ACE — AccessData Certified Examiner (status uncertain)
The historic FTK examiner credential. We could not find a live certification page, price or renewal policy anywhere on Exterro's public site, so treat it as unavailable until confirmed.
Type: CertificationWorking practitioners
Offered by Exterro (formerly AccessData)
The facts
- Cost
- No current price could be found. The former AccessData certification URL now redirects to Exterro's homepage rather than to any certification page, and Exterro's sitemap contains no certification URLs.Figure read 2026-09-12 from www.exterro.com
- Prerequisites
- Historically an FTK-focused examination. Current prerequisites unknown.
- Format
- Historically a knowledge and practical examination on FTK. Current format unknown — Exterro's training portal is a JavaScript application we could not inspect.
- Length
- Unknown.
- Renewal
- No current renewal policy could be found.
- Accreditation
- None claimed; none found.
- Who it suits
- Nobody, as a forward-looking plan, until Exterro confirms the program's status in writing. Listed here for reference and for evaluating existing holders.
- Audience
- Working practitioners
Strengths
- FTK remains in use in many labs, and holders of the legacy credential still list it, so knowing what it was has value when you assess someone's qualifications.
Limitations
- We could not confirm the program is still offered. The old certification URL redirects to Exterro's homepage, the sitemap has no certification pages, and the FTK product page does not mention certification at all.
- This entry is included precisely so a reader does not waste weeks chasing a credential that may no longer exist. Do not plan a career step around it without written confirmation from Exterro.
- Even if still offered, it would be a single-vendor tool credential with the same method-versus-tool limitation as EnCE or the Cellebrite certifications.
- Our finding is circumstantial: Exterro's training portal is a JavaScript application that could not be fully inspected, so this is 'not findable', not 'confirmed discontinued'.
Sources
Costs, prerequisites and exam formats in this field change often, and several providers price by region, cohort or employer agreement. Every figure on this page carries the date it was read and a link to the page it was read from. Confirm current terms with the provider before you spend anything.