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When long-time AccessData customer Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith, LLP wanted to move their in-house e-discovery to the cloud, both to innovate their e-discovery strategy and help reduce IT expense, they ultimately selected Hosted Summation over the competition as their preferred solution. Read the case study to see why.

With the need of more Internet crimes against children investigators, Detective Matt Barr, a digital forensics investigator with the Michigan City Police Department, gladly offered his services. View this case study to see how AccessData’s solutions offer the essential speed needed to catch a predator before another innocent child is victimized.

In the aftermath of the shooting in the Colorado Century Aurora 16 theater complex on July, 2012, Detective Mike Leiker, lead forensic investigator with the Aurora police department, quickly went to work investigating the devices collected from the suspect. Read his account of the investigation, and how FTK was crucial to help him uncover the evidence needed to bring the killer to justice.

UBI Banca set a strategic objective of building its own internal audit and IT operations capabilities. The team realized that a key first step would be to acquire software tools that would support their professionals.

This case study of Global 500 Health Care company is based on a June 2016 survey of AD eDiscovery customers by TechValidate, a 3rd party research service. Read how the profiled company was able to improve their e-discovery processes using AD eDiscovery.

Co-authored by Elizabeth Rogers, Partner at Michael Best, and Melissa Singleton from AccessData, this white paper outlines the critical role of in-house legal in helping organizations effectively collaborate to manage post-breach investigations and minimize the damage―from the initial identification and investigation, through reporting findings and learning from the incident.

Law enforcement agencies around the world are facing a similar challenge: digital evidence is a key component of every investigation they conduct and the volume of data they must inspect continues to grow every year. Read the white paper to find out how new technology can help.

Legaltech® News reported last year that “cloud adoption is approaching a tipping point” in the legal services marketplace. Within this sector, the most dynamic area of technology innovation for cloud migration has taken place in the area of e-discovery. This white paper explores six tips for how to identify the best course of action in the migration of your e-discovery platform to the cloud.

While Office 365® offers a significant and useful set of productivity, collaboration and other services, it is not the only solution that most organizations will need to satisfy their archiving, data security, encryption, and in particular, their e-discovery requirements. This white paper from Osterman Research, sponsored by AccessData, takes a look at areas in which organizations should consider using a third-party vendor to help supplement some of the limitations when using Office 365 alone.

Now that your data is in the cloud, when the discovery request arrives or the corporate investigation commences, how do you collect that data from the cloud in a manner that is efficient, comprehensive and done with forensic integrity?

Take a look at the new Quin-C, where simplicity was the signature of our latest release. Quin-C 7.4 represents an incredible leap forward in ease of use and intuitive navigation, all without sacrificing the raw processing power that gives you the edge in any investigation. Legal reviewers will love the advancements made and Summation customers will be ready to move to this leading-edge technology that is easy enough to grasp for even the most non-technical user.

When you need remote and covert collection from Mac operating systems, AD Enterprise 7.3 is the only tool on the market with the ability to mass deploy a remote Mac agent, without any manual intervention by the endpoint user. New integration with Jamf^® deployment provides greater visibility into activity on all endpoints, network shares and peripheral devices, even those running on macOS^® Catalina or Mojave.

Explore the top new features in FTK 7.3, including Portable Case for offline review, enhanced mobile data parsing and new internet artifact categories. With this release, FTK will process and index more data types quicker than any other tool on the market.

Customers talk about why they love attending ADUS and what new attendees can look forward to.

Information security professionals need to become more aware of the personal risks that they face, the legal landscape for incident response and security generally, and how to best protect themselves, their jobs and their careers. Aravind Swaminathan, partner at Orrick, will draw on his experience representing and advising information security professionals in connection with large data security events, and offer practical advice on how to keep you and your career protected.

Whether you’re investigating a data breach, employee misconduct, or potential IT policy violation, you need to covertly access multiple operating systems and encrypted endpoints, without alerting employees or disrupting business operations. Only AD Enterprise 7.3 supports the mass deployment of remote Mac agents to expand your forensic collection capabilities to endpoints running on a macOS operating system, up to macOS 10.15 (Catalina). Our integration with Jamf® remote agent deployment eliminates the need for manual intervention, allowing the user to covertly preview and search live data at the Mac endpoint, before initiating a targeted collection.

The AccessData® Academic Program provides colleges and universities the necessary tools to offer state-of-the-art digital forensics training.

Download a review of AD Enterprise, as published in Forensic Focus. Jade James reviews the product's key features, including the ability to preview live data; filtering and targeting options for those who only want to retrieve data that is pertinent; the ability to conduct live memory analysis to find traces of malware; and identification and removal of unapproved process by wiping or killing remotely.

AccessData’s computer forensics experts are available to assist with your most complex and sensitive investigative or litigation matters involving electronic evidence or data preservation. Our investigators have more than 30 years of experience investigating administrative cases, civil cases, local and federal crimes. We offer personalized services to our clients during every phase of the investigation to ensure that they receive the artifacts and evidence needed for their cases.

Download the 2019 Gartner Report, which analyzes the e-discovery market, where it’s headed, recommendations and key vendors.

In the 2020 edition of the eDiscovery Buyers Guide, Legal Tech Publishing reviews AD eDiscovery and covers the core product functionality, from preservation, litigation holds, collection, data processing and assessment, along with legal review and production.

These are challenging times for organizations and professionals engaged in forensic analysis and e-discovery. Investigations are multiplying and diversifying—there are more of them, and new types of cases arise all the time. As volumes and complexity increase, meeting deadlines and reaching beneficial outcomes become more difficult. Tackling today’s challenging investigations requires smarter solutions that can accommodate the changing nature of investigations and empower diversifying teams. This ebook explores the changing landscape of digital forensics and how machine learning can help.

The May 25, 2018 deadline for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is quickly approaching. Are you ready for it? This AccessData sponsored eBook by Osterman Research provides a background and history of the GDPR, what is considered personal data, what your obligations are and how technology can help you in your ongoing compliance journey.

The data available to modern investigators may be a threat to criminals; surveillance, communications and transactions create a backlog that could take years to go through. This book explores the processes, standards and tools necessary for today’s investigators to accelerate their search and discover more impactful intel.

Digital Discovery Technology Planning

Top 5 Reasons Why People Choose FTK

Survey says! Top 5 reasons why people choose Summation.

It’s your investigation. What’s your solution? How to determine what you need to crack your case.

Research findings highlight the top enterprise digital investigation challenges and tips to plan for the future.

From the single investigator to the largest labs in the world, AccessData has the right forensics solutions for you.