Manchester, NH?A slick, sunglass wearing detective picks up a cell phone left behind at the crime scene. Within minutes he?s punched a couple buttons, cracked the case and stares off moodily into the sun before delivering a one-liner summing up the past hour of television life.
On TV, digital crimes are solved fast and with seemingly little effort. However, in real life, the work is painstaking and requires skill, patience and insatiable curiosity.
?The whole idea of forensics is whatever you are doing, should be done in manner that will be acceptable at trial, like in court,?? says Jonathan T. Rajewski, Assistant Professor of Computer & Digital Forensics at Champlain College. ?The misconception is ?I?m just going to quickly investigate and present my findings and everything is going to be great like they do in the TV shows.? But the reality is there?s a process you have to follow, a legal process, there?s best practices you have to follow.?
?So while the CSI effect is this great, sexy hook to pull people into the room, there?s really a lot more to it.?
And it?s also a little sexy. After all, these digital detectives are digging for the secrets hiding in plain sight on every electronic device and doohickey available on the market today, while at the same time trying to stay a step ahead of what?s next. And they do all this to protect a business? assets, catch the perp and stop sinister plots.
On Nov. 1, UNH Manchester will share a slew of these insights in a presentation on Digital Forensics from 6-8 p.m. Led by Rajewski , who is also a Computer Forensic Examiner with the Vermont Internet Crimes Task Force in Burlington, Vt., the presentation will cover current trends in computer and digital forensics, cybersecurity, mobile device forensics and malware analysis. At the end of the presentation, Rajewski, will give the audience a chance to play armchair investigators through a ?real-world? cyber investigation demonstrating each of the disciplines discussed in the presentation.
Rajewski is uniquely qualified to deliver this talk, given his experience in both civil and criminal digital forensic investigations and in providing expert written and oral digital forensic testimony. He has served many high profile confidential clients and has worked alongside international and local, state/federal governmental entities. He said he?s hoping the presentation appeals to everyone from local high school students to business leaders to law enforcement.
?I?ll be teaching at a level that non-technical people can appreciate as well as enough to keep technical people engaged,? he said.
Rajewski said he plans to discuss what digital forensics is, how it?s used in cyber investigations by both corporate and government entities, how it can assist human resources investigations and how it?s used in litigation. He will also touch on cell phone forensics, including what can be retrieved and what can?t and privacy issues surrounding digital forensics.
This presentation is part of a series coordinated by the Computing Science Department at UNH Manchester and has been funded by the Saul O Sidore Memorial Foundation. This year?s series focuses on innovations in computing that enhance human capabilities and creative expression, from decoding cybercrimes and national security to resolving buggy software and agile development, to learning with mobile devices and cloud services.
The free and program is open to the public and will be held in the third floor auditorium. For more information visit http://manchester.unh.edu/campuslife/public-programs/advances-computing-technology)
UNH Manchester, the university?s urban campus, is a learning community promoting the growth and success of students, the city and the region. UNH Manchester offers liberal arts and applied science and technology programs with an urban focus. Learn more at www.manchester.unh.edu.
Submitted by UNH
Written by Melanie Plenda, Freelance Writer
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