The Techno Security and Digital Forensics Conference returns to the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, CA September 16-18, 2024.
The conference includes over 70 educational sessions and sponsor demos covering the latest technology and insight in digital forensics, cybersecurity, investigations, and e-Discovery.
Event Director Jennifer Salvadori let us know that “The speaker lineup this year features experts from Adobe, Amazon, Microsoft, FBI, US Secret Service, Cellebrite, Magnet Forensics and more.”
Artificial Intelligence features prominently in the program, headlined by a Keynote dedicated to the topic. The program also includes discussions on other key subjects such as cryptocurrency, mobile app and Mac forensics, the dark web, and OSINT.
Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with over 25+ leading vendors on the expo floor. The companies will showcase a diverse array of technology and innovations that attendees can utilize to streamline productivity in their daily work flow.
Here’s a look at some of the topics covered in the program at Techno West:
Keynote
On Tuesday, September 17, Roman Yampolskiy, Ph.D , Futurist, Author, Professor, University of Louisville, will deliver the keynote, Navigating The Artificial Intelligence Era: Challenges and Strategies for Future of Cybersecurity. During this powerful keynote, we will look at the future of cybersecurity in a world dominated by AI and will discuss the paradox that AI will bring for cybersecurity. He will share how cybersecurity experts can prepare to address the impact from AI in the context of AI safety and security.
Artificial Intelligence
Melissa Kimbrell, Amped Software USA, will present: AI Image Synthesis Detection: Unveiling the Limits of Realism with Shadows and Reflection Analysis, where she will share image generation works and how to analyze shadows and reflections to aid in identifying these kinds of deepfakes.
Panel discussion with top leaders in AI will lead Generative AI Growing Pains and discuss the challenges with AI and share the recent Ponemon Institute’s Cost of a Data Breach study.
Unveiling the Hidden: Navigating the Maze of AI Artifacts in Windows Forensics with speaker Anna Truss, Founder / CEO, DefSec LLC, will focus on the challenges of finding AI traces in Windows systems from a digital forensics point of view.
Unmasking the Deepfake: Detecting AI-Generated Video with Chester Hosmer , CEO, Python Forensics and Julie Lewis, CEO, Digital Mountain, Inc. includes a walkthrough of an actual deepfake video and demonstrates how to detect a manipulated video through forensic analysis techniques and emerging AI-driven detection algorithms.
Investigations & Case Studies
“3 Under Par” Daniel Bowling Case Study, with speakers Roo Powell, CEO and Founder of SOSA (Safe from Online Sex Abuse), and Jennifer Wing, Detective/Task Force Officer, Orlando Police Department/FBI Violent Crimes Against Children and Human Trafficking Task Force, Tampa Division, share how one ICAC case turned into an episode of the docuseries Undercover Underage.
Cryptocurrency Investigations, Pig Butchering presented by Kyle Krueger, Network Intrusion Forensic Analyst, Los Angeles Field Office, United States Secret Service, will give insight into investigations involving the illicit use of digital assets and cryptocurrency, to include pig-butchering and romance scams.
Nicholas Phirippidis , Special Agent, FBI Sacramento, FBI, will discusses “Operation Bayonet”, which was the international effort to dismantle AlphaBay. AlphaBay Market was a Tor-based darkweb market which was the largest in history—featuring hundreds of thousands of listings, including fentanyl, weapons, poisons, and other illegal materials.
Digital Forensic Stories from the Frontline, with Felipe Chee, District Attorney Investigator, San Diego County District Attorney’s Office – attendees will hear actual cases of how digital forensics played a role in homicide investigations. From recovering deleted video to cached data, phone being powered down, smartwatches and how cookies show evidence of app usage.
Unraveling Hidden Clues and Protecting the innocent in Crimes Against Children Investigations led by Page McBeth, Customer Success Manager, USA West – Cellebrite will discuss investigative techniques and best-practices in Crimes Against Children Investigations.
Melissa Maranville, Founder/CEO, DeVille and Associates, LLC will review use of cyber technology, looking at cryptocurrency, surface and dark web data, and OSINT (open-source intelligence) will be discussed in the session, Linkage Investigations: Cryptocurrency, Dark Web & OSINT.
The Dark Web Has Changed Investigations presented by Todd G. Shipley, President, Dark Intel will discuss how investigators need to rethink approaches to these investigations.
Digital Forensics
Pondering the Perplexities of 3D-Printer Evidence presented by Chris Vance, Senior Technical Forensics Specialist, Magnet Forensics will show examiners how to trace the path of finding 3D-print model files, the software used to prepare and print those files, and artifacts to show the printer’s history for the major operating systems in both computer and mobile including iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS.
Factory Reset’ed Phone, Game Over – Or Is It? From Martin Westman, Exploit Research Manager, MSAB explores scenarios where preventing the factory reset process is possible and examines methods for recovering certain artifacts even after a factory reset has been executed.
Don’t get WASTED: A look into the Wasted App with speaker Peter Phurchpean, Digital Forensic Examiner, Federal Bureau of Investigation, shares insights and research on the Wasted Application, from how it works to what data can be recovered once the application is activated.
Chris Groshong, President, CoinStructive Inc. will share a detailed and step-by-step account of how a team of investigators was able to locate a criminal suspect by using blockchain forensic tools, metadata from NFTs, and traditional OSINT methods, in the session: Locating Criminal Suspects by Tracking NFTs.
Cybersecurity
An Overview of Business Email Compromise Attacks with Robert E. Gaines , Director, Cybersecurity and Privacy Advisory, PKF O’Connor Davies will look at current tools and methodologies and how to leverage “off-the-shelf” products to perform investigations.
Jeff Stanton, Sr Incident Response Commander, Adobe, will discuss Rapid Response: Triage Collection and Incident Analysis for macOS and share critical techniques and tools necessary for rapid response triage and analysis on macOS devices.
Taming the Tide: Building a Scalable Vulnerability Management Program with Amazon speakers, Krishna Chirumamilla, Security Engineering Manager and Kashif Memon, will dive into conquering the challenge of vulnerability management by exploring methods for implementing a scalable program.
eDiscovery
Join Angie Nolet and Bree Murphy, In-House Counsel and Sr. Solutions Consultant, respectively, by day and Co-Hosts of eDiscovery Chicks: the Podcast About All Things eDiscovery & Legal Tech by night, for an informative discussion about the interplay between eDiscovery and forensics in internal investigations.
Brett Burney, eLaw Evangelist, Nextpoint, presents Modern Attachments or Old-Fashioned Links? Navigating the Collection Challenges of Hosted Email, Cloud Storage, and Collaboration Platforms. This session will analyze the current approaches to “modern attachments” and discuss the current best practices for collection, review, and production.
The full conference program and speaker details can be found here: https://www.technosecurity.us/west/conference-program/2024-program
The conference kicks off on Monday, September 16 at 12:00 PM PT.
Forensic Focus members who attend will receive a 10% discount on their registration. To access the discount (not valid on already reduced government rates), enter Promo Code FOR24 during the registration process.
