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Atola Insight Forensic

Atola Insight Forensic 4.15: Imaging into file on encrypted target

Atola team is excited to announce arrival of the latest Atola Insight Forensic 4.15 release. From now on Insight supports imaging into a file on an encrypted target drive and is reinforced with a number of other great features. Target image encryption Using VeraCrypt with a 256-bit AES algorithm for strong data encryption, Atola Insight Forensic allows creating exFAT partition on the target drive, locking it with your password. After the imaging session is completed, a user can safely plug the target drive into his/her computer and quickly find the VeraCrypt volume. To safely access encrypted data from your drive, simply use the password set prior to the imaging session. Read more…

By Olga Milishenko, ago
Atola TaskForce

TaskForce integration into Magnet AUTOMATE workflow

[Update 2022] Atola Technology continues to update TaskForce’s automation module, extending Web API support and collaboration with other digital forensic vendors. Please follow: Web API updates Product changelog Atola team is pleased to announce that from now on TaskForce can be integrated into new Magnet AUTOMATE 2.0 software.  By automating the most time-consuming part of an investigation process, Magnet AUTOMATE significantly reduces backlogs and substantially increases the number of completed cases. In addition to expediting evidence acquisition and processing, Magnet AUTOMATE allows creating a repeatable workflow for each particular type of investigation and saving it as a pattern to operate in the future. This way, forensic professionals can focus on Read more…

By Olga Milishenko, ago
TaskForce integration into Magnet AUTOMATE workflow
Activating Express mode
Atola TaskForce

Express mode: self-launching imaging of 17 drives

Express mode enables automatic launch of multiple imaging sessions on all ports that are set to source. Simply plug a drive into TaskForce and the imaging session will start automatically. Activating Express mode Source evidence drives can be imaged to E01 (regular or compressed) or RAW files located in a specified folder on the local server. Two 10Gb Ethernet ports enable high data throughput. Express mode settings have 2 handy options: select Diagnose source drive before imaging so that diagnostics is launched automatically. Select Start imaging only if diagnostics has no issues. Atola’s signature automated diagnostics module checks all drive systems: hard drive’s motor and electronics (PCB), head stack, media surface, all firmware/system Read more…

By Olga Milishenko, ago
Atola TaskForce

Atola TaskForce 2019.9 release

The new version of TaskForce firmware introduces several great time-saving features. Express mode. When this mode is activated, every imaging session starts automatically upon a source drive is plugged into TaskForce. Head support. Allows disabling degraded and damaged heads to image good heads first, which results in faster data acquisition from the good areas of the drive, with the possibility to attempt imaging from the bad heads later. Express mode At Atola we are fully aware of the pressure experienced by forensic examiners when working under tight deadlines and dealing with large amounts of data. With this firmware release we introduce an innovative solution, which helps tackle the problem.  From Read more…

By Olga Milishenko, ago
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Atola TaskForce

Atola TaskForce 2019.7 with Web API for Automation

We strongly believe that digital forensic world needs faster solutions to save your precious time, tackle routine tasks easily, and focus on what matters most. That’s why we have been continuously improving Atola TaskForce’s imaging engine to provide our users with: up to 18 simultaneous imaging sessions the optimal speed of an imaging session The next big thing to save your time is automation. Complete more tasks in less clicks! Atola team is proud to release TaskForce firmware update 2019.7 that introduces Web API. It is built into TaskForce. We made Web API available to the public for information purposes: https://atola.com/products/taskforce/api TaskForce Web API will optimize your workflow in many Read more…

By Vitaliy Mokosiy, ago
Tracking imaging session status
Atola Insight Forensic

Atola Insight Forensic 4.13 release with NVMe support

We are excited to inform you that the latest software release of Atola Insight Forensic has arrived and it features a number of new capabilities for Insight customers, namely: NVMe drive support via QNINE NVMe-to-USB adapter revamped connectivity for networks with multiple DiskSense units and other great features NVMe support Insight now supports NVMe drives with the help of QNINE NVMe USB Enclosure based on JMS583 chip. It is a third-party adapter that has been tested by our QA team which can be purchased on Amazon or from other retailers.   The speed of imaging is limited by the adapter’s data transfer rate and constitutes up to 300 MB/sec. Revamped Read more…

By Yulia Samoteykina, ago