Incident Response & DFIR
Exterro FTK Central

Collaborate, analyze, and uncover the truth in every incident response investigation.

Contain incidents faster. Prove impact with confidence. Automate the heavy lifting.
 Exterro FTK Central gives DFIR teams a centralized, automated platform for remote evidence collection, high-speed processing, and audit-ready reporting—integrated with your SIEM, SOAR, and ticketing tools to drive end-to-end response at scale.

incident & breach response

Exterro FTK Central can be used by:

Incident Response Leads & CSIRT Managers
Rapidly scope incidents and manage the response workflow.
SOC Analysts (Tier 2/3)
Automate the handoff from security alerts to defensible forensic collection across endpoints.
DFIR Examiners & Forensic Lab Managers
Conduct remote, non-disruptive evidence acquisition while ensuring  chain-of-custody integrity.
Threat Hunting & Cyber Defense Teams
Quickly collect critical evidence from modern data sources like M365 and Slack to confirm and scope threats and vulnerabilities.
Enterprise Security Architects / Blue Teams
Oorchestrate remote, forensically-sound evidence collection across their security landscape.

Common Triggers

Defensible chain-of-custody with complete audit trails
Cloud and SaaS evidence collection
Automated handoffs from SIEM alerts to SOAR playbooks to forensic collection
Remote evidence acquisition without persistent agents
Rapid scoping and triage across hundreds or thousands of endpoints
‍Exterro delivers for incident response teams.

Learn about the benefits and business outcomes of using FTK Central for incident response and breach management.

Faster time-to-scope (TTS)
From alert to initial blast radius in hours, not days
Reduction in manual touch
Automated parsing, indexing, and report generation
24–48 hour containment window  .
Slash time to remediation with orchestrated remote collection and prioritized review.
Chain-of-custody integrity
Powered by cryptographic hashing and immutable logs across workflows
30–50% lower IR cost per incident
Centralized processing and automation reduces both labor and rework.

Capabilities

Remote Endpoint Collection
Alert-driven remote endpoint collection
Live preview, targeted acquisition of files, memory*, and artifacts on Windows and macOS without a persistent agent
FTK Central
Automated ingestion, parsing & indexing
High-speed artifact extraction (OS, browser, registry, logs) with scalable server processing
Cloud/SaaS Sources Pack
Cloud & SaaS evidence acquisition
Continuously discover, catalog, and classify records wherever they reside while data remains securely within your environment.
FTK Connect
Workflow automation & system handoffs
API/webhook playbooks to/from SIEM/SOAR (e.g., Splunk, QRadar, Chronicle, Cortex XSOAR) and ITSM (e.g., ServiceNow, Jira)
AI Review Pack
AI-assisted triage & review
Semantic search, clustering, and summarization across logs, docs, and media
FTK Forensic Toolkit
Deep-dive workstation analysis
Granular artifact review, timeline analysis, decryption workflows, and reporting
FTK Imager / Imager Pro
Field imaging / triage

Targeted or full-disk imaging (E01/AFF4/RAW), hash verification, encryption detection
*Memory capture availability varies by configuration and OS support.
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How FTK Central transforms incident response workflows

Integrations + Data Sources

FTK Central connects, via API/webhooks or FTK Connect, to a wide variety of enterprise data sources and security software and infrastructure.

SIEM
Splunk, IBM QRadar, Google Chronicle, Microsoft Sentinel
SOAR
Palo Alto Cortex XSOAR, Splunk SOAR, ServiceNow SOAR
EDR/SecOps
CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne
ITSM/Ticketing
Service Now, Jira
Collaboration/SaaS
Microsoft 365, Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive; Google Workspace, Gmail, Drive; Slack; Microsoft Teams; Confluence
Evidence Formats
AFF4, E01, AD1, RAW/DD
OS Targets
Windows, macOS, Linus support for select artifacts  
The Exterro difference for incident response
IR-grade remote collection at scale without persistent agents
Automation-first architecture via FTK Connect ties alerts to action with reliable APIs
Enterprise-class processing allows you to index terabytes quickly, across concurrent cases.
Court-defensible by design including hashing, immutable logs, repeatable workflows
Cloud & SaaS aware, so you can collect key enterprise data sources with proper authorization.
Modular growth path—pair with FTK Forensic Toolkit for deep dives and use Imager Pro for field ops.
Incident Response
Getting started

Achieve time to first value of in one to two weeks with typical pilots of automated SIEM to SOAR to FTK Central workflows. Prerequisites include FTK Central, network access for remote collection jobs, API credentials for SIEM, SOAR, and ITSM connectors, and optional cloud application permissions.

Build playbook.
Choose one alert type and build a playbook in your SOAR to call FTK Connect.
Collect.
Collect from 10 - 25 endpoints and two cloud sources.
Evaluate.
Measure TTS, automation percentage, and analyst hours saved for a typical response.