F-Response receives patent for Remote Forensics Innovation

March 11, 2011 - PRLog -- F-Response announced today award by the US Patent Office of a patent that covers the remote computer forensics technology that makes up the core of all F-Response software products.

The patent for invention number 7,899,882 is for a system and method for providing remote forensics capability. This system enables virtually any incident response, data recovery or forensics tool to be used over an IP network. It works by creating a network connection between the live subject machine and the examiner’s machine via raw (all sectors), physical, read-only access to the drives on the subject machine. Using F-Response, examiners can conduct analysis of a subject computer over an IP network using their tools of choice.

"Our patent makes claims using iSCSI technology specially modified to provide forensic grade write protection to remote computers.” said Matthew Shannon, Founder and Chief Software Architect, F-Response.

The patent covers the technology that makes up the core of all F-Response products (Field Kit, Consultant, Enterprise, and TACTICAL). F-Response has customers on nearly every continent and is available in four languages. F-Response software products support the collection of electronic evidence across over ten different operating environments and work seamlessly with a wide array of established computer forensics tools.

“This patent shows our commitment to what we call the Forensic Connectivity business, bringing you forensic access to remote machines simply, efficiently, and in a cost effective manner.” said Mr. Shannon.

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About F-Response®

F-Response® provides read-only access to the full physical disks and volumes of virtually any networked computer, plus the physical memory (RAM) of most Microsoft Windows® systems, thus enabling live examinations to be conducted over IP networks using the investigators tools of choice. F-Response® is a registered Trademark of Agile Risk Management, LLC based in Tampa, FL.