Dr. Aswami Ariffin specializes in digital forensics (PhD) and previously was a GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA) and Certified Wireless Security Professional (CWSP). He has attended various digital forensics training courses, such as SANS System Forensics, Investigation and Response in Australia, multimedia forensics in the United Kingdom and United States, and also data recovery in South Korea.
He has experience in handling computer crimes and computer-related crimes with various law enforcement agencies/regulatory bodies in Malaysia and overseas (recognized as an expert by New South Wales Police Force, Australia). He managed more than 1,800 digital forensic investigations and provided expert testimonies/coordination in Malaysia's High Court and Royal Commission of Inquiry.
He is active in research, and one of his papers entitled Data Recovery From Proprietary-Formatted Files CCTV Hard Disks was accepted for publication and presentation at the 2013 Ninth Annual IFIP WG 11.9 International Conference on Digital Forensics, USA. He was also involved as a committee member of the digital forensics program of the prestigious International Conference on Availability, Reliability, and Security (ARES 2012 and 2013).
Due to his immense contribution in combating cyber crimes and developing CyberSecurity, Malaysia's digital forensics capabilities, Dr. Aswami Ariffin was awarded the ISLA (Information Security Leadership Award) in 2009 by ISC2, USA. The Attorney General Chambers of Malaysia and Royal Malaysia Police also issued a commendation letter and certificate of appreciation to him.
Currently, he is Vice President of Cyber Security Responsive Services at CyberSecurity Malaysia. He provides input on strategic direction, technical leadership, and marketing strategy for CyberSecurity Malaysia security operations and research—Digital Forensics Department, MyCERT, and Secure Technology Services.
Dr. Salvatore Fiorillo (MSIT) is a fast learner, problem solver, and open-minded person. He likes unconventional challenges. Holding a degree in Political Science and a Master's degree in IT Security, his interests are wide ranging, from digital forensic and general hacking, to social, anthropological, statistics, and financial studies. He is a network-centric warfare evangelist and gave a speech at De Vere University Arms in Cambridge (UK) during the 2007 conference organized by the Command and Control Research Program (CCRP) within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of US-Defense (NII). He is also the author of Theory and practice of flash memory mobile forensics, a 2009 widespread paper on the limits of digital forensic tools (work cited in the 2014 NIST Guidelines on Mobile Device Forensics).
Yogesh Khatri is an assistant professor teaching computer forensics at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. Prior to that, he has had a decade of experience working in industry as a consultant and trainer for various companies, including guidance software, during which he worked on cases in several countries, and with many Fortune 100 companies. Yogesh has a Master's degree in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University. He runs a blog at www.swiftforensics.com, which showcases his latest research, scripts, ideas, and videos on computer forensics.
Erik Kristensen holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science with over 15 years of experience with computer systems that includes computer security, mobile security, and computer forensics. During his time in the United States Air Force, he specialized in computer security and helped pioneer a mobile security program for the BlackBerry, Android, and iPhone devices. He is currently a GIAC Certified Forensics Analyst (GCFA) and is the primary maintainer of the SANS Investigative Forensics Toolkit (SIFT) for computer forensics. He has a broad range of experience and interests. He enjoys problem solving and thinking out of the box. He is currently the lead DevOps engineer for viaForensics, an advanced mobile security and forensics company.
Dr. Michael Spreitzenbarth worked several years as a freelancer in the IT security sector after finishing his diploma thesis with a major in Mobile Phone Forensics. In 2013, he finished his PhD from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in the field of Android Forensics and Mobile Malware Analysis. Since this time, he has been working in an internationally operating CERT. His daily work deals with the security of mobile systems, forensic analysis of smartphones and suspicious mobile applications, as well as the investigation of security-related incidents. Alongside this, he is working on the improvement of mobile malware analysis techniques and research in the field of Android and iOS forensics.