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Evidence acquisition workflow in 5 steps
For more information please read about the suggested workflow and hashing during imaging.
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Artifacts: Image & analyze on the fly
Imaging is a time-consuming part of the evidence acquisition process, especially when dealing with damaged drives. Even though Atola Insight Forensic is the fastest forensic imaging tool in the world (there is literally no penalty on a drive speed when you image it with Insight!), we want to help expedite Read more…
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Atola Insight Forensic 4.10 – Search of forensic artifacts in the course of imaging
On December 5 Atola Technology releases Atola Insight Forensic 4.10. The key feature is the search of artifacts capability while imaging a source evidence media. It allows to search the source drive for credit cards, emails, URLs, IPs, GPS coordinates, phone numbers, keywords etc. in the course of imaging. This feature will help forensic Read more…
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Calculating segmented hash of a damaged drive
When you work with a damaged device, and imaging can only be performed in multiple passes due to bad sectors or physically damaged areas or heads, it is impossible to calculate linear hash of the drive. This can become a serious challenge if you need to prove evidence integrity in Read more…
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Tracking a drive’s SMART table status before and after imaging
Being able to evaluate the drive’s state before it has exhausted its resources can make all the difference between a case won or a case lost in a court of law. SMART table is a valuable source of information about a hard drive’s health. SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) Read more…
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Q&A during Techno Security and Digital Forensics Conference in San Antonio
We have just returned from Techno Security & Digital Forensics Conference, which took place on September 18-20 in San Antonio, Texas. Here are some of the questions asked at this event, which we would like to share with you, along with our answers to them. Should you have further queries, Read more…
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Thunderbolt extensions ready for shipping!
We are pleased to inform you that we have a bunch of Thunderbolt extension modules in stock that are ready to be shipped. The first extension modules are already on their way to the early birds who have placed their orders before they became available. Thunderbolt extension module enables forensically sound imaging Read more…
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Exporting and importing cases from one computer to another
It is possible to transfer all or some of the cases stored in one Insight’s case management system to another one. The only requirement is that both computers have the same version of Insight installed. Whenever cases need to be transferred from one computer to another one, start by exporting the Read more…
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Splitting an imaging session to separate targets
A situation may occur when multi-target imaging is paused to be continued later, but one or more targets become unavailable. The drive may need to be taken and used by another technician or broken, or the server with the image file may become unavailable. But you may need to finish Read more…
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Multi-pass imaging: how to image damage drives?
Atola Insight Forensic has a complex imaging functionality, which allows imaging even physically damaged hard drives, while avoiding further drive deterioration. Damaged drives require a complex imaging approach, which would balance thorough data extraction with forensics’ need in expediency and measured treatment of damaged media. Most imagers have a linear Read more…