David Lilburn Watson - Digital Forensics Processing and Procedures: Meeting the Requirements of ISO 17020, ISO 17025, ISO 27001 and Best Practice Requirements

David Lilburn Watson heads up Forensic Computing Ltd., a specialist digital forensic recovery and investigation company. He is responsible for the coordination and efficient delivery of the digital forensic evidence recovery services and digital investigations, and provides support for a broad range of investigative, information security and risk consulting assignments. He holds the following certifications and degrees:

Certificate in Governance of Enterprise IT Systems (CGEIT);

Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CSSK);

Certified Computer Crime Investigator (CCCI);

Certified Computer Forensics TechnicianAdvanced (CCFT);

Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE);

Certified Identity Risk Manager (CIRM);

Certified in Risk and Information System Control (CRISC);

Certified Information Forensics Investigator (CIFI);

Certified Information Security Manager (CISM);

Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP);

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA);

Certified Management Consultant (CMC);

Certified Software Manager (CSM);

Chartered Fellow (BCSUK);

Chartered IT Professional (BCSUK);

MScDistributed Computer Networks (University of Greenwich);

MScIT Security (University of Westminster)Distinction;

MScFraud Risk Management (Nottingham Trent University)Distinction.

David has also led Forensic Computing Ltd. to ISO 27001, ISO 9001, and BS 25999 (now ISO 22301) certification. Forensic Computing Ltd. complies with ISO 17020 and ISO 17025 but has not sought accreditation. This makes Forensic Computing Ltd. one of the very few consultancies to hold such important credentials in the field of digital forensic services.

Among other achievements, David was the HTCIA Chapter President in the UK and a member of the Metropolitan Police Computer Crime UnitExpert Advisors Panel.

Andy Jones served for 25 years in the British Army's Intelligence Corps. After this he became a manager and a researcher and analyst in the area of information warfare and computer crime at a defense research establishment. In 2002, he left the defense environment to take up a post as a principal lecturer at the University of Glamorgan in the subjects of network security and computer crime and as a researcher on the threats to information systems and computer forensics. At the university, he developed and managed a well-equipped Computer Forensics Laboratory and took the lead on a large number of computer investigations and data recovery tasks. He holds a PhD in the area of threats to information systems. In January 2005, he joined the Security Research Centre at BT where he became a chief researcher and the head of information security research. From BT he went on sabbatical to Khalifa University in the UAE to establish a post graduate programme in Information Security and computer crime and to create a research capability. Andy holds posts as a visiting professor at Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia, and the University of South Australia in Adelaide.