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Eden Prairie, MN February 26, 2009 (Business Wire) Cyber Security Technologies Corporation announced today the release and availability of Mac Marshal™, a computer forensics software product for the investigation of Mac computers running the OS X operating system.

Mac Marshal automates the analysis of Mac OS X file system images.  It scans a Macintosh disk image, automatically detects and displays Macintosh and Windows operating systems and virtual machine images, and provides the investigator with analysis tools to automate the extraction of Mac OS X-specific forensic evidence.

Highlights of the features available in Release 1.0 of Mac Marshal are:

• Analyzes Mac OS X and dual-boot disk and partition images in multiple formats
• Analyzes configuration and log files from common OS X applications, such as Apple Mail, Safari, iChat, Quick Time Player, and Address Book
• Lists detailed information about every iPod that has been connected to the machine
• Automatically gathers comprehensive machine usage information
• Provides rapid searching of Spotlight file metadata
• Supports dd, EnCase, FTK, AFF, and Apple disk images
• Automatically detects VMWare, VirtualBox & Parallels virtual machines
• Automatically detects and provides analysis of FileVault-encrypted user directories
• Maintains an audit trail and generates detailed reports in HTML, PDF, RTF and tab-separated value formats

“We are very excited to present our newest product, Mac Marshal, to the digital forensics community,” stated John Metil, President of Cyber Security Technologies.  “We believe that Mac Marshal sets a new standard for forensics technology focused on the investigation of Mac OS X based systems.  The increasing popularity of Apple Macintosh hardware, particularly using Intel x86 compatible processors, provides new challenges for forensic investigators.  The complexity of these investigations is compounded by the ability of modern Macs to run multiple operating systems, such as Windows or Linux, utilizing dual-boot via Apple’s Boot Camp software or in a virtual machine such as Parallels or VMware Fusion.  Mac Marshal automates the identification of the operating environment of the Mac OS X based system, and automates the extraction of usage information left by the operating system and common Mac OS applications.  Our unique implementation of the capability to utilize the Spotlight search functionality is invaluable in speeding searches for files based upon sophisticated content or metadata criteria” continued Metil.

For more information about Mac Marshal, click here.

Mac Marshal is offered at a license price of $995.  For order information click here. 

Mac Marshal is available free of charge to US Law Enforcement organizations.  US Law Enforcement may click here for instructions and download information.

About Cyber Security Technologies
Cyber Security Technologies is the innovation leader in affordable software solutions for the forensic investigation of computer systems.  Our OnLine Digital Forensic Suite™ (OnLineDFS™) enables network-based, real-time investigations of live, running computer systems without pre-installed agents.  OnLineDFS is designed for information technology security professionals and investigators in corporations, government agencies and law enforcement.  It is a valuable solution for incident response, compliance, e-discovery and law enforcement investigations in live, networked environments.

Additionally, CST provides two leading-edge software products – P2P Marshal™ and Mac Marshal™ – for automating the investigation and analysis of especially challenging investigative situations. 

P2P Marshal is an automated application to discover and analyze peer-to-peer usage on images of hard drives in dramatically less time than is required for a manual investigation.  P2P Marshal automatically detects and identifies a roster of commonly used P2P software which is or was present on the hard drive under investigation.  It reveals files which have been downloaded and offered for sharing, and identifies peer servers with which the target computer has been in contact.

Mac Marshal is an analytical forensic product that substantially accelerates investigations of computers running the Mac OS X operating system and related Mac-specific applications.  Mac Marshal automatically detects OS X and Windows operating systems and virtual machine images, and provides the investigator with an array of automated information-gathering and analytical tools to rapidly extract Mac-specific forensic evidence from the operating system, the hard drive, and from Mac applications such as Mail, Safari, iChat, Address Book and QuickTime Player.

Cyber Security Technologies is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.  It is an affiliate of Architecture Technology Corporation, an established advanced technology company which provides software-intensive solutions for complex problems to customers including the US Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Justice and Transportation.

For More Information:
Robert Pasquarella
952.937.6258
rpasquarella@cyberstc.com