Byte by Byte: What You Should Know About Software and Programming

Overview of Byte by Byte: What You Should Know About Software and Programming

Panelists break down the essential aspects of software, then explain programming concepts, distinctions between programming languages, and their relevance to machine learning. The course concludes by exploring the internet as a network and its components, framing why this literacy supports competence obligations, eDiscovery, and technology-related matters.

What you’ll learn in Byte by Byte: What You Should Know About Software and Programming

• Explain software fundamentals and how computers work
• Distinguish programming languages and core concepts
• Describe the internet as a network and its components
• Apply technical literacy to eDiscovery and ethical competence duties

Curriculum

1. 1. Byte by Byte: What Attorneys Should Know About Software and Programming

   CPUs, GPUs, and RAMs are used daily, but do we know what this alphabet soup means? Computing hardware has been an essential component of the process of calculation and data storage since it became useful for numerical values to be processed and shared. Software represents the computer programs that tell computers what to do. Understanding how computers work, from our laptops to the Internet of Things (IoT) in our cars or even fridges, allows us to grasp the underlying mechanisms that power devices and how they can be exploited or attacked by nefarious actors. For attorneys, this knowledge can translate to more effective eDiscovery and work to uphold ethical responsibilities of competence, such as Model Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1. It can also provide critical context for matters invo

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Your instructors

Daniel B. Garrie

Founder, Law & Forensics; Neutral at JAMS; Faculty at Harvard

Law & Forensics LLC · JAMS · Harvard · Rutgers Law School · Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare

Daniel B. Garrie is the founder and executive managing partner of Law & Forensics LLC, a boutique cybersecurity and forensic engineering firm he co-founded in 2008. He serves as a neutral, arbitrator, and forensic special master at JAMS, focusing on cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, and complex technology disputes, and holds faculty appointments at Harvard and Rutgers Law School. A patented software inventor and prolific author, he is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare and a widely cited authority on computer forensics, eDiscovery, and cyber litigation.

Curt Vincent

Founder and Managing Partner, The CyberSure Group

The CyberSure Group LLC

Curt Vincent is founder and managing partner of The CyberSure Group, and works as a senior consultant to C-suite executives and boards on cyber risk. At Morgan Stanley he was an executive director who founded, built and led the firm's 400-person cyber security division over a 15-year period. He previously served as senior vice president and chief operating officer for global networking at Bank of America and as a vice president on a dev/ops equity trading team at Goldman Sachs. He is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who, after 9/11, was selected as operations officer of the Army's Global Network and Security Operations Center. At Legal Cyber Academy, Curt Vincent teaches on software and programming fundamentals.