An overview of IT Security Forensics

Sat, April19, 2008, SFSU Downtown SF campus 607

Attended this information forensic seminar hosted by IEEE Communication Society San Francisco and Oakland East Bay Chapters. Michael Butler (mjbsf@ieee.org) hosted it. The speaker is Manu Malek from Stevens Institure of Technology in NJ gaves the talk.

The talk gives an overview of the forensic technologies in computer related domains today. Demonstrates some simple tools that are used in the area. The original abstract is given below:

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An overview of IT Security Forensics
Organizations increasingly rely on the Internet for their operations. Although the use of this
technology provides many advantages, the Internet poses a unique set of vulnerabilities.
Security attacks, such as worm and virus attacks, ID theft, and espionage, are examples of
threats encountered daily by various institutions. Against this backdrop, it is clear that
security is one of the most important IT concerns today.
Security forensics is a discipline to identify the attackers and document their activity with
sufficient reliability to justify appropriate technical, business, and legal responses. The
discipline involves identification, preservation and analysis of evidence of security attacks.
Forensic activity takes place in a complex technical, legal, and social context which must
be understood to fully appreciate its power and value. This talk will provide an overview of
security forensics and addresses some of the technological