Computer Forensics in Civil and Criminal Litigation 2014


Course Date: June 20, 2014

Total: 4h 50min
Course Agenda ▼

Welcome and Introduction

Michael T. Mulligan — Mulligan Tam Pearson Law Corporation, Victoria
Daniel M. Scanlan — Crown Counsel, Ministry of Justice, Victoria

Introduction to Computer Forensics

  • what is digital evidence?
  • sources of digital evidence
  • current issues relating to digital evidence

Michael T. Mulligan — Mulligan Tam Pearson Law Corporation, Victoria

Digital Evidence: Computers, Phones, and Cloud Evidence

  • what is the cloud and what evidence does it contain
  • device and network evolution: the changing nature of the evidence
  • obtaining and authenticating cloud evidence
  • witnesses for cloud evidence
  • privacy in the cloud
  • Code provisions for searching the cloud
  • statutory admissibility provisions: CEA

Daniel M. Scanlan — Crown Counsel, Ministry of Justice, Victoria

Networking Break

Digital Data Security: The Law Firm and Beyond

  • security strategy and practices
  • security and use of technology
  • issues for the legal profession

Dale Jackaman — Amuleta Computer Security Inc., Vancouver

Digital Evidence: From Collection to Admission

  • discovery and preservation of data
  • expert evidence: readymade scientific inferences
  • proving who was behind the keyboard
  • malware and evidence integrity

Graham J. Underwood — Civil Litigation Group, Legal Services Branch, Ministry of Justice, Victoria
Daniel M. Scanlan — Crown Counsel, Ministry of Justice, Victoria

Networking Lunch

Mobile Phone Forensics Examination: A Live Demonstration

  • acquiring the data
  • searching the data
  • presenting the data

Bob Elder — Teel Technologies Canada, Victoria 

Networking Break

Computer Forensics in Practice: Pulling it all Together

  • pitfalls
  • best practices
  • view from the bench

The Honourable Mr. Justice David M. Masuhara — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Michael T. Mulligan — Mulligan Tam Pearson Law Corporation, Victoria
Graham J. Underwood — Civil Litigation, Ministry of Justice, Victoria

Concluding Remarks

Michael T. Mulligan — Mulligan Tam Pearson Law Corporation, Victoria
Daniel M. Scanlan — Crown Counsel, Ministry of Justice, Victoria