Mandiant Forensics Expert Testifies in the U.S. v Duronio Case; Keith Jones Testifies as the Government's Expert Witness During a Computer Sabotage Trial.ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. government has contracted Mandiant's Mr. Keith Jones, Director of Computer Forensics and Incident Response, to testify as an expert witness against Mr. Roger Duronio. Mr. Duronio is accused of computer sabotage against his former employer, UBS UBS Union Bank of Switzerland UBS United Bible Societies UBS United Blood Services UBS United Buying Service UBS Used Bookstore UBS University Business Services UBS Universal Building Society (UK) UBS Ulaanbaatar Broadcasting System . Mr. Duronio, who is charged with four counts of federal crime, is accused of detonating det·o·nate intr. & tr.v. det·o·nat·ed, det·o·nat·ing, det·o·nates To explode or cause to explode. [Latin d a "logic bomb" that effected UBS's business operations on March 4, 2002. A logic bomb is an executable file that, once triggered, executes malicious code that deletes files on a server even during power outages or system reboots. The result is potential prolific data and file loss and business disruption to the victim's systems. Mr. Keith Jones is a seasoned expert witness who has previously testified about computer forensic evidence in the Federal Court system. Due to his intense technical skill, Mr. Jones is able to investigate a computer incident; logically recreate the trail of the compromise; understand what mechanisms were used to expose the computer environment; and when they occurred. From there, he is able to decipher seemingly anomalous events and discover trends to further prove or disprove disprove, v to refute or to prove false by affirmative evidence to the contrary. a case. "Very few security professionals have the technical background or experience to provide litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. support and expert witness testimony. Mandiant's team of consultants have been requested time-and-time again to testify in Federal Court. We are pleased and fortunate to provide this service to the government," stated Keith Jones. In addition to his client work, Mr. Jones is also the author of "Real Digital Forensics," published by Addison Wesley. To learn more about the US v Duronio case, please visit: http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=TW1R1 50OAEDRKQSNDLRCKH0CJUNN2JVN JVN John Von Neumann (mathematician) ?articleID=189601658 (Due to its length, this URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) MANDIANT is an information security company with offices in the Washington, DC area and New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . We provide professional services, education and software for major corporations, government agencies, financial institutions and law firms. With extensive experience in the military, intelligence, law enforcement and the private sector, Mandiant's security consultants are specialists in incident response, computer forensics, network security, application security, and education. To learn more about Mandiant, please visit www.mandiant.com. |
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