Dell Enhances Its Digital Forensics Solution With Guidance Software’s EnCase Solution

ROUND ROCK, Texas, Nov. 17, 2009 — Dell announced today that Guidance Software's computer forensics solution EnCase® Forensic has been certified to work on Dell's Digital Forensics solution. The two companies will also work together to bring the Digital Forensics solution to their key customers globally.

The growing complexity, diversity and capacity of storage technologies has made digital forensics -- consisting of cloning, ingesting, indexing, analyzing and archiving all digital evidence of a crime scene -- increasingly time-consuming and compute-intensive. Each step must be managed with precision and perfect security to protect the digital ”chain of custody” integrity of evidence. The full analysis process can take days or weeks to complete, leading to an ever-growing backlog of digital forensics cases. Dell’s Digital Forensics solution, launched in 2009, is a major step forward in supporting police in effectively managing this critical data in criminal investigations.

Guidance Software’s EnCase® Forensic software, is widely used in law enforcement. Its addition to Dell’s solution will further support Dell’s effort to increase the productivity of digital forensics experts by helping to reducing general indexing and analysis time of all data that is necessary for criminal investigations. It has been used in hundreds of thousands of legal actions worldwide. Guidance Software’s market share in standalone forensics, coupled with its industry-standard EnCase® Evidence File evidence container, which is designed to maintain and verify chain-of-custody of digital evidence, means analysts can be sure that they are using a trusted solution.

Background
Dell’s Digital Forensics solution offers a data center approach compared to the standard individual workstations standard, improving the efficiency of sharing and administering data across analyst teams while supporting strict evidence handling guidelines to help ensure the integrity of the evidence . It is supported by AccessData, EMC, Intel, Oracle, Symantec, VEGA and now Guidance Software.

Quotes
“We are pleased to announce Guidance Software’s involvement in the development of our Digital Forensics Solution. Dell’s experience in servers, cloud and high performance computing coupled with the experience of our partners in their domains of expertise, allows us to create a solution we believe will transform the way digital evidence is processed. This will lead to efficient forensic analysis. Guidance Software’s EnCase Forensic Solution is extremely valuable in the development of Dell’s Digital Forensics solution.”  Troy West, Vice President and General Manager, Dell Federal

“Guidance Software is proud that its EnCase® Forensic is an integral part of Dell’s Digital Forensics solution, working to offer a comprehensive answer to digital forensics scientists in their battle against crime around the world." David Petty, Vice President, Emerging Markets and Channel Operations, Guidance Software