February 11th, 2010 by lhaasFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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CIO of viaForensics speaks on Android Forensics at DoD’s DC3 Conference
CIO of viaForensics, Andrew Hoog, spoke about digital forensics and the Android platform at the U.S. Department of Defense Cyber Crime Conference 2010.
Chicago, Feb 11, 2010 – The CIO of viaForensics, Andrew Hoog, gave a presentation titled “Android Forensics Techniques, File Systems and Analysis” to a group of attendees at the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Cyber Crime Conference on January 27, 2010. As the Android mobile device platform is poised to make significant inroads into the market, viaForensics’ presentation provides timely information on the Android platform, significant areas of focus for the forensic examiner and forensic techniques that examiners can use today.
While the release of Android’s open source platform is a welcome change, it presents unique challenges for digital forensics examiners, including its use of the YAFFS2 file system, the non-standard C library and the Dalvik virtual machine. viaForensics has put significant research and development efforts into Android Forensics. They have developed a comprehensive training course outlining six separate techniques used to acquire data from Android devices. viaForensics also maintains the Android Forensics Wiki with the latest information on the topic.
The DoD’s Cyber Crime Conference brings together forensic examiners, prosecutor, law enforcement personnel and Federal investigators to address issues related to cyber crime. The conference is sponsored by the DoD Cyber Crime Center (DC3), the Joint Take Force – Global Network Operations and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service. Historically, the conference draws over 800 participants each year. This year’s theme was “Cyber Professionals: Sentinels of U.S. Security.”
More information on this topic, including information about training sessions and upcoming events, can be found on viaForensics’ website: http://viaforensics.com/android and the Android Forensics Wiki at http://viaforensics.com/afwiki.
About viaForensics
viaForensics is an innovative computer/mobile forensic and e-discovery firm focusing on providing proactive services to corporations, law enforcement and law firms. Andrew Hoog is a computer scientist, computer/forensics researcher and Chief Investigative Officer at viaForensics.
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