Cracking the (Digital) Case: Digital Forensics

Overview of Cracking the (Digital) Case: Digital Forensics

Following a cyber event, determining what and how information was accessed is integral to legal cases, and digital forensics is the method used for such investigations. This seminar gives an overview of digital forensics with a focus on computer forensics, explains its importance amid the current threat landscape, breaks the process into its key phases (preservation, collection, examination, analysis, reporting), describes the structure of digital forensics reports, reviews notable cases solved through forensics, and shares key elements to keep in mind when interacting with experts.

What you’ll learn in Cracking the (Digital) Case: Digital Forensics

• Explain the fundamentals and importance of computer forensics
• Describe the phases of the computer forensics process
• Interpret the contents and structure of a digital forensics report
• Communicate effectively with forensics experts and understand their work

Curriculum

1. 1. Cracking the (Digital) Case: Digital Forensics for Lawyers

   In this seminar, our expert panelists begin by providing an overview of digital forensics, focusing on computer forensics in particular, Next, our speakers highlight the importance of computer forensics today in the face of the current cybersecurity threat landscape. The computer forensics process is then broken down into its key phases, preservation, collection, examination, analysis, and reporting. Our experts then focus on digital forensics reports, what they include, and their structure. Finally, our speakers discuss some notable cases that were solved through the use of digital forensics and conclude by revealing the key elements to keep in mind when interacting with forensics experts and their work. Topics covered in this webinar: Overview of Computer Forensics Importance of Com

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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.

J-Michael Roberts

Digital Forensics Consultant & Expert Witness, Corvus Forensics

Corvus Forensics

J-Michael Roberts is a digital forensic examiner and expert witness, principal consultant at Corvus Forensics in Brooklyn, New York, and a senior director at Law & Forensics, where he heads the firm's New York office. His work covers digital forensics, incident response, malware reverse engineering, and digital asset and cryptocurrency analysis, including data breach investigations spanning multiple servers. He was previously a vice president at Stroz Friedberg's New York office, where he directly supervised staff assigned to the incident response practice, and he created and continues to maintain VirusShare, a widely used malware repository. He has testified as an expert in U.S. District Court, in state court and in international arbitration, including in USA v. Klyushin, and holds the GIAC Reverse-Engineering Malware and Certified Computer Examiner credentials. At Legal Cyber Academy he teaches on digital forensics for lawyers.