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Analytics Desktop
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1. Welcome to the forefront of Digital Investigations
Analytics Desktop isa digital data investigation system designed for better utilization of digital data with the purpose of
unlocking more insights, surfacing additional findings and accelerating investigations.
Streamlining data ingestion
Save time by streamlining data ingestion directly rom UFED Physical Analyzer [aka PAI, When both apps are locally installed on
the same PC, use the option to Send to Analytics when creating a case in PA. PA will also check for hash database matches for
Project VIC and CAID (for suspected child abuse)
2. Analytics engines - reduce case cycle time
Person Resolution
Analytics automatically merges identifiers into
‘digital persons", an operation that if
performed manually is time consuming and
prone to error.
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Analytics automatically performs text
extraction from images categorized as
documents and screenshats. Greatly increase
the breadth of data that is scanned by watch
lists and text analytics engines to uncover
leads.
Media Analytics
Quickly single out places, faces, and objects to find the connections
faster. Media Analytics all but eliminates manual review of media files so
investigators never miss a lead
Neural network machine learning algorithms automatically detect child
exploitation, weapons, cash, drugs, faces and more in images and videos
Think of it like a “watchlist” for visual data,
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Text Analytics
When you don’t know what you're looking for or where to start ~ begin by
scanning Entities discovered by NLP algorithms. Text Analytics
‘automaticaly identifies over a dozen Entities ~ people, locations, URLs,
nationalities and more in multiple languages.
Discover codenames and surface other unspecified entities of interest.AD Analytics Desktop
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3. Contextual views
Dashboard
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Get a glimpse into the digital activity of every
device owner, with a summary of top contacts, sru8
favorite places, most-used apps, and top media
categories,
Persons
‘See who's been in touch, mentioned, or
involved. The person repository offers 3
comprehensive list of digital persons from
contacts, phone numbers, email addresses,
‘app accounts, avatars, and more.
Graph =
‘See who's connected, via which channels, and ?
when “
Timeline 7
See the entire picture with all ofthe digital
events arranged in chronological order
Gallery
See all the image and video media in the sa
digital evidence, including attachments.
Map
See GPS locations and geolocation metadata
for images, messages, etc a
Filter for mutual locations to find who's been
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4. Create a case
After entering case information °
1. Click Lead fite/folder to upload evidence. a
Supported filetypes: ——
* Cellebrite report package ui, uf.
* Micro Systemation XRY (* XML],
2. The system automatically creates a “digital
person” foreach il. I relevant, organize your ; °
evidence: rename persons, merge several. eas
evidence files tothe same person or upload —
additional files. 3
3. Rev up your Analytics’ engines: =]
* Select media categories of interest,
* Enable OCR text extraction, F e
+ Select relevant watchlists, —
Ready! Create the case and begin your
investigation,
5. Create a report
Report your findings to other
stakeholders and present actionable
evidence,
1. During your investigation, take
snapshots in any of the contextual
views and select what to capture,
Keep snapshots organized with clear
names and descriptions. 5
2. When ready to compile your report
* Go to the Report builder.
* Enter report details
* Drag-and-drop the snapshots into
the report. !
3. Click Preview then Export to
produce your report.