Dial ‘D’ for Data Theft
Date: Thursday, 12th February 2015
Time: 17.00 Registration, 17.30 – 20.30 Seminar
Venue: Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum, Millennium Point, Birmingham, B4 7AP
CPD: 2 hours
Fee: Free
Speaker: Tony Dearsley
No matter what your profession, if you are involved in any type of business, there is a good chance that at some point you will encounter some form of wrongdoing, whether that is inappropriate behaviour, theft of IP, breach of regulation or fraud. The critical thing is that the evidence is most likely to be held on some form of electronic media.
An introduction to how properly conducted computer forensics can identify wrongdoing and uncover crucial evidence by walking through a typical case. We identify the suspects, their backgrounds and the electronic evidence that we found during the course of our enquiries, then you get the chance to evaluate that evidence and guess the culprit.
We consider the questions of:
- When computer forensics should be used
- What principles should be followed and how to avoid data corruption and challenge
- What can be uncovered and from where (How wide should you cast the net?)
- What to do if you suspect something
- When other options should be considered
Networking
Enjoy a drink or two and the futuristic surroundings of the Birmingham ThinkTank.
Itinerary:
5pm – Registration
5.30pm – 7pm – Presentation: The case and the investigation
7pm – 8pm – Networking drinks
8pm – 8.30pm – Reveal: Solving the case
8.30pm – Carriages
Speaker:
Tony Dearsley joined Kroll Ontrack in January 2006, prior to which he had spent 5 years at Vogon International. Tony heads up the Computer Forensics team at Kroll Ontrack, in this role he specialises in sophisticated and complex computer investigations.
Tony has extensive experience in a wide variety of investigations, particularly e-mail and Internet abuse, data theft and forgeries. He is trained and certified in data recovery and forensic computer examination techniques by various organisations and has worked on major projects involving classification and examination of terabytes of data for disclosure and corporate governance matters. Within this experience he has also presented evidence as both a specialist and expert witness on many occasions. He has specialised in the forensic examination of computers and the production of their evidence in court since 1993.
Previously Tony spent over 24 years in HM Customs & Excise, the last 15 years of which he investigated serious crime. Tony was instrumental in designing, writing and lecturing on the Forensic Computing Foundation course run at Cranfield University (Royal Military College of Science) and was also a member of the Training Sub-Committee of the Joint Agency Forensic Computing Group (SFO, HM Customs & Excise and the Inland Revenue).