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Introduction:

This past April, I had the opportunity to attend the Magnet User Summit 2019 as a representative of Champlain College. This year marked my first year attending a conference in addition to being a first-year student. I couldn’t be more grateful for this opportunity, and I consider myself lucky to have networked with industry professionals and learn from them as an undergraduate student.

Session Review:

Child Exploitation: Collaboration to combat online child sexual exploitation

One of my favorite session from this year’s conference was “Child Exploitation: Collaboration to combat online child sexual exploitation”. Bill Wiltse and Patrick Beaver, two professionals from Child Rescue Coalition, presented the session. Wiltse and Beaver gave a compelling presentation on how people use Magnet Forensics’ new launch of the Axiom 3.0 in collaboration of the release of the new site to help catch sex offenders.

The new site is CPS, also known as Child Protection System. This originally started in 2004, but redone as of 2019. CPS site monitors nine systems that sex offenders frequent and what happens if that they bring all the data back and put in a joint centralized data. It then examines the results and stories it in a document as evidence. On average 20-30 million records go into this database a day. CPS is a centralized database of all the targeted sex offenders in a region. In 2010 it was discovered that this database is so trustworthy, law enforcement officers use it as the sole basis for search warrants, its original purpose.

Axiom comes into play here as it highlights IP addresses using key words linked to child exploitation. This program can detect how many files are on a predator’s computer, the profile make-up of the victims, and intent to distribute or cause physical harm.

Conclusion:

My biggest takeaway from this session was how useful Axiom is with the centralized database to catch sex offenders. Both professionals highlighted how this database is constantly providing useful information to law enforcement to make decisions about threats.

MUS provided me with opportunities to broaden my understanding of the digital forensic and cybersecurity industries. I also got to connect with others who are just as passionate about these fields as I am. Even more, I was able to explore and experience Nashville with my friends! I’d like to thank Magnet Forensics and Champlain College for affording me the opportunity to attend Magnet User Summit 2019. I can only hope to attend another conference next year!

Blog written by Champlain College first year Angel Gallien.

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Introduction The Enfuse Conference is a great conference for the DFIR and E-Discovery industries. The industries get together to share their most recent experiences and new knowledge. There are also speakers, attendees, and vendors who are in fields related to these industries, and they share their knowledge as well. Enfuse 2018 was no exception. I was able to talk with, learn from, and network with SysAdmins. Even from judges, public relations agents, and artificial intelligence researchers. I got a glimpse into how the DFIR and E-Discovery industries interact with these other fields. How machine learning can speed up a digital investigation. How dialogue between InfoSec analysts and network administrators before an incident occurs can improve prevention. Testifying as a Digital Forensics Expert Witness I attended a presentation by a member of one of these tangential fields: forensic audio and video analysis. The presentation was given by Herbert Joe, a forensic analyst of audio and video. He’s the person you go to when you want to confirm the authenticity of a recording, picture, or video, or to identify a voice in a recording for investigative purposes. But his particular area of expertise is not what he gave his presentation on. Rather, it was on the necessary legal qualifications someone must have to act as a digital forensics expert witness in a United States court. Joe and his company have been retained “thousands” of times, and have acted as forensic expert witnesses countless times. Giving him the authority to present on this topic. His presentation walked through the court cases that set a precedent for expert witness testimony, most notably Frye vs. US and Daubert vs. Merrell Dow Pharma. His presentation showed how the standards set were applied and further refined in other cases, such as State vs. Geo. Zimmerman and Kumho Tires Co. vs. Carmichael. Joe broke down the Federal Rules of Evidence 702 to explain what qualifies someone as an expert witness, and what an expert witness might look like in the DFIR and E-Discovery industries. Joe tested our recently acquired knowledge by offering an informal quiz about the rules regarding expert witness testimony. Conclusion While this presentation was only one of many at EnFuse, it not only served as an example of how Enfuse and conferences like it bring together the DFIR and E-Discovery industries, but also how people who aren’t formally in these industries still promote and further them. Because of their nature, the industries are constantly changing, adapting, and improving, and the contributions of people like Herbert Joe help all of us to be better at what we do. My thanks go out to OpenText for hosting Enfuse, and welcoming related industries into the event, as well as Champlain College for enabling students to attend. To learn more about the LCDI or our projects. Follow us on our Facebook and Twitter pages or send an email to lcdi@champlain.edu!

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