AccessData Introduces New MPE+ (4.6) Tablet for More Efficient Acquisition of Mobile Devices in the Field

Today, AccessData announced the release of the Mobile Phone Examiner Plus^® (MPE+) Tablet designed to make in-depth mobile phone data immediately available during on-scene cell phone investigations, saving time for examiners back at the lab. “The MPE+ Tablet is easier to use and less cumbersome than other common field solutions,” commented former law enforcement officer and leading mobile forensics educator, Lee Reiber. Reiber is Director of Mobile Forensics at AccessData Group and has personally led the development of the MPE+ software and field tablet solutions.

With thousands of mobile device models built on several different operating systems and proprietary technologies, law enforcement, government agencies and even corporations struggle to find tools that will allow them to analyze and preserve evidence from each device they encounter. AccessData has proven itself as a leader in delivering mobile forensics technology that addresses this challenge, and has also placed great emphasis on making mobile device seizures in the field quicker and easier.

Other field tools allow an examiner to acquire mobile device data, but then require the examiner to transfer that data into a different module before evidence can be analyzed. In many cases, alternative mobile forensics tools are too cumbersome. For example, they have to be installed on laptops, or worse yet, the solution comes in the form of a kiosk. “The new MPE+ Tablet is lightweight, intuitive and allows the field examiner to preview, acquire, and analyze evidence right at the scene of the device seizure. The examiner is also able to generate a customized evidence report on the spot, saving a great deal of time for forensic investigators back at the lab,” explained Reiber.

The MPE+ Tablet comes preconfigured with MPE+ 4.6, the latest version of this market-leading solution. MPE+ is a stand-alone cell phone forensics solution that integrates seamlessly with the leading computer forensics technology, Forensic Toolkit^® (FTK^®). This integration with FTK allows investigators to correlate evidence from multiple mobile devices with evidence from multiple computers, thus further increasing the efficiency and efficacy of digital forensics examiners.

MPE+ v4.6 includes “ClickOnce Installation” and auto updating in two modes. Online mode automatically confirms MPE+ has the latest software and drivers and prompts the user to install if an active internet connection is present. Offline mode supports installation of the latest software updates and drivers from our secure server. Reiber stated, “We recognize and do our best to support all workflows and security requirements. Most importantly, we want our client base to spend their time catching the bad guys, rather than maintaining our software.”

Key features of MPE+ software and the new touch tablet are below:

Mobile Phone Examiner Plus (MPE+) Software:

• Supports 3500+ mobile devices, including…
  • iOS^® devices, including iPad^®
  • Android^®
  • Blackberry^®
  • Windows Mobile™
• On-the-fly decryption of the operating system and logical data on iOS devices
• Full user data extraction from rooted Android devices.
• Forensic SIM cloner with SIM and USIM support
• Data carving of embedded data

MPE+ Touch Tablet for Field Investigations

• Same capabilities of MPE+ software on a lightweight touch tablet
• Instant on-site triage
• Anti-glare screen
• Multi Touch 10.1” capacitive screen
• Intel^® ATOM dual core processor
• 2Gb DDR3 SDRAM
• 16Gb SATA solid state drive
• 16Gb 3.0 MPE+ tablet flash drive
• SD card slot
• Ethernet Adapter
• Windows Standard 7 Embedded x64
• Embedded media player
• 3-core Li-Ion battery with input adapter
• Cable kit available separately

About AccessData

AccessData Group has pioneered digital investigations and litigation support for more than twenty years and is the maker of FTK, SilentRunner, Summation and the CIRT security framework. Over that time, the company has grown to provide a family of stand-alone and enterprise-class solutions that enable digital investigations of any kind, including computer forensics, incident response, e-discovery, legal review and information assurance. More than 100,000 users in law enforcement, government agencies, corporations and law firms around the world rely on AccessData software solutions and its premier digital investigations and hosted review services. AccessData Group is also a leading provider of digital forensics and litigation support training and certification. http://accessdata.com