ForensicSoft Announces World’s First Forensically Sound Windows Bootable Environment

May 11, 2009 · Filed Under Software News · Comment 

ForensicSoft announces the release of its newest computer forensic tool, SAFE — the world’s first write-blocked Windows forensic boot environment. SAFE, which stands for System Acquisition Forensics Environment, is a new Windows-based computer forensic platform specifically designed to support the expanding needs of computer forensic, computer security, and litigation support professionals to confidently acquire, preview and analyze digital evidence to be presented in a court of law.

Unlike conventional forensic boot disks that use superficial protection techniques, such as mounting drives as read-only, ForensicSoft’s SAFE platform employs the company’s proprietary SAFE Block software technology to block all disks at the physical level to ensure a forensically sound preview, exploration and capture of the digital evidence. Investigators can be confident that all digital evidence is unaltered during the SAFE exploration and acquisition, and therefore is reliable and defensible when presented during litigation. SAFE Block technology is the only software write-blocker to successfully pass all of the U.S. National Institute of Standards (NIST) test criteria — visit the company’s website to review these results.

SAFE uses Microsoft Windows PE, a fully licensed copy of which is included with the product. SAFE is capable of running your favorite Windows-based forensic tools such as FTK, EnCase, X-Ways, etc. With the familiar Windows user experience, SAFE requires minimal training for investigators to become proficient with its use. And, since SAFE is a Windows-based computer forensic platform, investigators have access to the widest array of drivers for existing computer hardware, and immediate availability of new Windows drivers for new computer hardware. Drivers can be added at any time during a SAFE session, requiring no special skills or the need to recompile a new boot disk.

SAFE v1.0, delivered as a CD-ROM, ISO download file, or USB bootable drive image, boots any X86-based computer from CD or USB drive. Upon boot-up, SAFE securely locks-down the target computer with SAFE Block to ensure no erroneous write operations corrupt the target disk, then Windows PE is launched in a RAM disk on the target machine. Using the familiar Windows interface, disks and ports (USB, Firewire …) of the target machine can be easily unblocked or blocked throughout your investigation, with all events being logged and time-stamped. All of this is managed by the SAFE platform without removing or modifying the target machine’s hardware.

Specific benefits include:

  • Familiar Windows interface requiring minimal training
  • Write-blocking of all disk interfaces including SAS, RAID, Fibre Channel, and more
  • Allows for non-invasive, forensically sound data capture of any target media
  • Data capture and imaging at speeds of up to 4GB/min
  • Natively supports NTFS and NTFS Compressed file systems, allowing examiners to write images faster and without file size limitations that exist with FAT

For more information visit http://www.forensicsoft.com/

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Mobile Armor is Awarded the Highest FIPS 140-2 Validation for Security Software

April 18, 2009 · Filed Under Security Software, Software News · Comment 

Mobile Armor releases ground breaking cross platform validated Cryptographic Module for Data at Rest Encryption and Data Leakage Prevention

Mobile Armor, Inc., the leader in mobile data protection for the U.S. Government and recipient of the largest single award for Data at Rest Encryption, announces an update to its Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 validation. Mobile Armor’s Cryptographic Module v3.5 has been validated at FIPS 140-2 Level 2 through the Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP).

The CMVP is a cooperative partnership between the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) of the Canadian government to ensure that sensitive information remains secure. The FIPS 140-2 validation assures that military, government agencies and commercial organizations are acquiring products that meet or exceed the stringent objectives set for securing confidential and sensitive data.

“Encryption of data on laptops, smartphones, USB keys and hard drives, where information is the most vulnerable, is essential to any organization’s data protection plan,” said Chand Vyas, Chairman and CEO at Mobile Armor. “Our Enterprise Mobile Data Security Platform continues to provide leading edge data security solutions for the Government, Healthcare, Financial Services, Education and any other type of organization or agency that handles sensitive data.”

This Mobile Armor release is a cross platform validated Cryptographic Module for Data at Rest Encryption and Data Leakage Prevention validated at Level 2 under the FIPS 140-2 certification. This specific validation is unique in its functionality of protecting cross platform clients and securing the Mobile Armor unified management platform, PolicyServer, with the same Level 2 module.

“The Mobile Armor Cryptographic Module v3.5 is a snap-in update to the existing Mobile Armor Data Protection Suite. With this modular ability, Mobile Armor is able to provide FIPS 140-2 Level 2 security across all of the Enterprise Mobile Data Security Platform,” Vyas added.

“Mobile Armor provides the highest level of cryptographic validations available in the Data at Rest protection market. Our comprehensive security management console is not only the most extensive in the market, supporting both hardware and software, but it also has the broadest support of client platforms including: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Mobile, Linux, and Mac OS X. This new FIPS validation further reinforces Mobile Armor as the leading provider of mobile data protection,” said Mobile Armor CTO, Bryan Glancey.

Mobile Armor

Mobile Armor is an innovator and a visionary leader in data protection technology, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Mobile Armor is an American company that provides domestically developed trusted data security solutions to commercial and government organizations. Notable customers include the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, civilian agencies and customers in healthcare and financial services verticals. Mobile Armor offers a solution that provides centralized management of all mobile devices, including desktops, laptops, PDAs, smartphones, and removable drives (including thumb drives). The company is a recipient of the coveted DoD Data at Rest Tiger Team award for its data encryption products. Mobile Armor technology is certified to meet the standards and guidelines for security set by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Additional information regarding Mobile Armor can be found at www.mobilearmor.com.

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