Guidance Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: GUID), the World Leader in Digital Investigations™, today announced one of the largest multi-national banks in the world has invested over $7.5 million in a complete suite of EnCase products and services for digital enterprise investigations to date. EnCase enables organizations to proactively hunt down malware, respond to security breaches, collect and process evidence, and pinpoint internal employee misconduct. Recently, the bank engaged Guidance Software’s Professional Services team to support a large-scale e-discovery collection project in anticipation of the sale of one of the bank’s entities.

Using EnCase to perform the job, the Guidance Software Professional Services team forensically captured data from multiple devices under legal hold before their disposal and prior to the entity’s sale. Tight deadlines and massive volumes of data required Guidance Software to assemble a large team of digital investigations professionals to work around the clock to scan, process, and preserve over 15 terabytes of data in a matter of weeks.

“A major concern during the sale of any financial business is ensuring all sensitive information is captured and stored safely. And, during a transaction, the clock is always ticking and deadlines are tight,” said Jay Ackerman, Chief Revenue Officer for Guidance Software. “Guidance Software has both best-in-breed sensitive data investigation and collection tools, and a highly skilled professional services team to support our customers, regardless of the size of the job or time limitations.”

A long-time customer of Guidance Software, the bank is using the following EnCase products:

  • EnCase® Enterprise - The leading digital forensic tool for remote investigations. It enables users to discreetly, accurately, and securely access machines anywhere on their networks in order to preview, collect, and examine digital evidence in a forensically sound manner.
  • EnCase® Analytics - An endpoint-based security analytics solution that exposes signs of intrusion, behavioral anomalies, and advanced threats across the enterprise.
  • EnCase® Cybersecurity - An incident response product that enables your security team to respond quickly to incoming threat alerts to prioritize, investigate, and remediate incidents using endpoint data for context.
  • EnCase® eDiscovery - A market-leading and court-accepted solution that automates Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) workflows for legal and regulatory investigations, accelerates the collection and preservation of ESI, and enables collaborative review and production of evidence.

Guidance Software was named 2013 market share leader by Gartner for Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) tools in its November 2014 Competitive Landscape Report. Guidance Software has also been named a “leader” in Gartner Inc.’s 2014 Magic Quadrant for e-discovery software, in its fourth annual industry report.

About Guidance Software, Inc.

Guidance Software is recognized worldwide as the industry leader in endpoint investigation solutions for security incident response, e-discovery and forensic analysis. Its EnCase® Enterprise platform, deployed on an estimated 25 million endpoints, is used by more than 70 percent of the Fortune 100, more than 45 percent of the Fortune 500, and numerous government agencies to conduct digital investigations of servers, laptops, desktops and mobile devices. Built on the EnCase Enterprise platform are market-leading cybersecurity, IT help desk, and electronic discovery solutions, EnCase® Cybersecurity, EnCase® Analytics, EnCase® Remote Recovery + and EnCase® eDiscovery. They empower organizations to conduct speedy and thorough security incident response, reveal previously hidden security threats or malicious insider activity, recover lost files, perform sensitive data discovery, and respond to litigation discovery requests. For more information about Guidance Software, visit www.encase.com.

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