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craft this session explores how ai is transforming modern osint investigations by enhancing collection accelerating verification and uncovering patterns that analysts traditionally miss under time pressure we ll break down practical real world workflows where ai assists not replaces the investigator automated data triage rapid media verification geoint enhancement entity extraction anomaly detection and cross platform correlation attendees will learn how to integrate ai tools responsibly avoid hallucination pitfalls and maintain proper analytical tradecraft while operating at higher speed and scale the session demonstrates how human judgment and machine efficiency combine to deliver stronger faster and more defensible intelligence outputs zaid asghar zaid asghar is a dfir and osint practitioner specializing in digital investigations cyber incident analysis and geospatial intelligence my work focuses on mapping threat activity across digital and physical domains leveraging open source intelligence log forensics and geolocation techniques to produce clear operationally useful insights i have contributed to cases involving cyber enabled crime extremist networks and cross border information operations applying structured analytical methods to rapidly validate facts track digital footprints and support decision makers my approach blends disciplined forensic methodology with investigative creativity enabling me to break down complex events and reconstruct timelines with accuracy and speed 11 00 am to noon an overview of equipment techniques and applicability of rf surveying drive scans this presentation explores the tools techniques and contexts in which rf surveys commonly known as drive scans can aid investigators and includes real world investigations in which rf surveys provided critical evidence it will begin with an overview of the various types of surveys and when they are applicable followed by an overview of the three categories of surveying equipment including relative benefits of each with that background real world scenarios and case studies will be presented including some where rf surveying is likely to advance an investigation and some in which rf surveying is unlikely to be useful a key goal of the presenters is help attendees develop a good sense of when and when not to undertake rf surveys key topic covered timing advance what it is and is not and its investigative value equipment analysis comparative benefits of cell phones sim based surveyors and rf scanners good practice essential do s and don ts while conducting rf surveys case studies practical applications and lessons learned in the field time will be allotted during and after the after the presentation for questions josh pittsley josh pittsley serves as a senior district attorney investigator with the san diego county district attorney s office where he s assigned to a specialized investigative unit focused on leveraging digital data to identify and locate sophisticated criminal organizations with over 20 years of law enforcement experience josh has worked a range of assignments including collision reconstruction dui homicide investigations organized crime and complex homicides he is recognized as an expert in historical call detail record and geolocation analysis providing expert testimony for investigations spanning multiple jurisdictions and states josh possesses advanced expertise in obtaining and analyzing tower dump and area search data which has enabled his team to successfully identify and apprehend organized burglary crews responsible for millions of dollars in losses nationwide as a subject matter expert in the use of nighthawk josh regularly provides investigative support and training to law enforcement agencies as well as presenting at investigative conferences matt brenner matt brenner is the president of singulariot author of the book cellular iot a practical guide for software developer and electrical engineers 2026 by wiley member of the scientific working group on digital evidence swgde and inventor and designer of surveyor a state of the art sim based surveying device noon to 1 00 pm addressing single point of failure in group communication of constrained environments group communication with multicast messaging in a constrained environment e g the internet of things adhoc networks is widely deployed in many applications in most of deployed architecture a central server e g a group controller group manager is given the responsibility of managing keys and secure messaging of different communicating parties of the system which creates a serious risk of the system s single point of failure if this central server is compromised it exposes the entire group key compromises the whole network architecture to address this vulnerability we present a solution in the form of a distributed group key generator algorithm the proposed algorithm distributes the responsibility of generating and managing group keys among multiple entities or servers the distributed group key generator algorithm incorporates a specific threshold mechanism which makes sure that in the process of key regeneration atleast that threshold number of entities are required by doing this the possibility of a single point of failure is decreased and the whole system s security is improved sarvagn pathak sarvagn s d pathak is a cybersecurity researcher and m s student in cybersecurity privacy with a strong focus on vulnerability research network security and real world exploit analysis he has discovered and responsibly disclosed multiple critical security vulnerabilities across public and private sector systems earning hall of fame recognitions and letters of appreciation from organizations such as nasa the world health organization who and several government agencies in the united states europe and australia he is the co author of peer reviewed research papers in cryptography network security and large scale vulnerability discovery his research bridges offensive security techniques with practical defense strategies focusing on how attackers actually discover and exploit systems at scale sarvagn has also had multiple cves assigned for vulnerabilities he discovered in widely used software components and he previously interned under a defense research organization where he worked on malware analysis and adversarial machine learning based detection systems in addition to research he has hands on experience in network engineering system administration and large scale infrastructure analysis through industry roles in telecom and network operations through his talks and workshops sarvagn aims to demystify how real attackers think emphasize the importance of responsible disclosure and inspire students to pursue impactful security research that benefits both industry and society our sponsors pfic fall session november 19 2026 9 am to 1 pm eastern time zone register now november 19 9 00 am to 10 00 am legal trends in digital investigations ai validation reference models and rules of evidence according to the pew research center 97 of american adults own a cellphone and the average smartphone user generates gigabytes of data each month across messaging applications social media platforms cloud storage services and health monitoring applications for litigators this data has created opportunities for evidence gathering and challenges for preservation authentication and privacy concerns this seminar explains and offers suggestions regarding five critical practice areas 1 preservation workflows under frcp 37 e including the unique challenges posed by ephemeral messaging applications 2 defensible strategies for delimiting the scope of preservation and analysis 3 proportionality analysis under frcp 26 b 1 as applied to mobile device and social media discovery 4 validation of forensic methodology and tools including hash value authentication under fre 901 and 902 and 5 attorney ethical and practical obligations when supervising technical vendors don wochna attorney wochna is among the few attorneys in the united states certified as a testifying computer cell phone forensic expert ccfe and cmfe and practicing as an experienced litigator when engaged as a testifying digital forensic expert witness wochna integrates his legal and digital forensic expertise with a critical application of the 2023 modification of federal evidence rule 702 and similar adoption of state rules of evidence to identify deficiencies in digital expert party opponent analysis and or prosecutorial evidentiary arguments 10 00 am to 11 00 am anatomy of a deepfake digital forensics for synthetic media performing analysis of fake images and videos can be challenging considering the plethora of techniques that can be used to create a deepfake in this session we ll explore methods for identifying fake images and videos whether created by ai photoshopped or gan generated media we ll then use this for the basis of a live demonstration walking through methods of exposing signs of alteration or ai generation using more than a dozen techniques to expose these forgeries we ll also highlight a free gpt tool for performing your own analysis finally we ll provide additional resources and thoughts for the future of deepfake detection mike raggo mike raggo co founder silentsignals inc has over 30 years of security research experience during this time he has uncovered and ethically disclosed vulnerabilities in products including samsung checkpoint and netgear michael is the author of mobile data loss threats countermeasures and data hiding for syngress books he is also a frequent presenter at security conferences including black hat def con gartner rsa dod cyber crime owasp and sans he was also awarded the pentagon s certificate of appreciation 11 00 am to noon knowing when it is time to retire or seek other part time work this presentation is designed to help prepare you for the future we will cover things such as an unexpected health crisis for our loved ones forcing us into a new role as poa and full time caregiver we will also look at slow moving self indicators of aging such as a decline in ability to rapidly learn new technology inability to pull all nighters with computers or processing evidence forgetfulness and a widening distance between ourselves and the customers we serve we will also consider topics such as a sudden reduction in our usual customer base which indicates a need to go to part time work if recruiting a new demographic of customers is not possible we will also discuss unsolicited input from others such as doctors friends and loved ones with remarks such as you can t keep this up or heart attacks are happening to younger and younger people and the first symptom of a heart attack for some may be death we will also discuss remote or in person part time work penultimately we will discuss other options such as reinventing yourself but using your old knowledge consider that you could be selling network security or digital forensic software providing limited remote customer support or being a liaison between the community you previously served and a digital forensic tool maker lastly we discuss that we may have to consider options such as downsizing cutting expenses moving to a lower cost state with southern hospitality have a serious garden to supplement what we eat and find out from others the tricks they use to survive with less eamon doherty professor emeritus eamon doherty cissp sscp teaches part time online at fairleigh dickinson university in new jersey he presently teaches 2 graduate school classes they are introduction to network security and current issues in cyber forensics dr doherty was the director of the fdu cybercrime training lab from 2005 2016 and also taught continuing education classes such as introduction to pda forensics introduction to cell phone forensics introduction to digital camera forensics introduction to gps forensics and introduction to electronic eavesdropping device and wiretap detection he was a member of the fbi infragard and the new jersey regional homeland security technology committee dr doherty also wrote a variety of books including computer recreation for everyone thoughts on teaching desktop computer and ipad forensics and digital forensics for handheld devices he was once a county government employee helping a variety of people in town governments law enforcement and other county offices with mainframe and personal computers in the days of 8 5 25 and 3 5 inch floppy disks noon to 1 00 pm digital investigations the 2026 trends shifts and the steps forward the digital landscape has hit a fever pitch in 2026 where the forensics of everything is no longer a concept it s the standard from the rise of agentic ai artifacts and mixed reality telemetry to the authentication crisis in a world of autonomous digital identities this session moves beyond traditional data recovery focusing on the 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