Mike Andrew | David Matthews | Scott Matsudaira

Steve Hailey - President/CEO, Digital Forensic Specialist, Instructor

Steve Hailey is an Information Technology veteran of twenty-five years, with eighteen years experience developing and delivering technical training. After ten years of experience with "data recovery" in both the public and private sectors, Steve began conducting forensic analysis professionally in 1997. He is a highly skilled expert witness and dynamic instructor, bringing to bear his combined skills in forensic analysis and computing technology. He currently instructs the information security and digital forensics curriculum at Edmonds Community College in Washington State, where he chairs the Digital Forensics Committee.

Steve has performed work and conducted training in the fields of computer networking, information security, and digital forensics for two Fortune 50 companies, several law firms, the federal government, various law enforcement agencies, and several colleges throughout the Pacific Northwest. He is actively involved with developing and delivering training in computer forensics to members of city, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, and has been training military personnel performing forensic analysis in the Mideast since 2005.

He has authored certification practice tests for several vendors and is also a Subject Matter Expert for Comptia's Security+. Steve has processed digital forensic cases ranging from inappropriate resource use and network intrusions to cases involving identity theft, credit card fraud, child pornography and money laundering. He is creator of the CyberSecurity Institute Certified Instructor (CSICI)™ and CyberSecurity Forensic Analyst (CSFA)™ certifications, as well as the author of several computer forensics/forensic computing course books.

Steve is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), possesses a certificate in computer forensics from Oregon State University, and has over twenty technical certifications, including: Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), A+ , Certified EC-Council Instructor, CIW Certified Trainer, CIW E-Commerce Designer, CIW Foundations, CIW Internetworking Professional, CIW Security Analyst, CIW Security Professional, CIW Server Administrator, CIW Site Designer, CIW Master Server Administrator, CIW Master Site Designer, Certified Personal Digital Assistant Examiner, Certified Technical Trainer, iNet+, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, Network+, Security+, Security Certified Network Professional.

Steve is an active participant in organizations devoted to the advancement of digital forensics and information security. He is the founder and President of the Washington State High Technology Crime Investigation Association, and was formerly on the Board of Directors for the Institute of Computer Forensic Professionals. His other affiliations include The Agora, InfraGard, and the High Tech Crime Consortium. Steve has been featured on television, radio, and has authored several articles related to digital forensics and information security. An article he co-authored with the creator of the Certified Ethical Hacker course and certification can be found here: Catch cyber criminals by thinking like them

Mike has been an Information Technology professional for 9 years, and has been conducting training and forensic analysis at CSI since 2003 for attorneys, various law enforcement agencies, and several colleges throughout the Pacific Northwest . He is certified by the National Security Agency in INFOSEC Assessment Methodology and is a CyberSecurity Institute Certified Instructor. Since joining CSI, Mike has been actively involved with developing and delivering training in digital forensics to members of city, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, as well as training military personnel to perform forensic analysis in the Mideast. He has performed work as a forensic analyst on cases at all levels - local, state, and federal.

Mike is currently a member of the Computer Information Systems Dept. Advisory Committee and Digital Forensics Committee at Edmonds Community College in Washington State. He is an officer and founding member of the Washington State chapter of HTCIA and is also a member of both the HTCC and the Institute of Computer Forensic Professionals. Mike is a CyberSecurity Forensic Analyst and Certified Ethical Hacker, and possesses certificates in Network Security and Micro-Computer Support.

David R. Matthews - CISSP, CISM, Instructor

David Matthews is currently the Deputy Chief Information Security Officer for the City of Seattle. He has worked in the Information Technology field since 1992. He began his IT career as a Network Administrator and all around IT support for a small public relations firm. He began working for the City of Seattle as the Technology Manager for the Legislative Department (City Council) in 1998. In early 2005 he was selected to be the first Deputy CISO for the City. In May, 2005, the City's CISO was hired by the University of Washington and David was made Acting CISO. He worked in that capacity until April, 2006 when the City hired a new CISO. In his work for the City he has developed and created a NIMS/ICS compliant incident response plan; updated and extensively re-written the City's Information Security Policy; developed digital investigation policies and procedures; created and taught training courses on information security policy and digital forensics processes; and created an IT primer and litigation hold procedures for the City's Law department as part of his collaboration with them on eDiscovery issues.

He is a participant and leader in regional information security organizations. He is the public sector co-chair of the US-Cert/DHS sponsored North West Alliance for Cyber Security (NWACS). With NWACS he has worked with the Pacific Northwest Economic Region non-profit (PNWER) to sponsor information security training for SCADA operators and managers; four Blue Cascades disaster scenario exercises; and is the creator and editor of a portal web-site with local information security and forensics activities; a library of best practice documents and links to information security and forensics web sites.

David is also an active participant in the Agora, Pacific CISO forum (PACISSO), Computer Technology Investigators Network (CTIN), ISSA, ISACA, InfraGard and ISC2. He participates on the local Critical Infrastructure Protection sub-committee of the Regional Homeland Security team, and also works with a national infrastructure protection group called TISP (The Infrastructure Security Partnership). He has published an article on Active Defense in the ISSA journal, and has presented at many emergency management and information security conferences. His most recent presentation on eDiscovery called "Translating Geek for Attorneys" has been presented to records managers, information technology and security audiences and was given as a continuing legal education course for the U.S. Attorney's office in Seattle and the City of Seattle's Law department.

He holds the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), and a Certification in Forensics Investigation from Highline Community College.

Scott Matsudaira - Instructor

Scott Matsudaira has been a Detective/Computer Forensic Examiner for the Bellingham Police Department since 1991 and is currently assigned to the Investigations Unit as a Major Crimes Detective and Computer Forensic Examiner. His current responsibilities include examining, analyzing, and securing electronic evidence with regards to investigations of criminal activity where a computer or other means of electronic data manipulation were used.

Aside from investigating criminal cases with the Bellingham Police Department, Scott has also assisted other Law Enforcement agencies with computer forensic assistance to include the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), and other surrounding local Police and Sheriff agencies. Scott has performed over 100 computer forensic examinations as a Law Enforcement Officer and maintains certifications as a computer forensic examiner (CFCE), electronic evidence collection specialist (CEECS), seized computer evidence recovery specialist (SCERS), and Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH). He is also an instructor with The Internet and Your Child (IYC) organization.

Scott is a certification coach for the International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists where he both mentors and evaluates prospective candidates as they work towards their CFCE certification, and is also Vice President and founding member of the Washington State High Technology Crime Investigation Association.