Guidance Software

Guidance Software, Inc. is a public company (NASDAQ: GUID) founded in 1997. Headquartered in Pasadena, Calif., the company develops and provides software solutions for digital investigations primarily in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia/Pacific Rim. Guidance Software has offices in Brazil, Chicago, Houston, New York City, San Francisco, Singapore, United Kingdom and Washington, D.C. and employs approximately 371 employees.

Best known for its EnCase digital investigations software, Guidance Software’s product line is organized around four markets: digital forensics, endpoint security analytics, cyber security incident response, and e-discovery. The company serves law-enforcement and government agencies, as well as corporations in various industries, such as financial and insurance services, technology, defense contracting, telecom, pharmaceutical, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail. The company operates through four business segments: products, professional services, training and maintenance, and operates two certification programs for the EnCase® Certified Examiner (EnCE®) and EnCase® Certified eDiscovery Practitioner (EnCEP®) designations. In May 2010, the company completed the acquisition of Tableau, LLC. In February 2012, Guidance Software acquired CaseCentral.

Guidance Software has been noted in a number of high-profile use cases. In 2002, Guidance Software’s EnCase was used in the murder trial of David Westerfield to examine his computers and disks to connect him to child pornography. That same year, EnCase was used by French police to uncover emails from now-convicted shoe bomber Richard Colvin Reid.