Navigating the Digital Fishbowl
Navigating the Digital Fishbowl
Any hands-on demonstration of the current state of the art in digital forensics is likely to increase one’s sense of paranoia. For this reason, anti-forensics is a rapidly growing field. Combined with never-ending operating system upgrades and ever-increasing numbers of mobile devices – digital forensics is a perennially changing field.
This presentation will discuss the implications of the forensic impacts of the so-called digital divide. Also discussed will be the digital forensics program at Auburn University. Topics will include:
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Current trends in digital forensics versus anti-forensics
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Digital forensics for the intelligence community versus law enforcement
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Digital forensics outreach from Auburn University
One example of Auburn Forensics Outreach is available at:
http://ocm.auburn.edu/featured_story/digital_forensics.html
Speaker:
Dr. Drew Hamilton
Speaker Biography:
John A. "Drew" Hamilton, Jr., Ph.D., holds a professorship in Computer Science and Software Engineering endowed by the Auburn Alumni Association. Additionally, he has joint appointments in Management and Industrial and Systems Engineering. Dr. Hamilton is director of Auburn’s Cyber Research Center and director of Auburn's Information Assurance Center. Dr. Hamilton was responsible for Auburn University being designated as Alabama’s only Information Assurance Center of Academic Excellence in Research by the National Security Agency. He is Past President of the Society for Modeling & Simulation, International (SCS), Chair of ACM’s Special Interest Group on Simulation (SIGSIM) and is on the Board of Directors of the Colloquium for Information System Security Education.
During his active duty career in the United States Army, he commanded HQs & HQs Battery, 1st Bn. 5th Field Artillery, Battery A, 8th Bn., 8th Field Artillery, Service Battery, 1st Bn, 8th Field Artillery and Battery F (sep), 7th Field Artillery and qualified in nuclear / chemical targeting. Dr. Hamilton served as the first Director of the Joint Forces Program Office at SPAWAR working command & control interoperability and on the Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Faculty of the United States Military Academy as well as Chief of the Ada Joint Program Office.
Dr. Hamilton has a B.A. in Journalism/Public Relations from Texas Tech University, an M.S. in Systems Management from the University of Southern California, an M.S. in Computer Science from Vanderbilt University and a Ph.D. in Computer Science at Texas A&M University. Dr. Hamilton is a graduate of the Naval War College with distinction.
Dr. Hamilton’s research interests include simulation of computer networks, practical applications of the DOD Architecture Framework (DODAF), prevention/protection against distributed denial of service attacks and software vulnerability analysis.
J.A. "Drew" Hamilton, Jr., Ph.D.
Alumni Professor
Computer Science & Software Engineering
Industrial & Systems Engineering
Director, Auburn Cyber Research Center
Director, Auburn Information Assurance Center
Auburn University
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