Case Study: CYTER achieves recovery of 90% of data overlooked by a competitor during government e-discovery with Exterro FTK

CYTER’s Digital Forensics Team Relies on FTK® to Discover 90% of Data Overlooked by Competitive Tool During E-Discovery in Government Investigation

CYTER, an Australia-based digital forensics and incident response firm, was hired by a major law firm to perform e-discovery for a high-profile government investigation. Led by senior forensics specialist Yian Sun, the team conducted an early case assessment using FTK to ensure a thorough and accurate collection and analysis of the client’s electronic data.

Using FTK, CYTER identified tens of thousands of deleted emails and other material that a competing tool missed—reprocessing by the competitor surfaced only about 10% of the data FTK had harvested. CYTER delivered the recovered data to the law firm, illustrating FTK’s upfront processing and indexing, fast search, flexible analysis, clear reporting, and vendor training/support, which together enabled a faster, more complete e-discovery outcome.

CYTER

Yian Sun

Senior Forensic Specialist