Use the Collections dashboard to track and manage forensic data acquisitions from your endpoints. The dashboard lists all endpoints where a collection is completed, in-progress or failed, allowing you to filter, sort, and manage the collected data.
Forensic data collection actions
You can start a forensic data collection from the Investigate dashboards (Investigating, Monitoring, or Alerting) or Search dashboards (Device, Real Time , or Historical).
The collection types include:
Device action | Description |
|---|---|
Single File | Collects a specific file from an endpoint to investigate a particular process or file. |
Multiple Files | Gathers several files that match specific criteria, such as patterns, sizes, or locations, for broader data gathering. |
Triage | Collects system-wide forensic data, such as running processes and network connections, for timeline analysis or incident response. |
Standard Investigative Details | Captures endpoint system information, disk audits, volume details, and user accounts. |
Process Memory | Acquires a full memory dump of a running process for detailed malware analysis. |
Driver Memory | Collects memory from a specific system driver to investigate kernel-level threats |
Raw Disk | Provides a raw disk image for comprehensive forensic review. |
Command Shell History | Requests a record of command shell activity from Windows endpoints. |
PowerShell History | Collects Windows event log data to track PowerShell activity on endpoints for security auditing and forensic investigations. |
Full Memory | Uses the memory-acquisition audit to acquire physical memory from Windows endpoints for forensic analysis and threat investigation. |
Comprehensive Investigative Details | Collects detailed forensic data from Windows, macOS, and Linux endpoints to support deep security analysis. |
Quick File Listing | Requests file and directory records from Windows, macOS, and Linux endpoints for security auditing and investigative purposes. |
Start a collection from Investigate or Search dashboards
In the EDR workspace, navigate to any Investigate or Search dashboard.
Select the target device, threat, alert, or search result.
From the Device Actions or Take an Action menu, select a collection type.
Enter the required parameters for your chosen collection type.
Click Collect.
Collection fields
This section describes the fields applicable to each device action.
Single File
Field | Description |
|---|---|
File Name | Enter the name of the file to collect. |
Path | Auto-filled. Displays the location where the file will be stored. |
Collection Type | Select RAW (recommended) or API. |
Comment | (Optional) Add a note about the collection. |
Multiple Files
Field | Description |
|---|---|
Path | Enter the full storage path. |
Regex Path Filter | (Optional) Use regex to filter target files within the specified path. |
Depth | Specify folder depth to include in the search. |
Collection Type | Select RAW (recommended) or API. |
File Hashes | Select the required type of file hashing. |
Max File Size (bytes) | Set a maximum size. Files exceeding this limit won’t be collected. |
Min File Size (bytes) | Set a minimum size. Files below this limit won’t be collected. |
Content Regex | (Optional) Use regex to identify the file content to include. |
Regex Condition | Choose OR (match any regex) or AND (match all). |
Comment | (Optional) Add a note about the collection. |
Triage
Collect Standard Triage Data
Request all relevant host data around an event.
Collect Triage Data Around a Timestamp
Focus the collection on a specific moment. Specify a date and time in UTC format:
yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm: ssZFor example,
2013-04-11 20:09:13ZCollect Custom Triage Data
Define a custom collection range using specific parameters.
Standard Investigative Details
Field | Description |
|---|---|
Comment | (Optional) Add a note about the collection. |
Process Memory
Field | Description |
|---|---|
PID | Enter the unique Process ID of the target process for memory acquisition. |
Process Name | Enter the executable file name of the target process from which memory is acquired. |
Comment | (Optional) Add a note about the collection. |
Driver Memory
Field | Description |
|---|---|
Driver Name | Enter the file name of the target kernel-mode driver for memory acquisition. |
Comment | (Optional) Add a note about the collection. |
Raw Disk
Field | Description |
|---|---|
Path | Specify the system device path for the physical disk or volume targeted for acquisition. |
Volume Name | Specify the logical volume identifier, such as a drive letter, for data acquisition. |
Offset | Enter the starting byte position on the specified path or volume for data acquisition. |
Size | Enter the total number of bytes to acquire, starting from the specified offset. |
Comment | (Optional) Add a note about the collection. |
Command Shell History, PowerShell History, and Comprehensive Investigative Details
Field | Description |
|---|---|
Comment | Enter the reason you want to acquire the file and any details about the data acquisition request that you want to track. |
Full Memory
Field | Description |
|---|---|
Offset | Specify the offset, in bytes, from the beginning of physical memory from which full memory data should be acquired. |
Size | Specify the size, in bytes, of full memory data to acquire. |
Comment | Enter any details about your specific data acquisition request, and enter the reason you want to acquire the file. |
Quick File Listing
Field | Description |
|---|---|
Return | Select Files and directories to include both files and directories in the file listing. Select Just files to include only files in the file listing. Select Just directories to include only directories in the file listing. |
Filter by path | Specify the path you want included in the file listing. Ensure that you enter a precise path name or an appropriate path-based Windows environment variable. For example, use the For network shares, specify files and folders using universal (or uniform) naming conventions (UNC). For more details, see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg465305.aspx. Do not specify drive letters or path names since different endpoints have different drive mappings. If you explicitly specify a folder name, end the path with a backslash (for example, |
Regex path filter | Use this option to filter using a Perl-compatible regular expression (regex) to specify the path you want to include in the file listing. |
Include remote locations | Select this option to include all directories at remote locations in the file listing.
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Include all directory levels | Select this option to include all directory levels in the file listing. |
Depth | If you did not select Include all directory levels, specify the folder depth that should be included in the file listing. |
Minimum file size | Specify the minimum file size, in bytes, of files that should be included in the file listing. |
Maximum file size | Specify the maximum file size, in bytes, of files that should be included in the file listing. |
Content Regex | Specify Perl-compatible regular expressions (regex) to identify required file content for files included in the listing. Specify one regular expression per line. |