Guidance Software, Inc. has donated an EnCase® Portable to The National Law Center for Children and Families. An auction will determine what law enforcement agency will obtain the pocket-sized forensics tool for its use.

Any law enforcement agency is eligible to participate in the auction by submitting a bid to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it by April 18, 2010. The subject line of your email should be "EnCase Portable Bid" and the body of the email should include the bid and full contact information.

The winner will be announced at the NLC's Houston Seminar on April 19, 2010. 

The winning  bid is $225.00 from the Knox County Sheriffs Office Knoxville, Tennessee.
 

The donated item includes the software only, maintenance and support may be purchased separately by the winner.

Designed with the first responder in mind, EnCase Portable allows anyone to search, collect, and triage information in the field.  With the unique capabilities of EnCase Portable, users can identify critical information at the time of collection, using the target machine as their review portal. Anyone is able to conduct the initial review without having to be an expert in forensic technology.

With EnCase Portable you can:

• Search machines and review images, emails, Internet history immediately
• Use case specific keywords to search machines and review responsive files
• Search suspicious machines for any signs of illegal content, and review the information in a matter of minutes

The NLC is very thankful for the generous demonstration from Guidance Software. Proceeds from this auction will support the NLC's efforts to train law enforcement professionals on computer crimes against children.

Guidance Software offers eDiscovery, data discovery, and computer forensics solutions for corporations and government agencies. Validated by numerous courts, corporate legal departments, and government agencies, our EnCase technology is used by over 30,000 licensed users worldwide.