The latest innovation from NetClean helps digital investigators ‘see’ the relationships between digital evidence hidden inside photo and video files.
NetClean today launches the new version of Analyze DI 15.1, which incorporates Analyze Relations, an industry first capability for visual navigation that actively suggests relationships between millions of data points pertaining to digital media.
The software identifies relationships by comparing multiple types of data collected from this type of digital media – including what camera was used, attributes depicted visually within the images, and where and when the image was taken.
With the proliferation of digital media – whether in the form of video or photo images – investigators are expected to review and analyse millions of digital files. Although more digital files mean more potential evidence, it’s nearly impossible to manually review and make sense of such large quantities of material. Without the proper tools, the process is time-consuming and frustrating for the investigator, and in cases such as child sexual abuse, manual review can be extremely distressing. Under these circumstances missed leads and unidentified connections are virtually guaranteed. With Analyze DI 15.1 investigators will be able to quickly and easily identify and visualise connections between individual data points in massive caseloads.
“Analyze has always been at the forefront of the digital investigative industry, but we have now made the digital analysis process even more seamless,” explained Johann Hofmann, product manager, Analyze. “We are excited to introduce Analyze Relations, which gives users the ability to automatically pinpoint and correlate information of interest in what can seem like a needle in a haystack. Ultimately, investigators are able to produce better results and maximise their limited resources. For example, in a child sexual abuse case, an innocent photo (with EXIF data intact) and an abuse image (where it has been removed) could have been taken on the same camera, Analyze actively suggests and visualises that connection for the investigator, and puts it in the context of hundreds more connections that it may have been able to find.”
Typically, investigative tools are static and investigators must know what they are looking for when new images are discovered as a part of an investigation. The process of finding out if those newly acquired images are related to one another or to previously seized data requires manual actions. Analyze Relations offers a dynamic solution that actively helps to connect the dots between images and assists in building visual maps, ultimately furthering investigators’ ability to abstract actionable intelligence from visual big data. The software identifies relationships by comparing multiple types of data collected from this type of digital media – including what camera was used, attributes depicted visually within the images, and where and when the image was taken.
Thousands of investigators and forensic examiners in both law enforcement and private industry already trust Analyze, which has the ability to tackle any use case that involves image and video data. Today over 2,500 law enforcement agencies in 30 countries utilise the Analyze platform, including the UK government to build the Child Abuse Image Database (CAID), a national solution for sharing information and insight on child exploitation cases across 46 law enforcement units.
