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Are you "spooked by encryption"? How does encryption enter into "e-discovery" and
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the practice of law? In this issue, Dr. Gavin W. Manes, CEO of Avansic: E-Discovery & Digital Forensics, makes a blueprint of encryption - what it is, how it works, and how
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law offices handle it. The authors even discuss the role of hackers in the context of
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encryption, and explain how encryption can be used for nefarious purposes. He
Discovery...A Case Study.
includes a case study and ends with a conclusion on increased security measures. From there, we review the new and revised version of Inside the Criminal Mind by Dr. Samenow. After a crime, we are usually left in the dark. Why do criminals do what they do? After all, we know that criminals are people, too. Dr. Samenow proposes that
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both criminals and non-criminals are actually very different, especially in the ways they think about the world.
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Encryption goes beyond simple password protection - for instance, your computer has a password, but that can be bypassed by someone with the knowledge and ability to
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start a computer from a thumb drive or boot CD (this typically requires some IT knowledge). However, if the computer is both password-protected and encrypted, then it is much more difficult to access the data in a useable form.
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Dr. Gavin W. Manes is a nationally recognized expert in e-discovery and digital forensics. He is currently the CEO of Avansic, a firm that provides the legal, business, and government sectors with e-discovery, digital forensics, data preservation, and online review services. He founded Avansic in 2004 while serving as a Computer Science professor at the University of Tulsa. There, he led the creation of nationally recognized research efforts in digital forensics and telecommunications security. Dr. Manes has served as an expert witness for many legal proceedings through courtroom testimony, depositions, and consulting with attorneys on data preservation issues. He has given hundreds of presentations to law firms, corporate officers, legal conferences, and judges on the latest topics in e-discovery. Dr. Manes has briefed the White House, Department of the Interior, the National Security Council, and the Pentagon on computer security and forensics issues.
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Dr. Stanton E. Samenow, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who has spent over forty years as a researcher, clinician, consultant, and expert witness specializing in criminal behavior. He has also served as an independent evaluator in adversarial child custody disputes and has been appointed to three presidential task forces on law enforcement, victims' rights, and a drug-free America. Among numerous other national venues, he has appeared on 60 Minutes, The Today Show, Oprah, Good Morning America, and Larry King Live. In addition to Inside the Criminal Mind, he is the author of Before It's Too Late and Straight Talk About Criminals. For more information on Dr. Samenow's book, Inside the Criminal Mind CLICK HERE
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Monthly Column A Search for Truth Responses to Psycho-Medical Emergencies Dr. Ron Martinelli, PhD, CMI-V, BCFT, CFA Forensic Criminologist On a hot, July day, fire and police are called to the home of a 55-year-old man suffering from heat stroke. Police arrive first and find the man sitting on a bench in his front yard. When the officers approach the man and ask him to give them his cane, he becomes agitated and non-compliant. One officer suddenly grabs the cane away from the man, who screams and stands up. The man is tased, taken to the ground, beaten, and
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Dave Cox is the owner and operator of Your DUI Pro, which is located in Middleton, Idaho. Mr. Cox investigates criminal cases and is an Expert DUI Defense Analyst and Consultant. Mr. Cox is a decorated former police officer and he devoted most of his time as a police officer to DUI enforcement. He has performed the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests on thousands of people. Mr. Cox arrested over 1,000 people for DUI throughout his career, with over 200 arrests for DUI - Drugs. He was named the 2003
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Robert Y. Campbell has spent over three decades in the business of Life Safety and Security. He has worked with many major companies throughout North America in Operations, Sales and Sales Management, Training and Marketing, Manufacturing, and Channel Distribution. His clients have included Government, Military, and Fortune 500 companies. He has managed territories and projects throughout North America, and many organizations have credited their success to his training and leadership. Mr. Campbell holds several credentials and certifications from his dual membership with the American Board for Certification in Homeland Security ® and the American College of Forensic Examiners Institute® , of which he has both Diplomate and Fellow status. While taking some time off and assessing his goals, he decided to complete his education in the important field of IT Security or Cyber Warfare. He has an associate's degree from the University of Phoenix in IT and will complete his bachelors and other graduate work in IT Security in 2016. He regularly completes FEMA and OPSEC trainings and has several achievements and recognitions from these courses and certifications of completion. READ MORE
Certified Instructor, CI Dr. Paul Friedman, MA, PhD, JD Dr. Paul Friedman, MA, PhD, JD is a member of O'Steen & Harrison, PLLC. He joined the firm in 1996, and practices in the areas of personal injury, wrongful death, ethics, professional malpractice, defective products and pharmaceutical liability. Since completing the tobacco case on behalf of the State of Arizona as a Special Assistant to the Attorney General, he has focused his practice on professional malpractice, ethics and traumatic brain injury cases. He served as an Adjunct Professor of Medical and Research Ethics at Midwestern University and the Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine for almost a decade where he instructed health care providers and students in the medical field regarding law and ethics. He is a nationally recognized writer and speaker regarding medical and legal ethics as well as forensic techniques. In addition to his law degree, Paul received a master's degree in bioethics and a doctorate in comparative ethics where his dissertation was entitled "Morality and Ethics: An Analysis of Medical, Legal and Business Ethics from a Casuist Perspective". Paul is admitted to the State Bar of Arizona, the State Bar of Colorado (inactive), the District of Columbia (inactive), District Court of Arizona, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. He has been a member of the American College of Forensic Examiners Institute® since 2009 and has served on the Legal Advisory Board since 2012. Paul is a Certified Forensic Consultant,CFC® and Certified Instructor with the American College of Forensic Examiners Institute® as well as a
Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Examiners ® . Paul is Board Certified by the National Board of Legal Specialty Certification in Civil Pretrial Practice Advocacy and Civil Trial Advocacy. He is also Certified in Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation by the State Bar of Arizona Board of Legal. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Lawyers and is rated AV® Preeminent™ Martindale Hubbell.
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