systems or computers with ’80s technology. Standards for managing evidence have risen. Professionalism, best prac- tices, and the accreditation of law enforcement agencies are what modern law enforcement managers are seeking.


Guidance Software Inc. (GUID) www.guidancesoftware.com Digital evidence is increasingly playing a role in law enforce- ment investigations. System and application artifacts including Facebook, Twitter, and Tinder to name just a few have pro- vided the clues and evidence necessary to place the suspect behind the keyboard in order to prosecute the offender. Collecting digital evidence and being able to quickly search and identify key evidence in the future is a challenge now routinely faced by investigators and law enforcement agencies globally. Departments are having to handle mas- sive amounts of evidence through digital forensic investiga- tions and manage that evidence for court, sharing with other agencies, or other requests.


EnCase© Forensic Version 7 provides a platform for inves- tigators to search, collect and maintain evidence from digital forensic investigations, including murder, child pornography, fi nancial crimes, malicious acts, security violations, and other malfeasance using a computer or other digital device. EnCase Forensic is designed to handle the needs of inves- tigators now and in the future and seamlessly integrates with other forensic tools to more quickly and easily analyze evidence from smartphones, tablets, Internet chat, and other technologies in one place as well as other features including search, review, and customizable reporting templates. Additionally, the processing and indexing engines now handle evidence more quickly and allow users to modify how potential evidence is processed. The EnCase Forensic evidence processor, with its enhanced index- ing engine performs more powerful queries and processes even huge fi les at speeds faster than any solution in the industry, effi ciently pro- ducing any and all potential evidence and then allowing searching and categorizing the evidence easier than ever. EnCase Forensic was created in 1997 and has been cited in over 100 cases earning its brand in cases involving Osama Bin Laden, the BTK Killer, Richard Reid, the infamous “Shoe Bomber,” and Scott Peterson.


EnCase Forensic is recognized as the software that uncovers the most potential evidence and incorporates diverse technolo- gies seamlessly and processes data quickly and comprehensively. Guidance Software was the fi rst to market this type of product and it is designed to be the tool of choice for digital forensic in- vestigators to evolve with their needs in the fast-changing digital investigation environment.


Its remote forensic capability allows investigators to preview and collect from a remote computer quickly and easily and investiga- tors can discreetly and directly access a suspect’s hard drive, RAM, and memory. EnCase Forensic’s evidence processor manages and allows for distribution and control of evidence processing. Users can search across the entire case from one easy-to-use, fl ex- ible and more powerful search interface for diverse types of informa- tion from varied sources. Three principal methods of searching: Index Searches, Tag Searches and Keyword Searches through Raw Data, incorporate search results into a single tab, allowing for easier review and search results are comprehensive across the three methods.


Abbott Informatics’ STARLIMS Forensics Product Overview showing the interaction between law enforcement officers, crime scene, STARLIMS property and STARLIMS Laboratory.


EnCase App Central was launched two years ago and now marks over 60,000 downloads providing extensibility and ef- fi ciency to EnCase users by offering fully tested EnScripts© templates and third-party apps that were previously created by thousands of users and scattered among numerous websites and blogs. Selection of over 130 EnScripts and apps from EnCase App Central increases functionality and effi ciency.


EnCase Forensic is designed for maximum return on your in- vestment and presents a great leap forward for ease of use, cus- tomization, extensibility, and scalability. It is designed to handle the challenges investigators face of increasingly larger data sets, di- verse technologies, case backlogs, and tight budgets. It does this by integrating more tools and technologies, supporting more operat- ing systems and applications, while giving investigators the ability to modify and adapt the EnCase Forensic to their own workfl ow and investigative process.


In terms of budget-saving, it does not require expensive oper- ating systems for optimum performance and leverages system resources to deliver processing speed advantages over market alternatives. The effi cient workfl ow reduces case backlogs and re- claims more investigative time by automating many traditionally time-consuming processing and indexing tasks.


Kathy Marks has been a child abuse investigator for more than 30 years. She teaches classes regarding domestic terrorism and is a previous contributor to LAW and ORDER. She can be reached at kathymarks53@aol.com.


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