Vassil Roussev, Ph.D.
Professor of Computer Science, University of New OrleansVassil is a Professor of Computer Science and the Director of the Greater New Orleans Center for Information Assurance (GNOCIA) at the University of New Orleans. The main research theme of his work is to examine the problem of large-scale forensics investigations from all sides, including better algorithms and data structures, performance-centric forensic tool and infrastructure design, usability, and visualization. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Digital Investigation and is a co-founder of DFRWS.org. He has over 50 peers reviewed publications in the field of digital forensics and cybersecurity, including an authored book.
Wietse Venema, Ph.D.
Software Engineer, GoogleWietse is known for his software such as the TCP Wrapper and the Postfix mail system. He co-authored the SATAN network scanner and the Coroner's Toolkit (TCT) for forensic analysis, as well as a book on Forensic Discovery. Wietse received awards from the Free Software Foundation (FSF), the System Administrator's Guild (SAGE), the Netherlands UNIX User Group (NLUUG), the Information System Security Association (ISSA), as well as a Sendmail innovation award. He served a two-year term as chair of the international Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST).
Hans Henseler, Ph.D.
University of Applied Sciences LeidenHans is co-founder and CEO of Tracks Inspector, a company that develops and commercializes a software solution that puts digital forensics in the hands of investigators. He is a part-time professor in Digital Forensics & E-Discovery at the Forensic ICT program of the University of Applied Sciences Leiden and is also a board member of the Netherlands Register of Court Experts. In 1992 he founded the Department of Computer Forensic Science at the Netherlands Forensic Science Institute. For several years, during that period, he was vice president of the International Organization on Computer Evidence. From 1998-2000, Hans became director of the Information Systems Division of the Netherlands Organization of Applied Research, specializing in knowledge management, language technology, image processing, and logistics information systems. From 2000-2006 he was the CTO of ZyLAB Technologies where he was responsible for the development, testing and support of ZyLAB's E-Discovery suite. From 2006-2010, he was a director at PWC Forensic Technology Solutions and was responsible for European E-Discovery and Financial Data Analysis projects. From 2010-2014 he was a partner at cybersecurity form Fox-IT where he was responsible for the Digital Forensics business.
Elizabeth Schweinsberg, Honorary Member
FacebookElizabeth is an Incident Responder with Facebook working to keep the internal networks safe from malware, hackers, and the Internet. She has been in the computer industry and in digital forensics for over a decade, working in the past for Google, the US Government, and elsewhere in private sector. When not behind the computer, she works on her avian millinery.
Matthew Geiger
Director, Research & Development, QintelMatthew conducts outcome-driven research and develops specialty software focused on investigative challenges, drawing on more than 15 years of experience in digital forensics, malware analysis, and tool development. Prior to joining Qintel, Matthew was a Senior Security Researcher at SecureWorks, focused on building its capability to respond to targeted intrusion groups in large environments. He was also the operational lead for the CERT Forensics Team at Carnegie Mellon, where he helped plan and participated in a wide range of investigations, including some of the largest U.S. cybercrime cases. Matthew has testified for the prosecution in federal court and has provided reports as an expert in digital forensics. He received the US Secret Service Director’s Award in 2010 for contributions to the service’s investigative mission.
Pavel Gladyshev, Ph.D.
Lecturer, University College DublinPavel is a college lecturer at the UCD School of Computer Science and Informatics, where he is directing the GDip/MSc programme in Forensic Computing and Cybercrime Investigation - an international distance learning programme for the law enforcement officers specializing in cybercrime investigations. His research interests are in the area of Information Security and Digital Forensics. His current work is focusing on logical foundations of digital forensic analysis and its applications to investigations of cybercrimes. He serves on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Digital Evidence and the International Journal of Digital Crime and Forensics. He is as an invited expert of the Irish delegation to the Interpol working party on IT Crime (Europe).
Golden Richard III, Ph.D.
Professor of Computer Science and University Research Professor, Louisiana State UniversityGolden is Professor of Computer Science and Associate Director for Cybersecurity at the Center for Computation and Technology at LSU. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Digital Investigation, and Computers and Security (COSE), and the original developer of Scalpel, a popular file carving tool. His research interests are in digital forensics, malware analysis, reverse engineering, and operating systems internals.
Daryl Pfeif
CEO and DFRWS Chief Operations Officer, Digital Forensics Solutions and DFRWSDaryl has been an integral member of the DFRWS Board of Directors and the Organizing Committee since 2005 when DFRWS became a non-profit organization. As a founding member & CEO of Digital Forensics Solutions, Daryl has been actively engaged in the digital forensics and cybersecurity community since 2004. She supervises all DFS operations including digital forensics investigations, vulnerability assessment, data breach management, training, software development, and research. Prior to entering the field of forensics Daryl spent over fifteen years as a technology consultant with an emphasis on interactive media and 3D animation. She has produced numerous large corporate events, festivals, videos, films, websites, training packages, promotional materials, and print publications.
Brian Carrier (Honorary Board Member) , Ph.D.
Director of Digital Forensics, Basis TechnologyBrian leads the Digital Forensics team at Basis Technology to design and develop products and custom systems. He is the author of the book "File System Forensic Analysis" and developer of several open source digital forensic analysis tools, including The Sleuth Kit and the Autopsy Forensic Browser. Brian has a Ph.D. in computer science from Purdue University and worked previously for @stake as a research scientist and the technical lead for their digital forensic labs response team. Brian is on the committees of many conferences, workshops and technical working groups.
Eoghan Casey, Ph.D.
Professor of Digital Forensic Science and Investigation, University of Lausanne.Eoghan is a professor at the University of Lausanne in the School of Criminal Sciences. He has extensive experience working in digital forensic laboratories in the public and private sectors. He has analyzed digital evidence in a wide range of complex investigations, and he has helped organizations handle security breaches, including network intrusions with international scope. He has testified in civil and criminal cases, and has submitted expert reports and prepared trial exhibits for digital forensic and cyber-crime cases. He has written several advanced technical books and many peer-reviewed publications, and he created mobile device forensics courses taught worldwide. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Digital Investigation, is a co-founder of DFRWS.org, and contributes to definitions, guidelines, and standards as Executive Secretary of the Digital/Multimedia Scientific Area Committee of the Organization for Scientific Area Committees (OSAC).
Frank Adelstein, Ph.D.
NFA DigitalFrank has been involved in computer security and digital forensics for over two decades. He served as Director of Engineering for Cayuga Networks, supervising the engineering team and leading the testing group on a product to detect attacks on web servers for large organizations. As the Technical Director of Computer Security at ATC-NY, he was the principal designer of a live forensic investigation product and worked in the area of live investigation since 2002. He was the principal investigator on numerous research and development projects in security, wireless networking, and intrusion detection, and created and taught several training courses. He has co-authored a book on Mobile and Pervasive Computing and has participated in DFRWS since its inception in 2001. He founded NFA Digital in 2017 and provides consulting in computer security and related areas.