CINPA - 5/7/25 - Digital Forensics: The Quiet Heroes Of Incident Response - Matthew Snoddy
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CINPA - May 7, 2025 - Digital Forensics: The Quiet Heroes Of Incident Response - Matthew Snoddy
As information security professionals are aware, massive efforts are often put into the proactive side of security with policies and procedures, hardware and software, and regular training. However, there is also the reactive side, when an incident inevitably occurs and the response afterwards. With incidents making headlines daily in the world of information security, an often-overlooked and unsung aspect of incident response is the DF in “DFIR”: digital forensics and the results of examinations and investigations. This presentation will discuss some of the background of forensics, from traditional desktop computers and hard drives, to modern forensics on phones and in the cloud, as well as the impact digital forensics has on organizations and individuals when an incident occurs. Tools, techniques, policies, procedures, and best practices with regard to forensics will be discussed. High-profile newsworthy litigation and trials highlight some of the capabilities of modern forensics, but for every major news event, there are thousands of other forensic examinations that represent the more common ways that forensics helps improve the security posture of the digital world we all live and interact with.
Matthew Snoddy is a digital forensic examiner and security consultant in Lexington, Kentucky. Matthew attended the US Air Force Academy before transferring to the University of Kentucky, studying computer science. His 31-year career has included almost all aspects of modern computing, from programming to sysadmin to architect. In 2001 he founded the consulting company Network Therapists, Inc and since provided consulting services for clients across the United States. Additionally, he serves as a digital forensic examiner, supporting litigation over the years for hundreds of cases as a consulting and expert witness. Matthew can be heard weekly on the podcast “The Sensuous Sounds of INFOSEC” with Ben Malisow and Raphael Fiedler, and has been credited as editor and contributor for various ISC2 certification training projects. Matthew is married with four children, and neither his wife nor his kids actually have any idea what he does for a living aside from “computers”.