AccessData

AccessData was founded in 1987 by Eric Thompson.{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Eric |title=Eric Thompson I Cyber Risk I Kroll |url=https://www.kroll.com/en/our-team/eric-thompson |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=Kroll |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2020-12-03 |title=Exterro Acquires AccessData In Nine-Figure Deal, Expanding Its Platform And Setting Stage For Possible IPO {{!}} LawSites |url=https://www.lawnext.com/2020/12/exterro-acquires-accessdata-in-nine-figure-deal-expanding-its-platform-and-setting-stage-for-possible-ipo.html |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=www.lawnext.com |language=en-US}}

On 1 January 2015, AccessData split into two companies.{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Teri |date=2014-11-03 |title=AccessData to split in two, creates Resolution1 |url=https://www.scmagazine.com/brief/accessdata-to-split-in-two-creates-resolution1 |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=SC Media |language=en}} The first company retained the name and digital forensics products whilst the second company, Resolution1 Security, split to focus on cyber incident response products.{{Cite web |date=2014-11-04 |title=AccessData to split into two companies - Edge Middle East |url=https://www.edgemiddleeast.com/business/600735-accessdata-to-split-into-two-companies |access-date=2024-08-18 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=AccessData Group to split |url=https://www.intelligentcio.com/me/2014/11/04/accessdata-group-to-split/ |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=Intelligent CIO Middle East |language=en-GB}} On 15 May 2015, AccessData announced that the sale of Resolution1 Security had been completed.{{Cite web |last=AccessData |date=2015-05-14 |title=AccessData Group Announces Sale of Resolution1 Security Business to Fidelis Cybersecurity |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2015/05/14/735974/34718/en/AccessData-Group-Announces-Sale-of-Resolution1-Security-Business-to-Fidelis-Cybersecurity.html |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |language=en}}

In December 2020, AccessData was acquired by Exterro.{{Cite web |title=Exterro Acquires AccessData to Form the Leading Enterprise Legal GRC… |url=https://www.exterro.com/about/news/exterro-acquires-accessdata-to-form-the-leading-enterprise-legal-grc-software-platform-across-data-privacy-forensics-and-e-discovery |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Exterro |language=en-us}} It was reported that Exterro paid over $100 million USD to purchase the company.{{Cite web |last=artificiallawyer |date=2020-12-03 |title=Exterro Buys AccessData in $100m-plus Deal, As Consolidation Continues |url=https://www.artificiallawyer.com/2020/12/03/exterro-buys-accessdata-in-100m-plus-deal-as-consolidation-continues/ |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=Artificial Lawyer |language=en-GB}}

{{See also|Forensic Toolkit}}

Forensic Toolkit, or FTK, is a computer forensics software that scans a hard drive looking for various information.{{cite web |last=Schneier |first=Bruce |authorlink=Bruce Schneier |date=2007-11-01 |title=Secure Passwords Keep You Safer |url=http://archive.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2007/01/72458?currentPage=all |accessdate=2009-01-12 |publisher=Wired |page=3}} It is an well-known and widely used piece of software amongst those working in digital forensics.{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=S. C. |date=2016-10-03 |title=AccessData Forensic Toolkit (FTK) |url=https://www.scworld.com/product-test/accessdata-forensic-toolkit-ftk |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=SC Media |language=en}} It can, for example, locate deleted emails{{cite journal |last=Dixon |first=Phillip D. |date=December 2005 |title=An overview of computer forensics |url=http://www.phillipdixon.net/PDForensics.pdf |url-status=dead |journal=IEEE Potentials |publisher=IEEE |volume=24 |issue=5 |page=8 |doi=10.1109/mp.2005.1594001 |issn=0278-6648 |s2cid=25462454 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213205/http://www.phillipdixon.net/PDForensics.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-03 |accessdate=2009-01-12}} and scan disks for strings to use them as a password dictionary to crack encryption or hashes.{{cite journal |last=Casey |first=Eoghan |date=Fall 2002 |title=Practical Approaches to Recovering Encrypted Digital Evidence |url=http://www.digital4nzics.com/Student%20Library/Practical%20Approaches%20to%20Recovering%20Encrypted%20Digital%20Evidence.pdf |url-status=dead |journal=International Journal of Digital Evidence |location=Utica, New York |publisher=Economic Crime Institute, Utica College |volume=1 |issue=3 |page=12 |issn=1938-0917 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102054557/http://www.digital4nzics.com/Student%20Library/Practical%20Approaches%20to%20Recovering%20Encrypted%20Digital%20Evidence.pdf |archive-date=2013-11-02 |accessdate=2009-01-12}} AccessData also created a similar tool called AD Lab.{{Cite web |title=AccessData Releases Powerful New Versions of AD Lab and FTK Digital Forensics Software Tools |url=https://financialit.net/news/data/accessdata-releases-powerful-new-versions-ad-lab-and-ftk-digital-forensics-software-tools |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=Financial IT |language=en}}

FTK Imager is a tool that saves an image of a hard disk in one file or in segments that may be later on reconstructed. It calculates MD5 and SHA1 hash values and can verify the integrity of the data imaged is consistent with the created forensic image. The forensic image can be saved in several formats, including DD/raw, E01, and AD1.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=FTK Imager User Guide v4.3.0 |url=https://ad-pdf.s3.amazonaws.com/Imager/4_3_0/FTKImager_UG.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419150238/https://ad-pdf.s3.amazonaws.com/Imager/4_3_0/FTKImager_UG.pdf |archive-date=2021-04-19 |access-date=2020-10-08 |website= |publication-date=January 28, 2020}} FTK imager can be used to create hard disk images for later use in Forensic Toolkit,{{Cite web |title=Windows Drive Acquisition |url=https://www.packtpub.com/en-us/learning/how-to-tutorials/windows-drive-acquisition |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Packt |language=en}}

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