PRESENTATIONS
1.
 The following presentation was delivered by Dr. Darren Hayes, at the following venue

Prentice Hall Information Technology
Symposium for Educators
Friday March 6, 2009
Towson University
7800 York Road, Towson MD
Conference Room #459

Computer Forensics
Dr. Darren Hayes, Pace University

With the advent of popular TV shows like CSI, forensic investigations invite great interest from many. Using digital evidence is not only interesting but is also very educational in terms of teaching technology. This talk will demonstrate practical ways in which you can teach important computing concepts to both technical and non-technical majors through computer forensics case study investigations.

 
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2.
 The following presentation was delivered by Darren Hayes, at the Prentice Hall Information Technology Seminar, at Mohegan Sun, on April 4, 2008.
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3.
 The following presentation was delivered by Darren Hayes, at the Prentice Hall Information Technology Seminar, in Orlando, Florida, on February 20, 2010.
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 The following presentation was delivered by Dr. Darren Hayes, at the following venue

Prentice Hall Information Technology
Symposium for Educators
Friday April 9, 2010
Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum
166 West 46th Street
New York, NY

Computer Forensics
Dr. Darren Hayes, Pace University

There is more information about people than most of us realize. Darren Hayes guides us through a plethora of Websites that are used by law enforcement to gather reconnaissance about criminal suspects. Unfortunately, these online resources are also available to the criminals. This presentation also deals how criminals are obscuring their identities online as they commit their crimes.

 
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 The following presentation was delivered by Dr. Darren Hayes, at the following venue


InfraGard TV
Friday March 30, 2010
http://www.nym-infragard.us/cms/cissp-training/live-video-events
New York, NY

Computer Forensics
Dr. Darren Hayes, Pace University

There is more information about people than most of us realize. Darren Hayes guides us through a plethora of Websites that are used by law enforcement to gather reconnaissance about criminal suspects. Unfortunately, these online resources are also available to the criminals. This presentation also deals how criminals are obscuring their identities online as they commit their crimes.

 
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PUBLICATIONS
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 Microsoft Vista: Serious Challenges for Digital Investigations
 

ABSTRACT - Microsoft’s Vista (“Vista”) can be seen as a dramatic departure from previous versions of the vendor’s operating systems, in terms of security and file systems. This vendor’s technical advances in security have created problems for law enforcement and other computer forensics investigators. This paper will illustrate how changes to Vista’s file systems will impede the retrieval of inculpatory evidence by prosecutors; the discovery of digital evidence on a system is more problematic in a Vista environment. The successful conviction of a defendant is reliant upon a prosecutor effectively demonstrating control, ownership and intent relating to the data found on the perpetrator’s computer. However, a machine running Vista is likely to negatively impact these findings. This paper will seek to guide the forensics investigator through the plethora of Vista operating system changes and provide suggestions for alternative methods of data discovery.
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 A Framework for Computer Forensics - Investigations Involving Microsoft Vista
 

ABSTRACT - The technical environment continues to change and impact the work of digital investigations. This research provides a framework within which computer forensics investigators can take advantage of new or different types of evidence from Microsoft’s Vista operating system (“Vista”). Moreover, this paper will also indicate the many challenges that investigators will encounter when faced with the Vista platform. The focus herein will be on changes associated with new security, encryption and file restoration features. These features vary according to the version of Vista and these differences will also be discussed. This research will also detail the integrity of data recovery procedures through detailed experiments used to identify how data could be manipulated by a perpetrator in Vista as compared to previous versions of Microsoft’s operating systems. Ultimately, this paper will indicate that enhancements in security and encryption associated with Encrypted File System (EFS) as well as BitLocker Drive Encryption are very problematic for investigators. Vista has serious implications for computer forensics investigations. Nevertheless, this research will guide the digital investigator through the labyrinth of new challenges, to effect a more thorough investigation of digital evidence.
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