[Dclug] DC ACM Lecture, Monday February 9th: Dr. Hal Berghel, "The Art and Practice of Internet Forensics"

[DC ACM]

The Washington DC Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery, 
with support from the Washington Academy of Science, is proud to present 
the February 2009 lecture.

Speaker:  Dr. Hal Berghel

Topic:  The Art and Practice of Internet Forensics

For the past decade, Internet Forensics has been subsumed under the 
rubric of Computer Forensics. Typically, Internet forensics is buried in 
the latter chapters of Computer Forensics books - usually between "the 
Criminal Justice System" and "Conclusion". In this talk, Dr. Berghel 
will show why Internet Forensics should be considered an art in its own 
right. While Computer Forensics is older and more mature, it is a very 
different activity requiring very different skills. Internet Forensics 
is more about eternal vigilance than search-and-seizure.

Several aspects of Internet Forensics will be discussed, including 
packet crafting, Denial of Service attacks, stimulus-response theory, 
malware, packet analysis, intrusion detection, fragmentation theory, and 
protocol bending, to name but a few.

Familiarity with TCP/IP and basic packet analysis will enhance the 
audience experience.

Bio:

Dr. Berghel is currently Professor and Director of the School of 
Informatics and Associate Dean of the Howard R. Hughes College of 
Engineering.  He is also Director or the Center of CyberSecurity 
Research and the Identity Theft and Financial Fraud Research and 
Operations Center.  He has held a variety of research and administrative 
positions in industry and academia during his twenty-five year career in 
computing. His current research focuses on Internet security and 
forensics, cyberpublishing, and electronic information management. He is 
a widely published author, columnist, educator, university 
administrator, keynote speaker, and talk show guest.  His consultancy, 
Berghel.Net, specializes in security and risk management for government 
and industry.

Berghel founded and chaired the ACM Technology Outreach Program 
(1993-2003), the Electronic Communities Committee (1995-7), served on 
the ACM Publications Board (1992-2000, 2001-2003), and as Vice Chair of 
the ACM Local Activities Board and Member Activities Board (1993-2003). 
Berghel also contributed extensively to the early ACM.ORG Web content 
with sites such as the Graduate Assistantship Directory, ACM Timeline of 
Computing, Technology Outreach Program interactive Website, ACM online 
Gaming, and so forth, some of which still remains online over a decade 
later.

Berghel has been selected as ACM Outstanding Lecturer of the Year four 
times and has also been twice selected as an IEEE Computer Society 
Distinguished Visitor.  His  awards and recognition's include the ACM 
Distinguished Service Award and the ACM Outstanding Contribution Award. 
  He is a Fellow of both the ACM and IEEE.

When:

Monday, February 9th 2009  7:30pm to 9:00pm

Where:

American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2nd Floor Conference Room
1200 New York Avenue NW
(entrance is on 12th Street)

Near Metro Center

This lecture is free and open to the public.  ACM membership is not 
required to attend.


Regards,

William Fielder
Chair, DC ACM