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EnCase® Forensic
The industry-standard digital forensic solution.
Trusted by corporations, law enforcement, and government. EnCase® Forensic is fast, powerful, forensically sound, and proven in courts worldwide.

    • What's New

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      New Pricing for EnCase® Portable Extends the Reach of Your Forensics Team
      EnCase® Portable was launched in 2009 to much fanfare by the media and by customers. Part of the reason is that it was the first... More >>
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      Champlain College
      Champlain College Builds a Top Rated Digital Forensics Program with EnCase® as the Foundation.
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      New Training Classes Beef Up Forensic Skills
      Real-world issues to provide end-to-end solutions from seizure and acquisition to full digital analysis
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      Tableau Forensic Solutions
      from Guidance Software
      Tableau develops and manufactures hardware and software products for the computer forensics community. Including: duplicators, bridges, modular storage, accelerators, and drive adaptors. More >>
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      SC Magazine Names EnCase Forensic Best Forensic Tool
      Guidance Software's EnCase Forensic won a Reader Trust Award in the annual SC Magazine Award program for the second year in a row. More >>
    • Overview

      EnCase® Forensic, the industry-standard computer investigation solution, is for forensic practitioners who need to conduct efficient, forensically sound data collection and investigations using a repeatable and defensible process. The proven, powerful, and trusted EnCase® Forensic solution, lets examiners acquire data from a wide variety of devices, unearth potential evidence with disk level forensic analysis, and craft comprehensive reports on their findings, all while maintaining the integrity of their evidence.
       
      Six Reasons to Upgrade to v7
            
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      Value Inside
      With powerful automation capabilities, streamlined user interface, and optimized case management, EnCase® Forensic v7 transforms how you perform investigations.
       
      Experts Trust EnCase® Forensic:
      •     Increase confidence in findings by using the proven, trusted, industry-leading forensic solution
      •     Uncover potential evidence using advance searching capabilities
      •     Improve efficiency by automating common investigation tasks
      •     Preserve evidence integrity with the court vetted EnCase® evidence file format
       
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      Dependable Results
      Investigators can be confident in their findings when using the proven, trusted, industry-leading forensic solution.
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      Powerful Search 
      Uncover critical evidence using advanced search capabilities to identify data that would be irretrievable with other computer forensic applications.
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      Automation
      Improved efficiency by automating investigative tasks with EnScript®; the scripting extension built-into EnCase® Forensic.
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      Court Vetted
      EnCase Forensic preserves data in an evidence file format (LEF or E01) with an unsurpassed record of court acceptance.
       
      EnCase® Bit9 Analyzer customers: Effective July 1, 2011 the EnCase® Bit9 Analyzer will be sold directly by Bit9 under the product name Bit9 Analyzer. There is no change to the interoperability between Bit9 Analyzer and EnCase® branded products. Read this announcement for more information.
      EnCase® Forensic v5 End of Support Notification: Effective December 31, 2011 the v5 series of EnCase® Forensic will no longer be supported. For more information and answers to questions, please read this announcement..
    • Features

      The powerful and effective features of EnCase® Forensic have made it the trusted standard in corporate and criminal investigation. No other product offers the same degree of functionality, acceptance, and performance.
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      Acquire from Almost Anywhere
      Acquire data from disk or RAM, documents, images, e-mail, webmail, Internet artifacts, Web history and cache, HTML page reconstruction, chat sessions, compressed files, backup files, encrypted files, RAIDs, workstations, servers, and with Version 7: smartphones and tablets.
      Forensically Sound Acquisition
      EnCase® Forensic produces an exact binary duplicate of the original drive or media, then verifies it by generating MD5 hash values for related image files and assigning CRC values to the data. These checks and balances reveal when evidence has been tampered with or altered, helping to keep all digital evidence forensically sound for use in court proceedings or internal investigations.
      Advanced Analysis
      Recover files and partitions, detect deleted files by parsing event logs, file signature analysis, and hash analysis, even within compounded files or unallocated disk space.
      Improved Productivity
      Examiners can preview results while data is being acquired. Once the image files are created, examiners can search and analyze multiple drives or media simultaneously.
      Automated de-NISTing Capabilities
      The National Software Reference Library (NSRL) is provided in the EnCase hash library format, allowing user to easily de-NIST their evidence, eliminating thousands of known files from their evidence set. This reduces the time and amount of data that needs to be analyzed significantly.
      Multiple File Viewer Support
      View hundreds of file formats in native form, built-in Registry viewer, integrated photo viewer, see results on a timeline/calendar.
      Customizable and Extensible with EnScript®
      EnCase® Forensic features EnScript® programming capabilities. EnScript®, an object-oriented programming language similar to Java or C++, allows users create to custom programs to help them automate time-consuming investigative tasks, such as searching and analyzing specific document types or other labor-intensive processes and procedures. This power can be harnessed by any level of investigator the “Case Developer” or one of the numerous built-in filters.
      Automatic Reports
      Export reports with lists of all files and folders along with detailed list of URLs, with dates and time of visits. Provide hard drive information and details related to the acquisition, drive geometry, folder structure, etc.
      Actionable Data
      Once investigators have identified relevant evidence, they can create a comprehensive report for presentation in court, to management or stakeholders in the outcome of the investigation.
    • Modules

      These integrated modules extend the functionality and reach of EnCase® Forensic v7.
       
      Broad range of forensic solutions to investigate, collect, and archive data.
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      EnCase® Smartphone Examiner is designed for law enforcement, security analysts, and e-discovery specialists who need to review and forensically collect data from smartphone and tablet devices, such as iPhone and iPad. Investigators can process and analyze smartphone device data alongside other types of digital evidence within any Guidance Software EnCase® product. Learn More >>
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      EnCase® Virtual File System (VFS) Module
      Easily mount and review evidence (such as a case, device, volume, or folder) as a read-only from outside the EnCase® Forensic environment. Useful for evidence review by investigators, opposition experts, prosecutors, defense counsel, and other non-EnCase® Forensic users. Supports multiple file systems and easily mounts RAIDS, encrypted, or compressed volumes.
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      EnCase® Physical Disk Emulator (PDE) Module
      Mount an image of a replicated hard drive or CD in read-only mode, allowing the use of 3rd party tools for additional analysis. Also provides a platform for juries to view digital evidence in a familiar format. PDE can mount drives from several file systems, although the content may not be recognized by Windows.
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      EnCase® Decryption Suite
      Tools suitable for decryption of disks, volumes, files, and folders. Capable of decrypting: Microsoft BitLocker, Microsoft BitLocker, GuardianEdge Encryption Plus/Encryption Anywhere/Hard Disk Encryption, Utimaco SafeGuard Easy, McAfee SafeBoot, WinMagic SecureDoc Full Disk Encryption, PGP Whole Disk Encryption, Microsoft Encrypting File System (EFS), CREDANT Mobile Guardian, PST (Microsoft Outlook), S/MIME encrypted email in PST files, NSF (Lotus Notes), Protected storage (ntuser.dat), Security Hive, Active Directory 2003 (ntds.dit), and others.
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      FastBloc® Software Edition (SE)
      A fast, reliable, and versatile solution to safely acquire of every sector of a target hard drive – even those normally outside the operating system. You can also wipe or restore drives. Plug-n-play acquisition of IDE drives, USB thumb drives, USB and Firewire external storage FastBloc® SE supports a broad range of popular IDE/SATA PCI controller cards, and select SCSI controllers.
    • Training

      Guidance Software Training
      Guidance Software Training courses and programs help organizations maximize their use of EnCase® Forensic software. We offer world-class training in enterprise investigations, e-discovery, computer security incident response, and digital forensics.
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      EnCase® Computer Forensics I
      Practical exercises and real-life simulations provides participants with an understanding of proper handling of digital evidence from seizure to acquisition, to the analysis and archiving of the data.
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      EnCase® First Responder Training
      EnCase® First Responder TrainingA hands-on class on how to search and collect for digital evidence using software and hardware tools, including EnCase® Portable and Tableau hardware bridges.
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      EnCase® Computer Forensics II
      Designed for investigators with strong computer skills, prior computer forensics training, and experience using the EnCase forensic software.
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      EnCase® Advanced Computer Forensics
      In-Depth coverage of artifact analysis, data recovery, event log analysis, and advanced forensic methodology in Windows, Linux, and Macintosh OS environments. Also introduces EnScript programming for advanced task automation.
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      EnCase® Advanced Internet Examinations
      Hands-on course explores recovery and analysis of e-mail and Internet artifacts including file sharing apps, instant messaging apps, and web browsers. Students also examine Trojan viruses, key loggers, and more.
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      EnCase® Macintosh® & Linux Examinations
      EnCase® Macintosh® & Linux ExaminationsAn expert-level course that focuses on the unique characteristics of Mac OS and Linux disk layout, disk-image analysis, volume structure, and recovery techniques.
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