October 4, 2017: Invited Speaker Seminar: Workshop Series on Recent Trends in Information Systems Security: A Crash Course in Host Analysis

Mr. Merwais Shinwari
SITA

Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at 3:30 pm
Room EV003.309

Abstract

The ability to perform host analysis is essential to any competent information security professional. Due to the advancements in tools and extensive research on the topic, many tasks that would typically require in-depth forensics analysis can now be completed in a few hours using triage data collected from hosts. In this talk we take the first steps in performing host analysis using freely available tools, and demonstrate how such data can be used in analyzing security incidents and determining the root cause of the incident.

Biography

Merwais Shinwari, CISSP, GCIA, GCIH, GCFA, MSc, is an information security professional with about 10 years of experience in various roles working for many organizations. This includes roles in research, compliance, security operation centers and currently digital forensics and incident response. At the core, he is a computer engineer and holds a Master’s degree in Information Systems Security from Concordia University in addition to many technical certifications.