Data analysis suites

Name	From	Description
Autopsy	Brian Carrier	Graphical interface to the command line digital investigation analysis tools in The Sleuth Kit (see below)
Backtrack	Backtrack	Penetration testing and security audit with forensic boot capability
Caine	Nanni Bassetti	Linux based live CD, featuring a number of analysis tools
Deft	Dr. Stefano Fratepietro and others	Linux based live CD, featuring a number of analysis tools
Digital Forensics Framework	ArxSys	Analyses volumes, file systems, user and applications data, extracting metadata, deleted and hidden items
Forensic Scanner	Harlan Carvey	Automates ‘repetitive tasks of data collection’. Fuller description here
Paladin*	Sumuri	Ubuntu based live boot CD for imaging and analysis
SIFT*	SANS	VMware Appliance pre-configured with multiple tools allowing digital forensic examinations
The Sleuth Kit	Brian Carrier	Collection of UNIX-based command line file and volume system forensic analysis tools
Ubuntu guide	How-To Geek	Guide to using an Unbuntu live disk to recover partitions, carve files, etc.
Volatility Framework	Volatile Systems	Collection of tools for the extraction of artefacts from RAM