2409: Seizing Computer Evidence

Thursday, June 24, 2004
8:00am – 9:30am
Presenters: Lieutenant John McMullen and Deputy District Attorney Jim Sibley

PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION

Identification and Seizure of Devices That Store Digital Evidence: Anyone who takes the class will learn about different types of devices that could store digital evidence relevant in a criminal investigation and how to safely collect, transport, and store them for future examination.

PRESENTERS BIO

John McMullen is a Lieutenant in the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Bureau of Investigation. He has been a law enforcement officer for 24 years and been involved in the investigation of high technology crime for over ten years. His current assignment includes management of the District Attorney’s High Technology Crime Unit. He is also been the Operations Manager for the multi-jurisdictional Silicon Valley Computer Forensic Laboratory since it’s inception and serves as the current Treasurer for the Silicon Valley Chapter of the High Technology Crime Investigators Association.

Jim Sibley leads the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office High Tech Crimes Unit, acts as project director for the REACT task force, and is the legal liaison for the Silicon Valley Computer Forensic Lab. A prosecutor for over thirteen years, Jim serves on the California District Attorney’s Association’s High Technology Crime Committee, and is the designated CDAA representative to the Governor’s High Technology Crimes Advisory Counsel. Over the last six years, Jim has prosecuted technology crimes including online child solicitation, network intrusion, trade secret theft, piracy of software, movies, and audio recordings, as well as component theft, cyberstalking, and identify theft. An active HTCIA member since 2001, Jim teaches extensively, volunteering as an instructor for HTCIA, CDAA, NDAA, and POST, as well as presenting Internet safety lectures for community organizations, parent/teacher groups, and schoolchildren.

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