Cyber First Responder 1-Day Class Missoula, MT
Cybersecurity first responders need to react quickly to identify data breaches and minimize potential losses. Make sure that your evidence is properly preserved in those first critical minutes after detection. This intensive one-day class will teach you the fundamentals of incident response and digital forensic acquisition, including incident planning, detection, and communications; chain-of-custody and evidence preservation fundamentals; volatile memory acquisition, hard drive imaging, and network-based evidence acquisition. Get hands-on experience taking a forensics image, preserving volatile memory, and capturing network traffic. Designed for staff that are responsible for triage, evidence preservation and incident response. Bring your caffeine and be ready!
$445 Early Bird Price, if registered by May 23rd
$495 Regular price, if registered by May 30th
$545 Late registration, if registered by June 4th
Who Should Take This Course:
- IT staff tasked with responsibility for detecting and triage of incidents on computer systems
- Incident response team members who are involved in responding to data breaches
- Help Desk staff that may be the first point of contact for reports of suspicious activity
- Anyone with a general technical background who might be asked to respond to a suspected cybersecurity incident
Agenda:
- Incident Detection and Triage
- Evidence Preservation Fundamentals
- Volatile Evidence Collection (RAM & more)
- Hard Drive Imaging
- Network-Based Evidence Acquisition
What You’ll Receive:
- LMG’s downloadable Kali Linux VM, configured with digital forensics tools
- Lab workbook
- Sample Incident Response Policies
- Linux command line cheat sheet
Instructors:
Karen Sprenger is the Chief Operating Officer at LMG Security and is primarily responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations and project management, as well as speaking about cybersecurity throughout the country. She has over 25 years of experience in information technology, most recently serving as Director of Technology for Billings Public Schools, where she was responsible for securing and supporting 18,000 users, 8,500 computers, 5,000 mobile devices, 2,000 telephones, 50 miles of network and 1 very temperamental vending machine. A true geek, she considers “Digital Forensics” a perfectly acceptable answer to the question, “But what do you do for fun?” Karen is a GIAC-Certified forensics examiner (GCFE) and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
Matt Durrin is a Security Consultant with LMG Security and specializes in Digital Forensics, Programming, Development, and Cybersecurity R&D. Matt holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of Montana and has worked in the tech sector for over 10 years with experience as a field technician, system administrator, software developer, and more. He recently completed an IoT proof of concept demonstrating that security cameras were vulnerable to cryptojacking attacks and was a co-instructor for LMG’s Data Breaches class at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas in 2018.
