Meet the People Changing Lives with Exterro FTK: International Training Instructor Jon Cook
By Tim Rollins
Is it possible for software to change someone's life? You might not think that it's possible for a legal technology company like Exterro to change lives... but we are. Exterro FTK Forensic Toolkit is the gold standard for digital forensic investigations, used by law enforcement professionals across the globe to solve crimes from homicide and financial fraud to terrorism and child exploitation. Check out the video below to see how Jon Cook, a former law enforcement professional who now serves as International Training Instructor for Exterro, sees the impact Exterro FTK has on... Read More
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) is a federal law that was enacted in 1998 to protect the personal information of children under the age of 13. The law applies to websites, mobile apps, and other online services that collect, use, or disclose personal information from children, as well as general audience websites that know they are collecting PII from children. Overview From the 1970s through 2000, the United States federal government passed several privacy regulations, first governing how federal agencies could collect and use personally identifiable information (PII) and... 
This blog post was originally published on February 6, 2023, on the ACEDS blog here. If the first half of 2022 was about a return to normalcy and the consolidation of some of the pandemic-wrought changes in workplaces, the second half of the year showed that there was still plenty of potential for disruption as cyberthreats and stricter enforcement of privacy and other regulations. Given these trends, it’s no surprise that legal departments at big businesses are more concerned than ever about cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, and data privacy. One of the... 
This article by Exterro Founder and CEO Bobby Balachandran originally appeared on the EDRM blog here on January 30, 2023 and is republished here for Exterro blog subscribers. I’m sure you’ve seen the big news from Exterro from last week. We’ve acquired Zapproved, an e-discovery provider and software developer known for its exceptional customer service and outcomes. This is the third major acquisition we’ve made since 2019, and it’s given me an opportunity to reflect on all the amazing achievements we’ve had–and the exciting work that we have ahead of us. In... 
A few days ago, I shared some of the thoughts I had about Exterro’s acquisition of Zapproved. Reaching a big milestone, like an acquisition, is an achievement to celebrate, but it’s also a good opportunity to look back at the road traveled to get there. In 15 years, we’ve accomplished a lot with Exterro, but as I often tell my team: it’s just the beginning. As an organization, Exterro has far more road ahead of us than behind. We’ve reached a major milepost, to be sure. Our acquisitions of Jordan Lawrence... 
The duty to preserve potentially relevant data extends to when “litigation is reasonably foreseeable.” This broad standard, in today’s big data world, can make it complicated for businesses to clearly communicate when litigation is likely and burdensome to implement processes to find and preserve that data, as the case law ruling in EBIN New York, Inc. v. SIC Enterprise, Inc. demonstrates. Overview The defendants moved for spoliation sanctions against the plaintiff, alleging failure to preserve relevant data from sources including WeChat and KakaoTalk mobile messages. The plaintiff filed suit in this trade... 
Working at a software company, especially one that works primarily in the B2B space, it's understandable to feel that the impact of the work is... diluted? Maybe not as direct and life-changing as other work might be? But that's really not the case at Exterro. As the company behind the gold standard for digital forensic investigations, FTK Forensic Toolkit, the work we do at Exterro really does change lives. Check out the video below, with Detective Sergeant John Price, Team Leader, Digital Forensics/Incident Response for the West Midlands Police for the first in this series of...