DFC News
DFC to Provide Network Forensics Training to IT Professionals.
June 19-23, 2008. The DFC will provide training for a group of IT professionals in the form of a network forensics
seizure exercise. The four day exercise will involve guided seizure of evidence from workstations with a wide range of
hardware and operating systems as well as live network data center with a wide range of server hardware, operating systems,
applications and storage.
DFC to had a booth at RI Bar Association Annual Meeting.
June 12-13, 2008. The DFC had a booth at the RI Bar Association's Annual Meeting in Providence.
DFC Contract to Implement State Computer Crimes Unit Lab .
May 1, 2008. The DFC has been contracted to implement the Rhode Island State Police Computer Crimes Unit Digital
Forensics Analysis Lab. The lab will allow law enforcement investigators from across the state to collaborate
remotely to a central analysis facility. Its design is patterned after federal law enforcement labs with
some enhancements.
DFC Attends Access Data Training.
May 13-15, 2008. A DFC member is in Boston for Access Data's Internet Forensics class.
April 22-24, 2008. Two DFC members participated in Access Data's online Windows Forensics - Vista class.
DFC Hosted X-Ways Training.
April 7-11, 2008. The DFC hosted Stefan Fleischmann of X-Ways Software Technology to host a 5 day course on X-Ways Forensics
and File Systems. The training was held at the URI Providence campus for law enforcement specializing in Digital Forensics.
DFC presents at NIJ Conference in Alabama.
March 18, 2008. Two members of the DFC went down to Point Clear, Alabama, to the NIJ's Applied Technologies
Conference to present work on NIJ funded research projects Human Image Detection and Steganography Detection.
DFC contracted by Rhode Island State Police.
February 15, 2008. The DFC was contracted by the Rhode Island State Police
to provide long term consulting to their Computer Crimes unit in issues concerning
digital forensics technology.
DFC contracted by the Institute of International Sport
Jan 21, 2008. The DFC was contracted by the Institute of International Sport
to provide internet safety software and training to participants in the 2008 Scholar
Athlete Games.
DFC Co-Hosts Network Forensics Training for Law Enforcement
December 17-21, 2007. The DFC hosted a network forensics training
for computer crimes law enforcement agents in R.I. Agents from the FBI,
NCIS, RI State Police and local police attended the 5 day training covering
network related forensic issues.
DFC To Co-Host High School Digital Forensics Day
Sept 27, 2007. The DFC will co-host with the URI Computer Science Department
the first RI High School Digital Forensics Day. The day will give RI high
school students the chance to learn about the field of digital foreniscs.
Details.
DFC Speaks at SNENUG
Sept 19, 2007. The DFC gave an invited talk to the Southern New England Network Users Group meeting. The talk covered the basics of digital forensics and incident response.
DFC Obtains Homeland Security Grant.
Sept 10, 2007. The DFC partnered with the RI State Police, Warwick Police,
Providence Police, and State Of Rhode Island to obtain a $400,000 grant
to initiate the Rhode Island Cyberterrorism Task Force. Participants from
these organizations will cooperate in training and
digital forensics investigations.
DFC Retained by Teachers Unions.
Sept. 2007. The DFC was retained by two different large teachers unions to perform digital forensics to support members in administative hearings over dismissal.
DFC Attends High Tech Crime Investigators (HTCIA) Conference.
Aug 27, 2007. DFC personnel attended the HTCIA conference in San Diego, CA. Included were sessions on Vista Forensics, Macintosh Forensics, Cell Phone Forensics, Digital Forensics Law, Cryptography, and EDiscovery.
DFC Completes Internal Police Investigation.
Aug 15, 2007. The DFC completed a hard drive investigation for a Rhode Island police department internal matter.
DFC Presents at International Identification and Forensics Conference.
July 26,2007. DFC gave presentations on steganography detection and on hard drive analysis for human images at the International Identification and Forensics Conference in San Diego, CA.
DFC Presents at the National Institute of Justice Conference.
July 22, 2007. DFC personnel participated as an invited member on a panel on digital forensics at the National Institute of Justice Conference in Arlington, VA.
DFC Retained By OSHEAN.
July 1, 2007. The DFC was retained by OSHEAN to provide digital forensics and data recovery services for its members. OSHEAN members include organizations in Rhode Island and Massachusetts from institutions of higher education, Rhode Island state government, and health care organizations.
DFC Attends Access Data Forensics Boot Camp.
June 24, 2007. DFC personnel attended Access Data's digital forensics boot camp. Included were sessions on the Forensics Tool Kit (FTK) and Password Recovery Tool Kit (PRTK - password cracking software).
DFC Assists With First Online Digital Forensics Course.
May 21, 2007. The DFC assisted with the URI Digital Forensics program offering its first completely online course. The 10 week course on Operating Systems from a forensics perspective is the first of a series of online training courses that the URI program and the DFC will offer. These courses include full semester academic college courses through the URI Digital Forensics program, as well as focused training modules. The online courses are delivered by streaming video lecture and some, including this first course, include extensive hands-on exercises through the use of virtualization.