Magnet Forensics develops digital investigation software that helps investigative teams acquire, analyze, share, and report on digital evidence from mobile devices, computers, cloud services, vehicles, and media sources. Its portfolio spans digital forensics, incident response, evidence collaboration, lab automation, media analysis, and vehicle data extraction, giving customers a connected set of tools for modern investigations.
Magnet Forensics serves public safety, federal, military and intelligence, enterprise, and service provider environments. Its product strategy centers on linking evidence workflows across acquisition, analysis, collaboration, and automation so teams can move from first access to case review more quickly while maintaining defensible investigative processes.
Offerings, Capabilities, and Integrations
Magnet Forensics offers capabilities for lawful mobile access, consent-based mobile collection, remote endpoint acquisition, forensic analysis, digital evidence review, workflow automation, media investigation, media authentication, rapid triage, and vehicle data extraction. Its solutions are designed to help teams work across mobile, computer, cloud, IoT, vehicle, image, video, and third-party evidence sources.
The company supports collaborative investigations through browser-based evidence sharing, synchronized case management, centralized evidence handling, and role-based access for technical and non-technical stakeholders. Magnet Forensics also emphasizes deployment flexibility across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments, with support for connected apps, open APIs, and integrations with third-party forensic, cybersecurity, and evidence management tools.
Products and Services
- Magnet One: A cloud-connected platform that links Magnet Forensics products to synchronize cases, centralize evidence, enable real-time collaboration, and accelerate workflows with capabilities such as Case Stream.
- Magnet Axiom: Digital forensics software for recovering, analyzing, and reporting on evidence from mobile, computer, cloud, vehicle, and acquired data sources within a single case.
- Magnet Axiom Cyber: A digital investigation solution for internal investigations, incident response, and eDiscovery that supports remote collection from computers and cloud sources and analyzes them alongside mobile, IoT, and third-party data.
- Magnet Graykey: A public safety mobile forensics solution for lawful access, preservation, and extraction of data from iOS and Android devices, including encrypted or otherwise inaccessible evidence.
- Magnet Verakey: A consent-based mobile acquisition solution that collects full file system extractions, including encrypted and inaccessible data, from iOS and leading Android devices.
- Magnet Autokey: A vehicle forensics solution for extracting, analyzing, and sharing evidence from vehicle infotainment systems without invasive teardowns.
- Magnet Nexus: A SaaS remote endpoint investigation solution for targeted, scalable collection and cloud processing across multiple Windows, Linux, and macOS endpoints.
- Magnet Review: A secure, browser-based evidence sharing and review application that lets investigators, prosecutors, and other stakeholders search, filter, and collaborate on digital evidence.
- Magnet Griffeye: A digital media investigation solution for processing and analyzing large volumes of images and video with AI-assisted categorization, search, and collaboration features.
- Magnet Automate: A workflow automation and orchestration solution that helps labs automate evidence processing, run parallel jobs, and integrate tools across the forensic workflow.
- Magnet Witness: A video evidence solution for acquiring, reviewing, and analyzing DVR, proprietary, dashcam, bodycam, and selected cloud video sources in one workflow.
- Magnet Verify: A media authentication solution for inspecting images and video to detect manipulation, identify synthetic media, and support provenance analysis.
- Magnet Outrider: A rapid triage solution for scanning computers, mobile devices, and external drives in the field or lab to surface actionable evidence and illicit content quickly.
- Magnet Graykey Fastrak: A scale-out mobile extraction solution that enables simultaneous data extraction from multiple devices directly to a workstation to reduce backlog.
Target Customers
Magnet Forensics targets investigative teams in public safety agencies, federal agencies, military and intelligence organizations, enterprises, and digital investigation service providers. Its solutions are used where teams need defensible access to digital evidence, faster case progression, and collaboration across specialized and non-specialized personnel.
Typical users include forensic examiners, investigators, incident response teams, internal investigations teams, eDiscovery professionals, prosecutors, lab managers, command staff, and outside reviewers. The portfolio is positioned for organizations handling criminal investigations, cyber incidents, employee misconduct matters, fraud reviews, child exploitation cases, and other evidence-intensive workflows.
Cloud Integrations and Marketplace
- AWS Marketplace: Magnet Forensics has verified AWS Marketplace listings for Magnet Review, Magnet Nexus, and Magnet Verify, extending its SaaS and cloud-delivered offerings through AWS.
- Azure Marketplace: Magnet Forensics has a verified Azure Marketplace listing for Magnet Review, enabling customer-hosted deployment on Microsoft Azure infrastructure.
Key People
- Adam Belsher: Chief Executive Officer
- David Miles: President
- Jad Saliba: Co-Founder & Board Member
- Angelo Loberto: Chief Operations Officer
- Peter Vreeswyk: Chief Financial Officer
- Sean Price: Chief Revenue Officer
- Scott Williams: Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer
- Braden Thomas: Chief Product & Research Officer
- Geoff MacGillivray: Chief Technology Officer
- Rick Hensley: Chief Customer Officer
Key Facts
- Headquarters: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Employees: Approximately 750
- Annual Revenue: Approximately US$100 million
- Parent Company: Thoma Bravo
- Subsidiaries: Approximately 9 international subsidiaries and affiliates, including Magnet Forensics USA, Inc. and entities in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia, France, Japan, Singapore, and Sweden.
- Publicly Listed: No
Analyst Recognitions
- IDC: Leader in IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Digital Forensics in Public Safety 2022 Vendor Assessment. Major Player in IDC MarketScape: Worldwide eDiscovery Early Case Assessment Software 2022 Vendor Assessment.
