Access Data Corporation is the leading investigation software
developer. It’s products are aimed at both capturing and analyzing
data on networks and hosts. Access Data lead digital investigation
to a completely new level and the products they are working at are
so much up-to-date because of the increasing amount of the virtual
attacks. The high processing speed and the efficiency of Access
Data’s Forensic Toolkit (FTK) and Certified Examiner (ACE) helped
the company become the world-recognized leader in the industry.
The high tech revolution of the 21st century brought computers to
business and every-day lives. We use internet paying systems, set up
online conferencing on business, and send important mail via the
web. And what if someone gets access to our computers and steals the
data? Would you enjoy that? The majority of people does not know how
to protect their data of just doesn’t bother to. This leads to
multiple
internet crimes and data corruption (because of viruses
generally). It’s well known that the best way to prevent any crime
is to punish a criminal. The hackers use multiple software tools in
the process of cracking one’s operating system which helps them to
remain highly anonymous and stay out of charges. But they always
leave tracks. And the computer forensics software is developed to
collect these tracks on a computer and perform analyze of criminal’s
actions. And it’s not only hacking that computer forensics is
helpful in fight with. Child pornography, sexual harassment, various
discriminations, financial fraud and many other crimes can be proven
with the help of computer forensics, because the majority of the
population on the planet uses computers in their everyday lives and
leaves evidences there.
Nowadays any investigation involving documents review includes
computer evidences. Computer forensics does not only collect the
data, but also preserves it (because any information on computer can
be easily damaged or erased). Moreover, it can also provide recovery
of deleted files or the information which is not visible to a user.
But how to recognize the signs of an incident? The preventing
measures will require additional financing and a lot of computer
resources. So, you shall frequently check you computer for
unauthorized connections, malicious spyware, viruses and Trojan
horses.
Access Data’s Forensic Toolkit has officially been validated by
court for almost 10 years already. As we have already mentioned it
can collect, preserve, and process an automated search not only on
various computers(desktops, laptops) but also on network shares,
email servers and removable storage drives. The toolkit can also
identify the stolen, corrupted or deleted data and restore them in
order for you to have an ability to proceed your work.
There are several ways to report an attack. If there was a small
attack, just go to the local police office. But remember that they
might not have enough resources for the appropriate investigation
and you might have to perform it mostly yourself. In this case just
be careful while preserving the evidences, otherwise they will not
have power in the court. If the damage is severe and the crime might
be considered to be of federal matters (if connected with world
trade, for example), you may report it to the FBI. If the federal
laws were broken or the corporeal losses exceed $25000 they are
likely to deal with it. Otherwise you might investigate the case
yourself with the help of FTK.
The FTK (Forensic Toolkit) pack works with Windows OS and supports
FAT, NTFS and Ext2/3 file systems. It creates a sorted words-index
in a file system which highly increases the search speed. Moreover,
FTK pack provides a user with a big variety of programs, giving him
ability to view and work with various file and mail formats.
But Forensic Toolkit is not the only software you might need in
order to collect evidences. Access Data company has a wide range of
programs to offer to any user (beginner, intermediate or advanced).
Apart from FTK they have eDiscovery which can work together with FTK
and increase forensics productivity. Other products are: Access Data
Lab,
Silent Runner, Access Data Information Assurance, Distributed
Network Attack, Password Recovery Toolkit, even FTK Mobile Phone
Examiner.
All these products together can help you to carry out a private
investigation, get evidences, and keep you computer secure from the
hackers’ attacks.