Upcoming Engagements

Institute of Internal Auditors and ISACA combined meeting - January, 2009

International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators - March, 2009

Houston, Tx., October 2008

Aaron Hughes, CISSP was invited by the Northeast Harris County Bar Association to teach a CLE credit seminar on "Information Forensics: Qualifying and Using An Expert". Specific areas of the talk dealt with researching opposing experts, signs that an expert may not be expert, how to check an expert's CV, as well as other issues related to working with an information forensics expert. For reprints of the presentation please contact education@vidocrazor.com

Dallas, Tx., September 2008

Aaron Hughes, CISSP delivered a CLE seminar for the Dallas Women Lawyers Association (DWLA) in Dallas. The CLE credit seminar focused on "Information Forensics: Qualifying and Using An Expert". Specific areas of the talk dealt with researching opposing experts, signs that an expert may not be expert, how to check an expert's CV, as well as other issues related to working with an information forensics expert. For reprints of the presentation please contact education@vidocrazor.com

Houston - Ft. Worth - Austin, Tx., July 2008 - October 2008

Aaron Hughes, CISSP was invited by the Institute of Internal Auditors in the three major Texas cities listed to speak on "Building and Managing a Corporate Incident Response Program". The talk dealt with various components, requirements, and challenges organizations face in compliance and incident response. For reprints of the presentation please contact education@vidocrazor.com

Houston, Tx., June 2008

Aaron Hughes, CISSP was invited by the Texas Division International Association for Identification (TDIAI) to speak on "Computer Forensic Investigation: Identification of Anonymous Entities and Motives". The group consisted primarily of law enforcement and crime scene investigations. For reprints of the presentation please contact education@vidocrazor.com

Houston, TX, June 2008

The American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS-Houston) invited Aaron Hughes, CISSP to speak on "Information Security: What the Physical Security Practitioner SHould Know". The talk focused on the various intersections of physical security and information security and how each facet of security can complement the other. For reprints of the presentation please contact education@vidocrazor.com

San Antonio, Tx., February 2008

Aaron Hughes, CISSP delivered a talk for the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) in San Antonio, TX. The talk, titled "Building and Managing a Corporate Incident Response Team", dealt with various components, requirements, and challenges organizations face in compliance and incident response. For reprints of the presentation please contact education@vidocrazor.com

Austin, TX, December 2007
The Austin chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners hosted Aaron Hughes, CISSP for a talk dealing with "Incident Response: Data Handling Procedures". The discussion centered around the various sources of information that are available for fraud investigations and how to extract and handle the information correctly. For reprints of the presentation please contact education@vidocrazor.com

Dallas, TX, September 2007

Aaron Hughes, CISSP co-taught a class for paralegal credit entitled "Computer Related Evidence: Acquisition and Preservation". Techniques and strategies for identifying data, handling data and determining when data has been mishandled were covered, in addition to strategies for finding and using information avaialble "beyond the hard drive". For reprints of the presentation please contact education@vidocrazor.com

Houston, TX, Second Quarter, 2007

ACFE Houston (the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners) engaged Aaron Hughes, CISSP to speak to its members on "Sarbanes Oxley: Information Security, Forensics and Detecting Fraud". This presentation laid some of the ground work for members to understand some of the methods and resources available to a fraud investigator in a Sarbanes sensitive environment. For reprints of the presentation please contact education@vidocrazor.com