From Breach to Lab: How to Realize Secure Forensic Collection with Owl IRD

When an endpoint is compromised, incident responders race the clock to salvage critical evidence without reinfecting clean environments or breaking chain of custody. But traditional methods — ad hoc “air gaps,” external drives, and risky network connections — force teams into uncomfortable tradeoffs between speed and safety. ​ In this session, Owl Cyber Defense will introduce Owl IRD, the first pocket-sized protocol filtering diode purpose-built for incident response and digital forensics. We’ll show how Owl IRD’s hardware‑enforced, one‑way USB transfer and protocol-aware filtering give IR and forensics teams a standardized, defensible way to move evidence from compromised endpoints into trusted analysis environments.​ What you’ll learn:​ • How Owl IRD enables hardware‑enforced, one‑way USB evidence transfer​ • Ways to standardize field‑to‑lab workflows and protect forensic integrity with Owl IRD​ • Where Owl IRD fits alongside existing diodes and IR/forensics tools