June 23, 2009, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm; registration begins at 11:15.
Cost:
$20 for members, $25 for non-members
Venue:
The Green Onion
4532 E. 51st Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Register for the meeting here.
Registration ends at 5:00 p.m. Thursday, June 18th
Topic: The Role of Digital Data in Legal Proceedings
The past decade has seen security become a particular focus in the field of Information Technology. Security professionals and Chief Information Security Officers are now employed at corporations across the world in recognition of issues such as hacking, insider threats, fraud, and cyber crime. Companies are now prepared for and protected against many threats to the security of their electronic information and assets. However, other dangers are lurking, and one of the most pressing is the use of an IT department’s own electronic information against during litigation events.The role of digital data in legal proceedings has increased dramatically and corporations are often called upon to produce the contents of servers, desktops, and cell phones in response to discovery requests. The process of producing such information can impact normal IT operations, such as decreased server availability amidst a forensics investigation or an increase in data retention.
The issue becomes even more complex since IT staff knows little about the law and attorneys know little about technology. Therefore, communications regarding digital information during legal proceedings are confusing at best and incomprehensible at worst. Unfortunately, the consequences of miscommunications can be grave: many companies have found themselves on the losing end of lawsuits and large cash settlements due to their inability to produce electronic information. The stakes for these situations are very high, and have significant implications for IT departments worldwide.
Indeed, litigation defense represents the next frontier for Information Technology professionals, one which is fraught with peril since there are intricacies to the legal system that are not immediately evident. The evolution of security as a subset of the IT world, beginning from outsourced work to the full integration of security professionals at C-level positions, will likely prove to be a model for the integration of digital forensics and electronic discovery as litigation defense into corporations across the nation.
Speaker: Gavin Manes, Ph.D.
Gavin W. Manes, a nationally recognized expert in digital forensics, founded Avansic in 2003 to
provide e-discovery services to an ever-increasing number of members in the business and legal
communities looking to protect their companies and clients from exploitation.In 2007, Manes was recognized for his ambitious work with the Tulsa Metro Chamber’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and the Journal Record’s Innovator of the Year Award. In addition, he was recognized by the Journal Record as an Achiever Under 40 and the Tulsa Business Journal’s list of 40 Under 40.
Manes holds all five National Information Assurance Education and Training Program federal information assurance certifications from the Committee on National Security Systems and the National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Committee. He also earned his Certified Information System Security Professional certificate ISC2, and holds individual private investigator licenses in many states. In addition, he briefed the White House, Department of the Interior, National Security Council and the Pentagon on information security. Prior to starting Avansic, Manes received both his Doctorate and Master of Science degrees in computer science from The University of Tulsa where he specialized in information assurance research. He went on to perform research and teach courses in digital forensics and telecommunications security at the Center for Information Security, which is now recognized as one of the country’s leading information assurance institutions as the Institute for Information Security.
During that time, Manes also mentored and worked closely with the Tulsa Police Department Cyber Crimes Unit. He has also worked with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, Internal Revenue Service, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Defense Computer Forensics Lab and many different Offices of Inspector Generals.
Manes has served as an expert witness for many legal proceedings through courtroom testimony, depositions and consulting with attorneys on data preservation issues. To maintain his expert standing, Dr. Manes continues to publish in peer-reviewed journals, present at a variety of conferences and symposia, and give classroom lectures at universities.