Wednesday, 09 July 2008

Andy Clark, Head of Forensics at Detica, will be part of a group of renowned international multi-disciplinary specialists meeting in Switzerland to review the current state of Information Security and identify research needed to meet forthcoming challenges.

The participants, hosted by The Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Information Security and comprising leading experts from many disciplines, including mathematics, cryptotology and risk management, will meet for a week-long workshop at Monte Verita from 7-11 July 2008.

As part of his contribution, Andy Clark will give a perspective on the history of information forensics from the phone phreaking explorations of telecoms networks of the 1970s and early hacking exploits to today’s proliferation of e-crime.

“Some of the poachers have since turned gamekeepers and digital forensics gamekeeping methodologies have come a very long way in just a few decades,” said Clark. “Today two rising issues are dealing with encryption and live data capture to ensure that transient evidence isn’t lost in investigations. Both of these require highly specialised knowledge, and the investigation frontier is moving ever-forward.

“Forensics tools whilst vital come second place to the intellect of experienced teams of dedicated forensic investigators. This international workshop in Switzerland is an amazing opportunity to exchange ideas and information with top experts from many disciplines. I have no doubt that it will give us all new perspectives and inspiration to tackle the new Information Security challenges that are ahead.”

The Workshop is organised by Patrick Amon, Arjen K Lenstra and Bruce Schneier.