We are going to compile the history of the Cybercrime Summit. If you are familiar with its history, or have had any involvement with the coordination, or have received any scholarships from the Cybercrime Summit Group, please attend.
May 2007
Date:  May 14, 2007
Time:  09:30
Location:  KSU Center
Speakers:  
Topic:  Websense, Content Protection Suite

The Websense Content Protection Suite is an integrated information leak prevention solution that protects organizations from information leaks and data loss, both at the perimeter and inside the organization, by:

• Discovering the location of sensitive data inside the network,
• Monitoring the data as it attempts to travel inside or outside the organization, and
• Protecting the data, with policy-based controls that align to business processes.

April 2007
Date:  Discussion on new proposed by-laws changes. See home page for details.
Time:  
Location:  KSU Center
Speakers:  
Topic:   TBA

March 2007
Date:  Cancelled in lieu of the conference
Time:  
Location:  KSU Center
Speakers:  
Topic:   TBA

February 2007
Date:  February 12, 2007
Time:   10:00
Location:  KSU Center
Speakers:  Bonnie Norman
Topic:   TBA

January 2007, Happy New Year
Date:  January 8, 2007
Time:   10:00
Location:  KSU Center
Speakers:  Fran Gouche
Topic:   Francis (Fran) Goucher
Dir. of N. Amer. Public Sector Sales for LTU Technologies

LTU Technologies is the global leader in image search and recognition solutions. Our product suite includes Image Seeker™, the world's most widely deployed visual search engine, Image Seeker for EnCase and Image Filter™, the leading image recognition platform.

LTU’s core technology is the result of years of internationally recognized research performed by LTU's founders at MIT, Oxford and INRIA. In 2001 it became the exclusive property of LTU Technologies. Its applications are currently under the protection of the company with a confirmed worldwide patent, and another one pending.

Fran has fifteen years of experience providing information mining and retrieval solutions to the US Investigative and Intelligence communities, five years working specifically with images and imagery.
Fran is also a serious hobby photographer and Photoshop editor.
December 2006
Date:  December 11, 2006 Time:   09:30
Location:  KSU Center
Speakers:  Accessdata
Topic:  Accessdata will make presentations of FTK. Actual topic to be forthcoming.

Because we will be counting ballots for next years officers, and must leave early for our annual holiday luncheon, this session will begin at 09:30
November 2006
Date:  November 13, 2006 Time:   10:00
Location:  KSU Center
Speakers:  Brendan Sullivan, President of eMag
Topic:  EMag Solutions will make a presentation. The topics that will be discussed are: accessibility of data from a variety of electronic storage types, native and non-native restoration and how a given approach can be more cost effective than another. We will also discuss magnetic tape restoration, the role backup tapes play, and "reasonably accessible" data.
October 2006
Date:  October 9, 2006 Time:   10:00
Location:  KSU Center
Speakers:  Dan Mares
Topic:  Requests have come in for a demonstration on the Maresware program "upcopy" which is a sophisticated e-discovery copy program. UPCOPY copies files while maintaining all three file times, and performs md5 hashes of the operation. If time permits, the disk cataloging program will also be demonstrated with its unique ability to set up file types in categories that attornies understand.
September 2006
Date:  September 11, 2006
Time:   10:00
Location:  KSU Center
Speakers:  Greg Freemyer
Topic:   Greg will be presenting his EDD (electronic discovery) presentation for the HTCIA. He will explain the association between what EDD is all about and how forensic processes can serve as an integral EDD partner. Topic:  We will be taking nominations for the 2007 Atlanta chapter officers. Up for election are: 1st VP. 2nd VP, Secretary and Treasurer. Ballots will then be mailed out, and counted at the December meeting.
August 2006
Date:  August 14, 2006
Time:   10:00
Location:  KSU Center
Speakers:  David Benton
Topic:  Running a Computer Forensics Lab
July 2006
Date:  July 10, 2006
Time:   10:00
Location:  KSU Center
Speakers:  Farmerdude (Thomas Rude)

Farmerdude will lecture and provide a demonstration of his Boot CD to access and preview before acquiring evidence using a Linux style boot disk.

The emerging trend of previewing on-site before blind acquisition using Linux boot CDs by Thomas Rude, aka "farmerdude". What are the benefits of previewing before acquiring, how to safely preview systems, and what to look for. Thomas will show a short demo of THE FARMER'S BOOT CD (FBCD) at the end of his presentation. http://www.forensicbootcd.com

Chris will talk about R.E.C.O.N. (Rescuing Endangered Children via an Organized Network). RECON is a volunteer organization dedicated to recovered abducted, missing or endangered children. Their website is: reconsearchandrescue.org

Mr Hill and Mr. Villanes will join the meeting and answer questions regarding the new Georgia legislation regarding the requirement for private investigator licenses, and how it might (or might not) impact computer analysts.

Location: Kennesaw University

April 2006
Date:  April 10, 2006
Time:   10:00
Speaker:  TBA
Topic:   TBA, + planning meeting for next years conference. cybercrime conference.

Location: Kennesaw University

December
Date:  December 12, 2005
Time:   10:00
Speaker:  Randy Grubb, of Wetstone Technologies
Topic:  Live Wire, forensic software.

Location: Kennesaw University

November
Date:  November. 14, 2005
Time:   10:00
Speaker:  Xavier Ashe
Topic:  Wireless Security

Location: Kennesaw University

September
Date:  Sept. 12, 2005
Time:   10:00
Speaker:  Stephen Arehart
Topic:  IPv6
Overview of the new standard and its impact on network analysis tools like snort and tcpdump.

Stephen V. Arehart was born and raised in Jacksonville, Fl. He obtained a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Michigan in 1996, and an M.S. in Polymer Chemistry from Carnegie Mellon University in 1999. He is a practicing software engineer with experience in biotechnology, cellular communications, cellular network fraud detection systems, and embedded systems. He is currently an independent software consultant working in the greater Atlanta area.

March 2005
Date:   Cancelled
Topic:   Cancelled in lieu of the cybercrime seminar.
Location: Kennesaw University

February 2005
Date:  February 14, 2005
Time:   10:00
Speaker:   TBA
Topic:  TBA.
Location: Kennesaw University

January 2005
Date:  January 10, 2005
Time:   10:00
Speaker:  Jason Trombly
Topic:   How to Build a computer..
Location: Kennesaw University

December 2004
Date:  December 13, 2004
Time:   10:00
Speaker:  
Location: Kennesaw University
Topic:  We will be counting and announcing the results of the chapter election for next years officers.

November 2004
Date:  November 8, 2004
Time:   10:00
Speaker:  Joe Riggins
Location: Kennesaw University
Topic:   Incident response using Encase.

October 2004
Date:  October 11, 2004
for 2005.
Adam Shostack made a presentation on Reducing Crime in Cyberspace: A Privacy Industry View. Adam Shostack is a technologist, startup veteran and regular public speaker. He has published papers on the security, privacy, as well as economics, copyright and trust. His current startup is in stealth mode. Prior to joining, Adam founded and built Nmotion and Informed Security, two patch management technology companies.

Sept. 2004 Cancelled in lieu of the national HTCIA convention.

August 2004
Date: August 9, 2004
Time: 10:00
Speaker:  Bill Adler, President, CyberScrub
Location: Kennesaw University

July 2004
Date:  Monday, July 12, 2004
Speaker:  Jim Persinger
Location: Kennesaw University
Topic:  From Law Enforcement to Private Investigator. Jim was a police officer, and is now a private investigator. He provided information regarding requirements for private investigators doing computer forensic work in Georgia. Jim also talked about some proposed legislation that will affect persons doing computer investigations in Georgia. Jim gratiously supplied copies of the NIST publication, "Forensic Examination of Digital Evidence. A Guide For Law Enfocement" ( Document #199408   or Summary page )

May 2004
Date: May 10, 2004
Time: 10:00
Location: Kennesaw University
Speaker: Quintin Gregor, eMag Solutions
Topic: Magnetic Tape Technology and Forensics.

Tapes contain a tremendous amount of information and should be a part of any forensic investigation. They come in hundreds of formats needing special software or hardware to recover information. This lecture will present various means and methods to reteive data from tapes.

March 2004
The March meeting of the local HTCIA chapter will be cancelled in lieu of the annual Southeast CyberCrime Summit. (March 2-5). Please tell all your contacts about the conference and suggest they attend.

February 2004
Date:  Monday February 9, 2004
Time:   11:00 AM.
Location:  Kennesaw Continuing Ed. (KSU Center. see directions below)
Topic:  Gregg Harold from Spint COmmunications will make a presentation on Cell Phone Discovery.

January 2004
Date:  Monday January 19, 2004

General discussions were held regarding dates and times of future meetings. A consensus was that the meetings would be held on the 2nd Monday of each month. Because of room availability, the time would generally be about 09:30 at Kennesaw university. Dates and times would be adjusted depending on the specific speakers availability.

Topics for future lectures were discussed. With cell phone forensics a major concern. Other topics were blackberry forensics, registry forensics, network security, identity theft, and RAID and tape handling forensics. If you have additional suggestions please contact the president with your suggestions.

July 2003
Speaker: Andrew Rosen, ASR Data Acquisition & Analysis, LLC
Topic: SMART for Linux
Mr. Rosen flew in from Texas to teach a hands on lab for his data forensic software program, SMART for Linux.

June 2003
Speaker: Thomas Rude, Crazytrain.com
Topic: Internet Browsing Artifacts
This presentation covered web browsing, Internet artifacts, and the most popular browsers, including Mozilla, Internet Explorer, and Opera (for both Windows and Linux operating systems). Details of where cache files are stored by default as well as other information that may benefit forensic examiners and investigators will be covered.

May 2003 Amber Schroader from Paraben Corporation was going to teach a hands on lab on E-mail Examiner. Unfortunately Ms. Schroader had a family emergency and could not make it.

April 2003
Dan Mares made a presentation on NTFS Alternate Data Streams and how they can be used to hide data.

March 2003
Mr. Eric Thompson from AccessData was our speaker. Mr Thompson gave a hands on instruction on Forensic Toolkit (FTK).

October 8, 2002
Roundtable discussion on how to design and set up a forensic lab. Topics covered include hardware, software, physical space, training, environmental concerns, etc.

September 10, 2002
Michael Burnette, Director of IT at Rogers & Hardin LLP, presented on RIM (Blackberry) wireless devices and forensic issues. Mr. Burnette touched on filesystem overview, recovery of deleted files, log access, and image acquisition.

August 13, 2002
Meeting cancelled due to Annual Computer Crime Symposium

July 9, 2002
David Benton, GBI, spoke on 'Forensic Toolkit' (FTK) by AccessData. Mr. Benton gave an overview of this forensic program including features and options.

June 11, 2002
Thomas Rude, Red Hat, Inc., spoke on 'Red Hat Linux 7.3'. Mr. Rude covered what is new in RHL 7.3, including device recognition, features, and applications.

April 9, 2002
Gary Lowe, Cobb County High Tech Crime Squad, spoke on 'EnCase' by Guidance Software. Detective Lowe gave an overview of this forensic program including features and options.

March 12, 2002
Thomas Rude, Red Hat, Inc., gave us our 'First Annual Linux Install Fest' wherein each attendee learned how to install and customize Red Hat Linux.

February 12, 2002
Thomas Rude, Red Hat, Inc., gave a demo of 'SMART for Linux' by ASR Data Acquisition & Analysis. Mr. Rude gave an overview of this forensic program including features and options.

January 8, 2002
Keith Howard, GBI, gave a lecture on Criminal Profiling and how it is used in today's technology oriented world.

November 13, 2001
Gregory Harold, Apple, gave a lecture on 802.11b wireless security and insecurity. Mr. Harrold covered common misconfigurations, pitfalls, and how to secure wireless access points.

September 18, 2001
Dan Mares spoke on 'Hashkeeper' program by Brian Deering. In addition Mr. Mares spoke of the hash sets created by NIST, doing a comparison of the two.

July 10, 2001
Yaannis Vasilliades, Raytheon, gave a presentation on 'SilentRunner', an intrusion detection program.

June 12, 2001
Thomas Rude, Red Hat, Inc, gave a lecture on Steganography and other types of Information Hiding, as well as detection.

May 8, 2001
Bob Wynn, Red Hat, Inc, gave a lecture on 'Behavior and Motivations of Computer Criminals'.

April 10, 2001
Dr. William Minkus gave a lecture on the 'Human Element of Intelligence'.

March 13, 2001
Chuck McCorvey, GIA Group, gave a presentation on Encryption and related issues.

February 13, 2001
Irvin Kuehn gave a presentation on IP Security and obscured URLs.

January 9, 2001
Matthew Caldwell, Guarded Net, gave a presentation on Hackers. Mr. Caldwell covered how to track hackers, relay determination, web resources, and social engineering.

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