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Support Belkasoft at the SANS Difference Makers Awards!

We invite you to help us nominate Belkasoft and its team for the prestigious SANS Difference Makers Awards! These awards celebrate individuals, teams, and companies that have made a significant impact in the cybersecurity industry. You can support Belkasoft by submitting a nomination before September 13, 2024.

Nominate Belkasoft for the SANS Difference Makers Awards!

Recommended categories and nominees:

  • Innovation of the Year—BelkaGPT
  • Article or Book of the Year—"Essays on Digital Forensics" e-book and "Exploring Deleted WhatsApp Messages" article
  • Team of the Year—Belkasoft Team
  • People’s Champion of the Year—Yuri Gubanov
  • Lifetime Achievement Award—Yuri Gubanov
  • Cybersecurity Company of the Year < 200 Employees—Belkasoft

How to vote:

  1. Click the button below to visit the SANS Difference Makers Awards voting page.
  2. Select the relevant categories and enter the details of Belkasoft, its products, and team members.
  3. Submit your nomination before September 13, 2024 to help recognize Belkasoft and our contributions to the industry!

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Why these categories and nominees?

Innovation of the Year

BelkaGPT is the first offline AI tool for DFIR investigations. This generative AI-driven assistant is designed to revolutionize digital forensic investigations, providing investigators with the ability to uncover evidence through natural language queries.

Article or Book of the Year

  • E-book "Essays on Digital Forensics." This e-book, created by Yuri Gubanov and the Belkasoft team, covers key areas of digital forensics, offering case studies and insights into investigation challenges. We’ve made this resource accessible to professionals at all levels, aiming to support knowledge sharing and continuous learning.
  • "Exploring Deleted WhatsApp Messages." This article explores the possibility to recover deleted WhatsApp messages from both iOS and Android devices, providing investigators with valuable techniques to enhance their investigations. As one of the most popular and highly viewed articles on the Belkasoft website, it has proven to be a go-to resource for forensic professionals dealing with messaging apps, helping them retrieve critical artifacts efficiently.

Team of the Year

Belkasoft Team has developed four significant releases of Belkasoft X, a digital forensics and incident response tool. Among the innovations are two cutting-edge features:

  • The Belkasoft X Brute-force module, which allows you to bypass security mechanisms and crack passcodes on certain iOS and Android devices
  • BelkaGPT—The first offline AI assistant for DFIR investigations

Belkasoft remains committed to providing free education. In 2024, we offered:

  • A free on-demand course, "Android Forensics with Belkasoft"
  • The BelkaDay Digital Forensics Conference
  • BelkaCTF
  • Multiple articles

And there’s more to come! New articles, training sessions, and conferences are already on the way.

People’s Champion of the Year/ Lifetime Achievement Award

Yuri Gubanov has demonstrated exceptional dedication to the digital forensics and incident response community. As the CEO of Belkasoft, he has had a profound influence on every aspect of the Belkasoft team's work. Yuri's leadership and vision shape the direction of each project, from product development to educational initiatives, ensuring that Belkasoft remains at the forefront of innovation in the digital forensics field.

Cybersecurity Company of the Year < 200 Employees

Belkasoft provides powerful tools for thorough cyber incident investigations. Belkasoft X helps identify initial attack vectors, detect malware execution and persistence methods, and trace lateral movement. This extensive collection of cyber threat artifacts makes Belkasoft X an essential part of any cybersecurity toolkit. Its value is further enhanced by educational resources such as free training, webinars, and articles on incident response.

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Your nominations inspire us to keep pushing forward. Thank you for your continued support and encouragement—it motivates us to work with even greater passion.