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Exterro, a recognized provider of legal Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) solutions, is strategically expanding its presence in India through a partnership with mh Service to address pressing challenges in the Indian forensic landscape. This partnership reflects Exterro's commitment to expanding its influence in markets, with a particular focus on India's dynamic forensic ecosystem and growing technology adoption. Exterro's strategic expansion Exterro's strategic expansion in India involves collaborating with mh Service, a company deeply rooted in the local legal landscape, and equipped with a robust network of clients and partners. This partnership empowers Exterro to leverage mh Service's expertise and market reach, establishing a stronger foothold in the Indian subcontinent. Exterro is noted for its cutting-edge forensic solutions, a select option of law enforcement agencies Exterro is renowned for its cutting-edge forensic solutions, a preferred choice of law enforcement agencies, government entities, corporations, and law firms worldwide. These solutions empower organizations to conduct comprehensive and efficient forensic investigations by collecting, processing, analyzing, and reviewing digital evidence. Exterro's innovative Forensics tools "This collaboration will enable mh Service to distribute Exterro's innovative Forensics tools in the South Asia market, this Partnership empowers the DFIR community providing law enforcement agencies, and forensic professionals access to state-of-the-art technology solutions. Clients in South Asia especially India will experience improved efficiency, cost reduction, and enhanced compliance capabilities." "We understand the nuances of the Indian forensic ecosystem, including regulatory intricacies and client requirements, which will ensure that Exterro's software solutions are tailored to meet specific Indian needs," Jignesh Suba, CEO of South Asia at mh Service. Exterro's cutting-edge FTK tools Collaboration assigns them to drive more vast and efficient forensic studies Geoffrey Brooks Regional Vice President, Exterro, equally enthusiastic, stated: "Indian organizations face industry-wide challenges, including a shortage of skilled professionals, limited access to advanced forensic technology, and the pressing need for standardized forensic processes. Challenges such as managing the rising volume of digital evidence, handling the complexity of cybercrime investigations, and improving the efficiency of forensic processes are paramount." "Our partnership with mh Service can be instrumental in addressing and overcoming these hurdles. By providing Indian organizations access to Exterro's cutting-edge FTK tools, this collaboration empowers them to conduct more comprehensive and efficient forensic investigations, streamline forensic processes, and ensure compliance with data privacy and information security regulations." Elevating Forensic Excellence in India Exterro-mh Service is a transformative union ruling  key challenges within the Indian forensic terrain The Exterro-mh Service partnership is a transformative collaboration addressing key challenges within the Indian forensic landscape. It strengthens Exterro's foothold in India while equipping Indian organizations with advanced forensic solutions. This collaboration is designed to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of forensic investigations, boost forensic capabilities, and facilitate compliance with data privacy and information security regulations.  By doing so, it raises the standards for forensic investigations in India, offering comprehensive and efficient solutions that cater to the diverse needs of the Indian forensic system. Under this partnership, Exterro expands its reach into the Indian market, providing its cutting-edge forensic tools to a broader customer base. This partnership holds the potential to transform the forensic landscape in India and meet critical challenges within the Indian forensic system. Debut of Exterro FTK® 8.0 Exterro recently announced the debut of Exterro FTK® 8.0, the award-winning, court-cited digital investigations solution built for speed, stability, and ease of use, with the fastest scalable processing engine on the market. FTK 8.0 delivers powerful time-saving automation to help agencies accelerate forensic workflows to close cases faster. By using FTK Connect to automate case creation and evidence processing, law enforcement agencies can eliminate time spent waiting for jobs to be completed and get cases to examiners in half the time.

Exterro, Inc., the provider of Legal GRC software, which unifies e-discovery, digital forensics, and data privacy to drive successful, defensible outcomes for in-house legal, IT teams, privacy, and law enforcement worldwide, has introduced Exterro Smart Data Inventory, a new solution designed to help organizations build, monitor and maintain a defensible privacy program based on a single intelligent and dynamic data inventory across record types, assets, 3rd parties, and processing activities.   Real-time data  To establish an effective data privacy and governance program, organizations must be able to quickly attain a real-time picture of the data that exists within their internal environment as well as cross-border data transfers. Given the sheer volume of data, many organizations struggle to maintain an accurate and up-to-date inventory which is required to comply with a complex global regulatory environment. Exterro Smart Data Inventory A company’s ability to meet its compliance obligations is directly impacted by its ability to understand" Exterro Smart Data Inventory speeds the time to compliance by reducing the time to record processing activities, eliminating redundant questions, automatically detecting high-risk processing by regulation, and integrating data discovery technology.  “A company’s ability to meet their compliance obligations is directly impacted by their ability to understand what information they have, where it lives, how it’s being processed and how long they keep it whether that’s CPRA, GDPR, PIPL, or any other privacy regulation,” said Ray Pathak, VP of Privacy at Exterro. A seamless and integrated solution Ray Pathak adds, "Without an intelligent and automated approach to building a comprehensive data inventory, this makes an already difficult and time-consuming process, all the more challenging." He continues, “The Exterro Smart Data Inventory capability is the industry’s first truly integrated solution to seamlessly bring together deep privacy intelligence, process orchestration, advanced artificial intelligence (AI), and data governance best practices in a single platform to eliminate many of the headaches that come with having to manually build and maintain a data inventory.”  Comprehensive data inventory Conducting a comprehensive data inventory is considered to be the first, and most important step in building a defensible privacy and data governance program. It’s also the most time-consuming and costly stage that when done manually, can take months to complete, is rendered inaccurate or already out of date by the time it is completed and can cost several hundreds of thousands of dollars. Benefits  Some of the key benefits that Exterro Smart Data Inventory provides to customers include:  Accelerated Compliance: Natively integrated with Exterro Data Discovery, Exterro Smart Data Inventory speeds time to compliance with global privacy regulations. Compliance is also accelerated by a fully configurable rules engine, enabling users to create automated policy enforcement triggers based on organizational privacy, security, or other internal policies.   Increased Productivity & Efficiency: Embedded artificial intelligence technology powers productivity gains across departments Embedded artificial intelligence technology powers productivity gains across departments and stakeholders by personalizing suggestions based on role and response history as well as offering proactive recommendations based on specific regulatory requirements. The Smart Data Inventory also boosts team productivity via automated, AI-driven discovery of personally sensitive data and related data subjects. Exterro Smart Data Inventory also eliminates redundant questions commonly asked in PIA/DPIAs via a powerful rules engine that automatically detects if any sensitive PII and/or vulnerable Data Subjects are part of the processing activity (i.e., business process) which dramatically reduces the time organizations spend to collect data inventory information from their business users.  Improved Accuracy & Collaboration: A consolidated data workflow eliminates outdated and inefficient survey methodologies such as having to manually administer questionnaires, while enabling business users and privacy champions to collaborate, increasing information accuracy and streamlining the process of recording, reviewing, and approving data processing activities.   Simplified Operations: Building a comprehensive and defensible data inventory today is mired in complexity due to the exponential volumes of data being ingested daily and the dynamic nature of the data itself. Exterro Smart Data Inventory helps users mitigate much of this complexity by reducing the effort required to map, organize and contextualize all relevant data and eases inventory maintenance by automatically tracking and capturing any changes within an environment. 

Exterro, Inc., the preferred provider of Legal GRC software specifically designed for in-house legal, privacy, and IT teams at Global 2000 and Am Law 200 organizations announced the release of its upgraded FTK® Connect digital forensic tool that adds powerful new automation, orchestration, and integration capabilities to Exterro’s pioneering platform. Digital forensics FTK Connect automation enables both corporations to streamline their incident response or breach investigations, and law enforcement and public sector customers to accelerate forensic evidence processing and review in criminal cases. The launch exemplifies Exterro’s ongoing investment in the FTK® product line as it plans a future IPO and underscores the company’s commitment to the digital forensics and incident response market. Incident management FTK Connect supports incident response by combining automation capabilities with the power and speed of FTK solutions In 2021, businesses suffered 50% more cyberattacks per week than in 2020, and corporations around the globe expect an increase in attempted breaches. But if their forensic tools are not directly integrated with their cyber intrusion tools they risk being unable to preserve the evidence needed to remediate the attack. FTK Connect supports incident response requirements by combining new automation capabilities with the power and speed of Exterro’s FTK solutions in performing forensic investigations, incident response workflows, and securing corporate assets. Automatic integration, drag and drop UI Additionally, FTK Connect allows SIEM and SOAR platforms like Splunk and Palo Alto Networks to be automatically integrated with FTK forensic products to instantly preserve evidence upon detection of an intrusion, with no human interaction needed. It also features a dramatically simplified drag and drop user interface (UI) that is specifically designed to allow non-programmers to easily create automation for any case type. Public sector For public sector agencies, FTK Connect provides a much-needed automation solution that overcomes many of the challenges they face currently. Some of these challenges include case backlogs that exist due to diminished tech budgets, lack of investigator training, and the enormous amounts of data that need to be processed. Lack of investigation training Forensic evidence examinations become delayed after the collection of evidence because of a lack of trained examiners Essentially, the costs of outfitting a forensic lab with state-of-the-art technology and highly trained examiners are out of reach for most agencies. Thus, forensic evidence examinations become delayed after the imaging of a drive or collection of evidence because they rely on the availability of trained examiners to perform the next steps. Due to these circumstances and budgetary reasons, agencies are more frequently using non-technical reviewers who lack any training in forensics or forensic software but who need to prepare cases for review by a forensic expert. As a result, investigation close rates continue to lag severely.  Automation solution  “By utilizing FTK Connect automation, law enforcement agencies can perform forensic workflows much faster and make better use of their existing hardware and software investments by putting them to use when users aren’t there,” said Harsh Behl, director of product management at Exterro. “Scheduling the automation outside office hours utilizes the 16 hours of the day from the time when an investigator leaves work to when they arrive the next morning, which were previously wasted. Law enforcement agencies utilizing FTK® Lab or FTK® Central with FTK Connect will be able to close more cases in less time.” Efficient platform The FTK Connect enhancements resulted from Exterro’s close partnerships with prominent customers in the US, UK, and Europe.  The wealth of experience and market insights from these customers have helped Exterro build a tool that creates efficiencies and covers the major gaps that exist within other forensic solutions. New features and functionality of FTK Connect Create automation with unprecedented ease: Built for non-programmers, the intuitive interface allows users to easily create automation for any case type with a drag and drop interface. Be instantly productive with minimal training. Automated processing and review: Law enforcement agencies can configure FTK Connect to watch directories and automatically process any forensic image placed there, then automatically search cases for pre-configured search terms, apply labels or bookmarks, and export the resulting files. Unite SIEM & SOAR with forensic investigations: Orchestrate forensic collection workflow by integrating internal cyberinfrastructure tools. Instantly preserve electronic evidence upon detection of an intrusion. FTK Connect can automate collection from remote endpoints based on triggers from solutions like Splunk SOAR and Palo Alto SOAR. Custom workflows: Leverage the FTK Connect APIs to build custom workflows or integrations that fit the organization’s exact needs and specifications. ISO accreditation: FTK Connect automation helps minimize human interaction during the handling of digital evidence, thus reducing the chance for errors and ensuring their compliance with/adherence to ISO Accreditation Standards such as ISO 27037, or ISOs 17020 and 17025. Compatibility: FTK Connect seamlessly integrates with FTK® Lab, FTK® Enterprise, and FTK® Central bringing unrivaled speed, power, and security to forensic workflows.