Whether you’re local to our chapters or traveling to their cities, we welcome your participation in our training and education. We’ve got four upcoming special events as well as regular chapter meetings this month:
HTCIA Chapter Meetings
February 7
HTCIA Ottawa will present “Inclusion of Forensic Video Analysis Within an Agency’s Digital Forensic Program” in Russell’s Lounge at the Ottawa Police Association from 5:30-8 p.m. Jeff Spivack, an IAI Board Certified Forensic Video Examiner, will demonstrate how forensic multimedia analysts obtain investigative leads and actionable intelligence from files that might otherwise be discarded.
Spivack has worked as a Forensic Multimedia Analyst with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, and has been accepted as an expert witness in courts throughout the U.S. In addition to conducting case work, Jeff is also Cognitech, Inc.’s Forensic Video Software Certification Instructor, and Senior Instructor of Video Forensics for Forensic Data Recovery, Inc., Cognitech’s Canadian affiliate.
For more information and to register, see the Ottawa HTCIA website. Non-HTCIA members are welcome for a guest fee of $15.00.
Also on February 7, our Southern California chapter will be holding a joint meeting with ISACA Los Angeles. A dinner meeting at Monterey Hill Restaurant (3700 W Ramona Blvd., Monterey Park, CA), the presentation, a computer forensics case study, will run from 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Guidance Software’s head of Risk Management, Andy Spruill, will provide his first-hand account of the landmark Victor Stanley, Inc. v. Creative Pipe, Inc. the intellectual property theft case that spawned not one, but two, landmark legal decisions in the world of digital forensics and eDiscovery. To register, please visit ISACA LA’s website.
February 9
Atlanta HTCIA will present “Forensics in your PJs” from 7:30-9:30 a.m. A breakfast meeting at American InterContinental University in Dunwoody, Georgia, the meeting will show you how to use various resources and tools on the internet to gather data. From Facebook to blogs what you can learn while sitting in your PJs!
Speaker Buffy Christie is Senior Director of Equifax Global Security. Buffy has a BS in Criminal Justice, Forensic Science. She is a CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner) and is President of the Southeastern IAFCI (International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators).
To register for this event, visit Atlanta HTCIA’s EventBrite page.
February 10
Texas Gulf Coast HTCIA will meet from 1:00-3:00 p.m. at the FBI Greater Houston Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory. Those planning to attend will need to be vetted by the FBI prior to the meeting. In order to attend, contact Ms. Julie Campbell, Receptionist, Pathway Forensics (713.301.3380) and provide her with your name, DOB and DL#. Chapter members should also RSVP to the Evite invitation that was sent to the e-mail account on file with HTCIA International.
February 14
Midwest HTCIA is offering an Android forensics and software demo by Christopher Triplett, Sr. Forensic Engineer of viaForensics. From 8:30-11:30 a.m., Mr. Triplett will cover Android File Systems, Android Forensic Analysis Techniques, and a demonstration of viaForensics’ viaExtract product.
Midwest HTCIA’s chapter meetings are located in Oakbrook Terrace, IL at the ICE office (16th floor, Oakbrook Terrace Tower).
February 15
Minnesota HTCIA will meet in the Ridgedale Library, RHR West Room in Minnetonka.
February 16
Member Mike Wilkinson’s monthly DFIR Online Meetup will feature Peter Coons and John Clingerman providing e-discovery case studies , along with Jonathan Rajewski speaking on “N unaqf ba (cra/cncre) rkrepvfr va onfvp pelcgbybtl/pelcgnanylfvf”… or, “A hands on (pen/paper) exercise in basic cryptology/cryptanalysis.” Join in at 8:00 p.m.!
February 17
Washington state HTCIA will be meeting between 10am-12pm. Topic and speaker both TBD.
February 21
Central Valley HTCIA will be meeting at 12:00 noon at the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office, 250 East Hackett Road in Modesto, CA. Tentative topics are a presentation on TOR by Cullen Byrne, and an update on the group Anonymous by an FBI representative. Lunch to be provided.
Austin HTCIA, meanwhile, will meet from 1:30 to 3pm at the REJ Building. Rick Andrews will be going over navigation in EnCase v7. Come with questions!
February 22
Atlantic Canada HTCIA will meet from 5:30-7:30 p.m. with Jan Cox from Oracle presenting on the topic of SQL injection, among other things. An update on the chapter’s conference planning efforts will also take place.
February 24
From 11:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M. at University Hall, Room 465 (51 Goodman Dr. in Cincinnati), Ohio HTCIA will be offering a presentation on Incident Response: Live Memory Capture and Analysis. Presenter Justin Hall has 15 years of experience in the information technology field and has spent the last seven focused on information security.
Mr. Hall is currently a security architect for CBTS, a technology services provider in the Cincinnati area – consulting with the firm’s enterprise customers in developing vulnerability management, incident response, and endpoint & network defense programs. He is a frequent speaker at information security community events, a SANS mentor, and holds a GCIH, GCFA and GPEN.
Following Mr. Hall’s presentation, lunch will be provided and the chapter’s business meeting conducted.
Also on Friday, our Kentucky chapter will meet at 1:oopm at Boone County Sheriff’s Office. Tom Webster will present about Internet Evidence Finder.
February 29
San Diego HTCIA will meet at the Admiral Baker Clubhouse in San Diego. Lunch will be served at 11:30, with the presentation (yet to be determined) running from 12:00-1:00 p.m. HTCIA members are also welcome to attend the 10 a.m. board meeting that day.
Lunch is free for all current members, $20 for guests, and $35 for new members with completed HTCIA membership forms. RSVP is required, so please RSVP ASAP to treasurer@htcia-sd.org! This will assist in planning for seating and food requirements.
Northern California HTCIA will also be meeting on February 29. Topic and location to be determined.
Special Training Events
February 6-11: SANS COINS event coming to Los Angeles!
Rob Lee’s newest SANS course, FOR408 Computer Forensic Investigations-Windows In-Depth will be in sunny Los Angeles, CA February 6-11. Taught by Mark Gonyea, FOR408 focuses on the critical knowledge of the Windows OS that every digital forensic analyst must know to investigate computer incidents successfully. You will learn how computer forensic analysts focus on collecting and analyzing data from computer systems to track user-based activity that could be used internally or in civil/criminal litigation.
FOR408 will include a SANS Investigative Forensic Toolkit (SIFT) Essentials with a Tableau Write Block Acquisition Kit and a course DVD loaded with case examples, tools, and documentation. HTCIA members can save an additional 10% off tuition when you enter Discount Code “COINS10”! Full course information and registration info is available at http://www.sans.org/los-angeles-2012-cs/
February 15
ISSA Ottawa and Women in Defence & Security will be co hosting a National Capital Security Partners’ Forum Event featuring Marene Allison, VP & CISO of Johnson and Johnson. The opening speaker will be Rennie Marcoux, Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (PCO); the closing speaker will be Carol Osler, VP Physical Security TD Bank. For more information and to register, see http://www1.carleton.ca/npsia/upcoming-events/4409-2
February 20-24
Free law enforcement training! Minnesota HTCIA is advertising “Fighting Cyber Crime”, 40 POST credits’ worth of courses at the St Cloud State Campus. The training is a response to the increased ease with which people can access the Internet to commit crimes, as well as the increased emphasis on issues of homeland security. Participants will learn ways to uncover, protect, and exploit digital evidence to respond to crimes. Register via the course flyer at http://www.mn-htcia.org/documents/Cybercrimecourseflyer.pdf.
February 27-March 1
The New York District Attorney’s Office has partnered with the National White Collar Crime Center to offer Cybercop 101 – Basic Data Recovery & Acquisition (BDRA) to qualified members. This 4 day course teaches the fundamentals of computer operations and hardware function, and how to protect, preserve and image digital evidence.
This class introduces participants to the unique skills, best practices and methodologies necessary to assist in the investigation and prosecution of computer crime. It includes presentations and hands-on instruction on such topics as Partitioning, Formatting, Data Storage, Hardware and Software write blockers, the Boot Up process, and Duplicate Imaging. Register here for this and future courses!
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