The “Road to CEIC 2012” is a series of blog posts on all things CEIC (@CEIC_Conf), before, during and after, from an insider’s point of view.
All of the work to prepare for CEIC v12 paid off, as the staff made the final touches in the morning of Monday, 21 May, before Registration opened at 9am. The early birds, of the nearly 2,000 expected to attend CEIC v12, lined up to start their conference experience with enthusiasm. New to CEIC is the Guidance Software CISO Summit – Beyond the Enterprise Perimeter: The Power of Data Visibility & Incident Response, an exclusive event for information security executives and industry thought leaders. The Summit began even before Registration opened, and these dedicated men and women met until 2:30pm to exchange ideas and learn about the importance of digital investigative technology in protecting their organization from risk and threats.
The Summit opened with the Keynote: Data Breaches by the Numbers by Dr. Larry Ponemon (founder, Ponemon Institute) and Bryan Sartin (director of investigative response, Verizon Business) and continued with Matt Keller (Worldwide Information Network Systems) discussing The Last Line of Defense against the APT: Integrating Forensic Response into the Security Stack. The Summit broadened into E-discovery before the lunch break with the Honorable Andrew J. Peck (US Magistrate Judge) and Lee Warren (CISO, United Technologies Corporation) leading an interactive Q&A on Why E-Discovery is Important to Your Company and Why it Should Be to You.
After lunch, the Summit moved into actionable solutions with Getting Ahead of the Inevitable: Implementing an Incident Management Framework, by Mark Carney (vice president of strategic services, FishNet Security). Followed by Shawn McCreight (chief technology officer and founder, Guidance Software), with the capstone The Impact of Forensics on Data Visibility and Enterprise Risk Management.
The Opening Keynote kicked off shortly after 3pm, with Alex Andrianopoulos, vice president of marketing, warming up the standing-room-only crowd for Victor Limongelli, president and chief executive officer, delivering a humorous review of the growth of CEIC. The event was covered live on Twitter, as Victor traced the history of digital forensics over the last 15 years, from an obscure, esoteric endeavor practiced only by small cadre of experts to a conventional discipline employed by tens of thousands. Victor addressed how the continuing proliferation of computing devices, the ever-increasing volumes of data, and the need for visibility into that data, is all driving a forensics explosion. There is a democratization of forensics, with modern solutions requiring ease of use and collaboration between experts. Victor was joined by Ken Basore, senior vice president of R&D and IT, for a live demonstration of EnCase Portable v3 and the EnCase v7 Review Package feature. Jim Borecki, vice president of forensic business unit, also made an appearance to iintroduce the new Tableau TD3 Forensic Duplicator.
The first sessions started at 4:30pm, with 11 from which to choose, a seemly impossible task. The Cyber Response lab track was filled to seating capacity early, and those arriving “on time” were allowed to stand in the back; as Tim Dillman of FishNet Security took us down the Yellow Brick Evidence Trail to catch attackers. The lab was hands-on with EnCase Enterprise, evolving into an interactive session of sharing tips and tricks between Tim and the attendees.
The E-Discovery Done Right and EnCase App Central Rotundas were very popular throughout the day. The EE-Discovery exhibit drew crowds excited to learn about the integration of EnCase eDiscovery and CaseCentral. Several programmers signed up to join the App Central developer community, where they receive a personal copy of EnCase Forensic to aid in their EnScript creation, with the App Central market place launch planned later in 2012.
The Welcome Reception filled the pool area from 6pm until dark, with attendees enjoying entertainment from Cirque du Soleil and connecting with each other. I enjoyed interacting with friends from my computer forensic examiner days in the US Army CID, with former co-workers who are now partners, with new partners, with colleagues from across the globe, and meeting customers from around the world. Incredibly, over 40 countries are represented as we begin CEIC v12….a perfect start!
Jessica Bair
Senior Director, Curriculum Development
@jessicambair
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