PETAH TIKVAH, Israel and PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, June 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Cellebrite UFED Series Receives 2014 Phone Forensic Hardware and Software of the Year Awards from Industry Authority Based on Direct Voting by Digital Forensic Community 

Cellebrite, the leading developer and provider of mobile data forensic solutions, today announced that its Cellebrite UFED Touch has won the Forensic 4:cast Award for Phone Forensic Hardware of the Year, and its UFED Physical Analyzer has won Phone Forensic Software of the Year.  The awards ceremony was held at the SANS DFIR Summit in Austin, TX on June 9, 2014.

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Hosted by Lee Whitfield, Forensic 4:cast founder, awards nominations opened in January, and voting took place from April 1 through May 31. A complete list of winners can be found at http://forensic4cast.com/forensic-4cast-awards/2014-results/. Now in its sixth year, the Forensic 4:cast Awards provide the digital forensic community a platform to nominate and vote for the best people, companies, and products throughout the industry.

"The community has spoken for the sixth straight year, and has determined that Cellebrite continues to meet its growing demand for richer mobile forensic capabilities," said Lee Whitfield, founder, Forensic 4:cast. "Our community of voters has tremendously high standards, and being the leading vote-getter for the sixth straight year is a significant feat for any vendor."

Ron Serber, co-CEO of Cellebrite, stated: "We strive hard to continue to meet the needs of the forensic community with device support, new platforms, and innovative functionality. We are grateful that the community has once again chosen to recognize our work, and we look forward to meeting our obligation to serving the community with next-generation mobile forensic solutions over the course of the next year."

About Cellebrite 

Founded in 1999, Cellebrite is a global company known for its technological breakthroughs in the cellular industry. A world leader and authority in mobile data technology, Cellebrite established its mobile forensics division in 2007, with the Universal Forensic Extraction Device (UFED). Cellebrite's range of mobile forensic products, UFED Series, enable the bit-for-bit extraction and in-depth decoding and analysis of data from thousands of mobile devices, including feature phones, smartphones, portable GPS devices, tablets and phones manufactured with Chinese chipsets.

Cellebrite's UFED Series is the prime choice of forensic specialists in law enforcement, military, intelligence, corporate security and eDiscovery agencies in more than 100 countries.

Cellebrite is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Sun Corporation, a listed Japanese company (6736/JQ)

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