SANS Announces Agenda for Annual DFIR Summit in Austin, Texas

BETHESDA, Md., May 12, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SANS Institute, the global leader in information security training, today announced the agenda for its annual Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) Summit and Training to be held June 23 – 30 in Austin, Texas. Top DFIR professionals from around the world will gather to discuss how to overcome the latest obstacles and share with others what has proven to be effective in their day-to-day investigations. Included in the agenda is the highly anticipated mobile forensic panel discussion.  

According to Heather Mahalik, a Principal Forensic Scientist and Team Lead for Oceans Edge and DFIR Summit panel speaker, "Understanding and interpreting mobile data is a skill set that many do not fully grasp. Training can only take you so far in DFIR, especially mobile. The mobile field is constantly changing. You must learn how to be innovative and handle the curve balls thrown your way."

"Traditional forensics training courses teach basic technical skills and processes, but in the ever-changing mobile forensics environment, that's just not enough.  The ability to think outside the box and find solutions to problems that are beyond the 'norm,' not to mention finding way of testing and validating those unique solutions is key.  Innovation is a mindset that can be learned through focus on developing traits and skills such as curiosity, collaboration, experimentation, and integrative thinking. Learning to innovate allows an examiner to develop solutions to unique problems rather than waiting for solutions to come along," added Cindy Murphy, Madison (WI) Police Department and DFIR Summit speaker.

Mahalik and Murphy will participate in the panel discussion Puzzle Solving and Science: The Secret Sauce of Innovation in Mobile Forensics. Other panel participants include:  

• Chris Crowley, Certified Instructor, SANS Institute
• Andrew Hoog, CEO, and Co-Founder, NowSecure
• Adrian Leong, Research and Development Specialist & Blogger

The DFIR Summit features two days of trending talks and leading speakers covering the most innovative DFIR topics. Immediately following the Summit, SANS will offer six days of hands-on DFIR training. Attendees will also have the opportunity to test their skills and go head-to-head against their peers during the DFIR NetWars competition. 

For more information on the summit, including a complete list of speakers and discussion overviews, or to register, please visit: www.sans.org/u/hKc   

About SANS Institute
The SANS Institute was established in 1989 as a cooperative research and education organization. SANS is the most trusted and, by far, the largest provider of cyber security training and certification to professionals at governments and commercial institutions world-wide. Renowned SANS instructors teach over 50 different courses at more than 200 live cyber security training events as well as online. GIAC, an affiliate of the SANS Institute, validates employee qualifications via 30 hands-on, technical certifications in information security. The SANS Technology Institute, a regionally accredited independent subsidiary, offers master's degrees in cyber security. SANS offers a myriad of free resources to the InfoSec community including consensus projects, research reports, and newsletters; it also operates the Internet's early warning system--the Internet Storm Center. At the heart of SANS are the many security practitioners, representing varied global organizations from corporations to universities, working together to help the entire information security community. (www.SANS.org)

SOURCE SANS Institute

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