X1 Social Discovery

Collect and search data from social networks and the internet

Unlike archiving and image capture solutions, X1 Social Discovery provides for a case-centric workflow from search and collection through production in searchable native format, while preserving critical metadata not possible through image capture or printouts. X1 Social Discovery saves investigators critical man hours and enables reactive data collection capabilities for social media and website collections in a manner consistent with evidentiary best practices.
 

X1 Social Discovery aggregates data into a single user interface

Data Types

X1 Social Discovery’s Facebook Capture scanner supports collection of public or credentialed data from User profiles, Pages and Groups.

As you review relevant data, X1 Social Discovery instantly previews the content from the individual items ingested, including any referenced link.

Search and Highlight Content
Quickly search against both the metadata fields and the content of the referenced links using the X1 ‘fast as you type’ search and instantly see highlighted matches while filtering your results.

Web Capture & Web Crawl
X1 Social Discovery has the ability to conduct single-page web capture and multiple-page web crawl, while adding this data to the overall collection so that it can be can reviewed alongside the rest of the social media content.

YouTube Video Download
X1 Social Discovery can also capture entire YouTube channels and individual videos including the metadata associated with the video.

Webmail Connector – IMAP
X1 Social Discovery’s webmail connector indexes any email box which uses IMAP configuration, with pre-set collection options for Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook.com, and AOL.

Key Benefits

Collections

Data is collected and indexed from social media streams, linked content and websites through APIs, webmail connectors and direct web navigation. X1 Social Discovery aggregates data from these multiple sources in real time, in a highly scalable and case-centric manner.

Authentication

MD5 hash values of individual items are calculated upon capture and maintained through export. Automated logging and reports are generated. Key metadata unique to social media & web streams are captured through deep integration with APIs provided by the publishers. This metadata is important to establishing chain of custody and also provides key evidence relevant to the substantive case as well as authentication.

Search

Perform broad, unified searches across multiple accounts, social media streams and websites from a single interface. Linked content is automatically indexed and searched through the patented X1 fast-as-you-type search from one user interface. Results are aggregated for sorting, tagging and export consistent with standard eDiscovery, or investigative, workflow.

Production

Maintain data in a searchable native format from collection through production, uniquely providing a complete platform to address social media in the same manner as devices, e-mail and e-documents. Deliver collected email in PST format while maintaining hierarchical structure.