From infosecurity-magazine.com
Police Scotland has announced plans to establish “cyber kiosks” that will allow officers to scan locked smart devices for evidence.
The 41 new kiosks will be located in police stations across local policing divisions, where they will be operated by over 400 specially trained officers.
Each kiosk is essentially a desktop computer capable of performing data extraction, transfer, and analysis. The extraction devices are manufactured by Israeli company Cellebrite and are used around the world to retrieve data from cell phones, drones, and other types of digital technology.
Police Scotland said the Cellebrite devices will speed up their workflow and get smartphones that are found not to contain any information pertinent to an investigation back into their owners’ hands more quickly.
“The technology allows specially trained officers to triage mobile devices to determine if they contain information that may be of value to a police investigation or incident. This will allow lines of inquiry to be progressed at a much earlier stage and devices that are not relevant to an investigation to be returned quicker,” said Police Scotland.