Digital Forensics
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Title:
Address
David Benton, EnCE, CISSP
Director of Digital Forensics, Southern US, Altep, Inc.
1170 Peachtree Street, Suite 2275
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone:
email:
404.541.0909
dbenton@altep.com
David Benton is a Director of Altep’s Digital Forensics division, assisting clients
throughout the Southern US with forensic data acquisition and analysis,
evidence recovery, data breach investigations and information security.
For the last 20 years, he has been employed in an investigative or forensics
capacity for US Army Counterintelligence, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation
and the Home Depot.
Highlights
• Created over 2,000 computer forensic images of digital evidence using
such products as Encase Forensic Edition, Encase Enterprise, Encase
Command Center, FTK Imager and a variety of other tools.
• Extensive experience supporting legal professionals from federal, state
and local prosecutors, corporate counsels and litigators by translating
complex investigative and computer concepts into layman’s terms.
• Testified as an expert witness numerous times in Superior Courts throughout
Georgia on computer forensics and computer investigations.
• Awarded the productivity award for demonstrated business process
improvement/efficiency at a well-known industry conference.
Employment
• 2014 - current: Director of Digital Forensics, Altep, Inc.
• 2004 - 2014: Digital Forensics & eDiscovery Team, The Home Depot
• 1999 - 2004: Computer Evidence Recovery Team, Georgia Bureau
of Investigation
• 1994-1999 - Counterintelligence Special Agent, Military Intelligence,
United States Army
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Education
• Bachelor of Science, Lee
University, 1994
• Graduate of
Counterintelligence
Special Agent Program,
US Army Intelligence
Center, 1995
Certifications
• Certified EnCase
Forensic Examiner (EnCE)
• Certified Information
Security Professional
(CISSP)
• Cellebrite Certified
Logical Operator
(CCLO)
Awards
• Productivity Award
for Demonstrated
Business Process
Improvement/Efficiency,
2010 Computer and
Enterprise Investigations
Conference
• Meterious Unit Citation
by Director of Central
Intelligence John Deutch
Publications
• Stop the Intruder, 2013
• Contributing author:
E-Discovery: Creating
and Managing an
Enterprise-Wide Program.
Sygress, ISBN 1597492965
• Associate Editor of The
Journal of Applied Digital
Forensics & eDiscovery,
ISSN 1935-4381
• Coauthor of A Practical
Guide to Computer
Forensics, ISBN-10:
1419623877
• Authored The Georgia
Bureau of Investigation’s
Investigative Experience
During his 20 year career, Mr. Benton has conducted
investigations across three continents. These ranged from
simple evidence collection to various highly complex and
technical endeavours. Throughout his career, Mr. Benton
has worked extensively to developed policies, procedures
and process maps for the processing of digital evidence
and conducting investigations.
• Created over 2,000 computer forensic images of a
wide variety of media and computer systems
• Conducted computer forensics examinations of
digital based evidence on hundreds of criminal and
internal investigations.
• Executed over 15 search warrants to secure digital
based evidence.
• Qualified and testified in 18 separate cases as an
expert witness in superior courts throughout Georgia.
• Provided direct advice and assistance to various
Georgia District Attorney’s Offices, Georgia Assistant
Attorney’s Generals and two Assistant US Attorneys
for the Southern and Northern District of Georgia on
cases and issues related to high-profile computer
forensic investigations.
• Preserved, collected, searched and produced data
in response to a multitude of electronic information
requests ranging from federal, state and local
prosecutors, United States Government Regulatory
Agencies, human resource managers, internal
counsel and various internal security groups
• Prepared clear, logical, impartial and properly
documented investigative and/or forensics reports
for delivery to federal, state and local prosecutors,
military commanders, litigators, Corporate Counsels,
Corporate Security Investigators, Asset Protection
Investigators, Human Resource professionals and
other business entities resulting in timely distribution of
critical and accurate information.
• Produced highly detailed investigative reports
through examining digital based evidence,
interviewing suspects and witnesses, drawing crime
scene sketches, performing searches and then
briefing senior leadership on the results.
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Mentoring Program
• Authored The Home
Depot’s Digital
Forensics & eDiscovery
Departmental Practice
Guide
Leadership
• 2002 – 2003, 2nd Vice President, Atlanta Chapter of
the High Technology Crimes Investigation Association
(HTCIA)
• 2004 – 2008, Director, Cybercrime Summit
• 2005 – 2007, Treasurer, Atlanta Chapter of the HTCIA
• 2007 – 2009, Vice President, Atlanta Chapter of
Infragard
• 2008 – Present, National Board, American Society of
Digital Forensics & eDiscovery
• 2001 – 2003, Contract Instructor, Access Data
Corporation
• 2003, Instructor Program, National White Collar Crime
Center
• Member, National Board of Directors for the American
Society of Digital Forensics & eDiscovery
• Supervised two US Army Special Agents, three criminal
investigators for the US Army Criminal Investigation
Command and multiple computer forensics
examiners at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation
• Chaired a Computer Forensics Working Group for
the development and enhancement of policies and
procedures regarding electronic evidence; and
• Trained over 200 criminal investigators /detectives in
digital evidence seizure.
Associations
• American Society of
Digital Forensics &
eDiscovery
• Electronic Crimes Task
Force
• Infragard
• Association of Former
Intelligence Officers
Technologies & Software
Mr. Benton has extensive experience using a wide range
of standard computer forensics and investigative tools,to
include:
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Encase Forensic Edition
Encase Enterprise
Encase Command Center
Clearwell
Enterprise Vault
Proofpoint
Forensic Tool Kit (FTK)
FTK Imager
Password Recovery Tool Kit
Cellebrite’s Mobile Forensics - UFED Products
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Training
Mr. Benton has received extensive training in the conduct of investigations and
computer forensics. This has focused on serious security events, espionage,
sabotage, sedition, treason, security violations and security breaches. Additional
he had been trained in the proper procedures and handling of electronic
evidence. A brief outline of this training includes the following:
• Counterintelligence Special Agent Course, US Army Intelligence Center (16
weeks),
• Advanced Interviewing Techniques, Defense Intelligence Agency (4 weeks),
• Encase Courses (v2 - v6), Guidance Software (multiple courses),
• Access Data Forensic Boot Camp & other classes, Access Data (multiple
courses),
• Basic Data Recovery & Analysis, National White Collar Crime Center (32
hours),
• Intermediate Data Recovery & Analysis, National White Collar Crime
Center(multiple courses),
• Advanced Data Recovery & Analysis, National White Collar Crime
Center(multiple courses),
• Computer Investigative Training, Federal Bureau of Investigation Academy,
Quantico (multiple courses) and
• Computer Investigations, United States Counterintelligence (80 hours).
• Cellebrite, UFED, (40 hours)
Lectures
Due to Mr. Benton’s extensive experience and expertise, he is frequently asked to
be a special guest lecturer. He has been interviewed on CNN and given lectures
at the following institutions:
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Georgia Public Safety Training Center
Emory University
George Mason University
Georgia Association of Chief’s of Police Conference
Kennesaw State University
Clayton State University
Cybercrime Summit
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