NEXT MEETING:
January 17, 2009
Main Topic: Computer Forensics
with Larry Depew,
New Jersey Regional Computer Forensics Lab

The Scientific Discipline of Digital Forensics: Recognized by the forensic science community in 2003, computer and multimedia digital forensics is a rapidly growing field that faces many challenges. Our speaker will discuss several challenges relating to the rapid deployment of data devices, explosion of device capacity, and how to regulate the industry to ensure those conducting computer forensics are adequately trained and certified. He will also discuss educational and employment opportunities in digital forensics.

Larry Depew, PMP, is the Director of the New Jersey Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory (NJRCFL). (more info)

Print and post an announcement for the January meeting.

Meetings at PACS

PACS meets in the Community Center at the Super Giant Food Store of Willow Grove on Saturdays, starting at 8am. Click the Meeting Day link to the right to see when the events of interest to you will take place. The store is located at 315 York Road, Willow Grove, PA 19090. See the link at the right for directions. The center has wireless Internet connections, a cafe serving breakfast and lunch, and plenty of free parking.

Look here for details about using the wireless internet connection. Remember that this is an open connection and so you should use the caution that you should use at any WiFi hot spot.
 

PACS 2008-2009 Meeting Schedule
Date Presenter Topic
September 20, 2008 Bill Wolff Microsoft Roadmap (more info)
October 18, 2008 Paul Begley, Unisys Home Servers and Cloud Computing (more info)
November 15, 2008 Bruce Hughes, AVG Protecting Users from Web Threats (more info)
December 20, 2008 Justin Mazur, APC Green Power Protection Products (more info)
January 17, 2009 Larry Depew, NJRCFL Computer Forensics (more info)
February 21, 2009 Dave Marra, Apple New Products
March 21, 2009 Linda Lyddon, Roxio Digital Media Editing Suites for Windows and Mac
April 18, 2009 Michael Bieber, Nuance Dragon Naturally Speaking
May 16, 2009 tba tba
June 20, 2009 tba tba

September 20, 2008 - Microsoft Roadmap with Bill Wolff

Microsoft is constantly changing and reinventing itself as the global leader in software development. This talk looks at various business and product areas to determine where market pressures and technical innovation are leading them. Roadmaps are provided for operating systems, productivity suites, server applications, development tools, entertainment, devices, and online offerings.

Bill Wolff is a Solutions Architect in the Microsoft Practice at Unisys Corporation. Prior to Unisys, Bill was an independent consultant, trainer, and architect specializing in Microsoft development technologies. His company Agility Systems was based in the Philadelphia area. He ran the consulting firm Wolff Data Systems for 15 years and directed armies of consultants in the dot com world. Bill is founder and President of the philly.net user group, a previous INETA board member where he served as Vice President, Speaker Bureau, and involved in several other user communities. Bill was a contributing author on several books. His certifications include trainer, systems engineer, developer, and Microsoft MVP for VB.NET.

More about Bill Wolff

October 18, 2008 - Home Servers and Cloud Computing with Paul Begley

Home Servers (storage, backup, and archiving) and Cloud Computing (e-mail aggregation, Google, and other web services) have several things in common. Both ideas move files and tasks that have typically been resident on your PC off to some other computer in your home or on the other side of the globe. Is this a good thing or not? Come and find out. The speaker will cover Windows, Linux, and Apple options for these topics.

Paul Begley is a Solution Architect in the Microsoft Practice at Unisys Corporation specializing in Unified Communications and Messaging. Prior to Unisys, Paul managed the Microsoft practice for a Microsoft Gold Partner specializing in Messaging and Unified Communications. He has designed, deployed, integrated, and managed large e-mail, voice, and communication systems globally since 1986. Paul has over eleven years experience as a consultant, trainer, and architect specializing in Microsoft Exchange Server, and related technologies.

Specific to PACS, He was a member from 1982 until 1991 when he relocated overseas for an engineering project. He founded the Engineering SIG and was the IBM SIG leader.

Paul has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Drexel University, is married and lives in Mount Laurel NJ with his wife and three daughters. He is also a League of American Bicyclists Cycling Instructor (LCI) and is involved with the Multiple Sclerosis City-To-Shore ride each year.

November 15, 2008 - Protecting Users from Web Threats with Bruce Hughes, AVG

Safe Websites? Do they exist today? Not very long ago it was pretty safe to assume if you stayed away from porn and warez websites you didn't have much to worry about. Those days are gone and now any legitimate website can be compromised. Allowing users unrestricted and unprotected freedom to use and surf at will could cost your company big bucks.

This presentation will look at current web threats and how we can protect users. Many topics will be covered including surfing habits, policies that work, Internet monitoring technologies, and how users can bypass those technologies. Also we will look at the current threats and some examples of exploits being used today.

Bruce Hughes is the Research Manager for Exploit Prevention Labs, AVG Technologies USA, Inc. He is responsible for research on web threats and exploits that are detected and blocked in the LinkScanner product's. He developed many of the testing methods and criteria for ICSA Labs, including Anti-Virus, PC Firewalls, Content Filtering, and Spam. Bruce also managed the WildList organization, the world's foremost authority on which viruses users should really be concerned with. Bruce has more than 15 years of experience at companies like NCSA, ICSA Labs, TruSecure, WildList Organization, Trend Micro, and AVG Technologies.

[AVG produces products that run on Windows and Linux OS.]

December 20, 2008 - Green Power Protection Products with Justin Mazur, APC

This presentation will discuss the meaning of Green, why we need to be concerned, and specifically why we need to be concerned with energy efficiency at the desktop. We'll also explain what Green means to APC, how we all can help become a greener society both at home and in the office and what kind of Green products APC is introducing that will help our efforts.

APC is a premier producer of power protection products including surge protection and uninterruptible power supplies.

Justin Mazur is a Pennsylvania Area Sales Engineer with APC. He works with customers to develop power and cooling solutions for mission critical facilities. Currently, he is working on projects ranging from large mega watt complete data center installations to small 500 watt UPSs used for retail store rollouts.

Mr. Mazur has a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Villanova University and is a Licensed Pennsylvania Professional Engineer. He has 15 years of experience working on power and cooling for mission critical projects. Justin Mazur can be contacted at jmazur@apc.com

January 17, 2009 - Computer Forensics with Larry Depew

The Scientific Discipline of Digital Forensics: Recognized by the forensic science community in 2003, computer and multimedia digital forensics is a rapidly growing field that faces many challenges. The speaker will discuss several challenges relating to the rapid deployment of data devices, explosion of device capacity, and how to regulate the industry to ensure those conducting computer forensics are adequately trained and certified. He will also discuss educational and employment opportunities in digital forensics.

Larry Depew, PMP, is the Director of the New Jersey Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory (NJRCFL). He retired from the FBI as a Supervisory Special Agent and is currently employed by the State of New Jersey, Office of the Attorney General. Larry has a BS degree in Criminology from the University of Maryland, a Master's Certification in Project Management from George Washington University, and attended advanced management and forensic training at the University of Oregon and Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.

Larry has taught forensics at The College of New Jersey, Bucks County Community College, and the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Larry is a Project Management Professional certified through the Project Management Institute. He is currently a consultant to the US Department of Justice and US Department of State. He recently co-authored two books; TechnoForensics, and The Best Damn Cybercrime and Digital Forensics Book Period!, both published by Syngress Press.

More about NJRCFL

NOTE: In the event of a cancellation or change of topic, we will post updated information as soon as it's available.