industry
- Using cutting-edge AI for facial and image recognition in multimedia analysis
- Perform rapid triage and targeted IR collections on remote endpoints at risk and gain insights faster with System Summary Collection
- Orchestrate cybersecurity workflows by automatically securing endpoint evidence when a cyberattack is detected with Splunk integration
- Seamlessly share evidence with external examiners using FTK Central’s web-based platform or a portable case
A European police agency said at the pre-release of FTK 8.1: “The new FTK entity management technology is a real game changer. Once we have identified the owner of a device, our first investigative step is to determine who that person is. That’s why we spend hours looking at who they’ve spoken to and how they’ve communicated. With entity management, we can instantly understand those communication patterns by seeing a bird’s eye view of all the device user’s conversations across all applications, as opposed to the old method of manually reading thousands of chat threads one by one. This feature will completely change our industry.”
The Exterro FTK Forensics Toolkit is part of Exterro’s comprehensive data risk management platform that helps organizations develop effective data risk management strategies that comply with strict data privacy laws, achieve defensible outcomes, manage sensitive data, and mitigate risk. Exterro FTK 8.1 is available now.
SOURCE: GlobeNewsWire