CRU introduced the CRU WiebeTech USB 3.0 WriteBlocker, a device that should be part of any digital forensic and eDiscovery tool kit. The CRU WiebeTech USB 3.0 WriteBlocker is essential for gathering forensically sound evidence, which is as important to law enforcement investigations as it should be to professionals in corporate human resources, IT, and security during eDiscovery or investigating hacks or cyberattacks.
What sets the CRU WiebeTech USB 3.0 WriteBlocker apart from other write blockers is that it has attained the fastest data capture speeds of any write blocker available today with a benchmarked read rate of 400 MB/s. The device’s two USB 3.0 inputs, coupled with the high performance, allow the support of full-speed simultaneous dual channel acquisition and triage. The CRU WiebeTech USB 3.0 WriteBlocker is also bus-powered to easily image drives in the field, and it is extremely lightweight and small, fitting into the palm of your hand. The initial release of the product will support Windows® 7, 8 and 10 host computers.
CRU WriteBlockers are an essential tool for preserving the integrity of the source information during a forensic investigation or eDiscovery process to prove that data was secured in a forensic manner should the digital information ever need to be presented in a court of law.
Along with its new write blocker, CRU will also offer the CRU WiebeTech WriteBlocking Validation Utility – free Windows software to test any write blocker from any manufacturer to verify its write blocking capabilities. The utility was modeled after the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s publicly available Linux-based testing tool.
Availability: The CRU WiebeTech USB 3.0 WriteBlocker is shipping in December 2015 and is available at a suggested retail price of $349 through CRU certified resellers.
