Biometrics & Forensics Reviews
Aug 7, 2008
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Paraben has been the market leader in hand-held forensics because the software is easy to use and covers a wide range of devices, including PDAs, smart phones and cell phones.
Jul 7, 2008
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eDiscovery is one of those cool buzzwords that lawyers use, but nobody else cares about, right? Well, since 2006 that certainly is no longer the case.
May 22, 2008
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STRSRCH and URL_SRCH are command-line utilities that can search text files for IP addresses, email addresses, URLs and strings. The biggest advantage of these offerings is the speed at which they can process large amounts of data.
May 21, 2008
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ProDiscover Forensic 4.9 is a solution that is best used to analyse an entire system. It includes utilities for viewing the registry, event log and internet activity from a captured image.
May 20, 2008
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We are fans of open-source software and Helix 1.9 falls into this category. Helix has two components, each with its own set of utilities. The first component is the Windows element, which can be started on a booted Windows system by simply inserting the CD into the drive.
May 19, 2008
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Forensic Toolkit (FTK) is one of the most full-featured sets of products. It includes a forensic imager utility, a registry viewer facility and the Distributed Network Attack, which aids password recovery with the password recovery toolkit.
May 16, 2008
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Paraben has established itself as the market leader in hand-held forensics because its software is easy to use and covers a wide range of devices including PDAs, smartphones, and mobile phones.
Dec 4, 2007
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Strong biometrics and integration of other authentication methods is the focus of VeriSoft.
Oct 26, 2007
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This interesting product features access control based on facial recognition rather than fingerprints.
Oct 24, 2007
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This product focuses on making usernames and passwords almost obsolete. DigitalPersona Pro uses One Touch and it can be applied not only to logon, but to administrator sign-on to web-based applications where the administrator touches the device and all fields are filled out.
Oct 24, 2007
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This product looks at identifying people not for workstation authentication, but for purposes of replacing things, such as library cards or lunchroom cards.
Oct 24, 2007
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This product is designed to replace the traditional Windows Logon with biometric-based authentication. The SAFsolution software can be fully integrated into Windows to use either fingerprint or iris recognition.
Oct 23, 2007
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This product has some very interesting features. When we received the reader for this product and took it out of the box, we noticed it had not only a fingerprint scanner, but also a keypad and a card slot.
Oct 22, 2007
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Bio-Plugin from M2SYS is similar to a software development kit (SDK) with the exception that most of the work is done for the developer in advance.
Oct 18, 2007
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Bioscrypt's V-Station is designed to provide biometric protection for physical access to areas of a building or a room.
Oct 17, 2007
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The Matchlogon with FingerPIN system incorporates some nice features and functionality for deploying biometrics into an existing environment. The user enters a specific fingerprint sequence during enrollment and can use that sequence to logon to the workstation.
May 8, 2007
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AccessData is one of the venerable developers of computer forensic software. The company’s biggest strength is that it is — and has been since its inception — the go-to supplier of password recovery tools.
May 3, 2007
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Live forensics is an emerging field and, although there are a lot of good reasons to use it, there still are caveats.
Apr 18, 2007
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Of the straight (i.e., not over-the-network) computer forensic tools we examined, EnCase has made the most noticeable changes since last year.
Apr 18, 2007
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This is one of those "almost there" products that will, we are certain, give competitors a run for their money fairly soon. The LR1000 is a log analysis appliance and has a lot to recommend it.