Hello all, This is slightly off topic, but near and dear to my heart, so I just wanted to share. Hope you don't mind.
DFRWS is a research-oriented digital forensics conference which brings together academics, corporate incident responders, and law enforcement to discuss the latest research in the field. In my opinion it is one of the better digital forensics conferences in the US. DFRWS 2010 will be held right here in Portland on August 2-4. You can find out more here: http://www.dfrws.org/ Some of the reasons I personally enjoy the conference and keep attending each year: - An open source flavor. I'm a fan of open source and many of the attendees at the conference regularly release open source tools. (Examples: The SleuthKit, Volatility, PyFlag, scalpel, ...) - It is small. Some of the most well known computer forensics researchers attend each year, and with a headcount of just about 100, it is easy to rub elbows with some sharp folks. - It is affordable. Since the conference isn't training-oriented, prices are quite reasonable when comparing it to other forensics conferences. For this reason it's also a great conference for students to get their feet wet in a niche computer discipline. Please forward this along to any local students you know who might be interested. If you register before the 1st of June, you'll save yourself $75. Cheers, tim _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
