AG HEALEY KICKS OFF 5th ANNUAL NATIONAL CYBER CRIME CONFERENCE

AG HEALEY KICKS OFF 5^th ANNUAL NATIONAL CYBER CRIME CONFERENCE

More Than 600 Law Enforcement Officers, Prosecutors, and Investigators from Across the Nation Expected to Attend Three-day Event

BOSTON —This morning, Attorney General Maura Healey kicked-off the fifth annual National Cyber Crime Conference, the only multi-day conference of its kind aimed at training law enforcement officials in digital evidence.

More than 600 law enforcement officers, prosecutors and investigators are expected to attend the three-day conference. During her opening remarks, AG Healey stressed the importance of understanding and analyzing digital evidence to help combat cyber crime.

“As law enforcement officials, we are tasked with keeping pace with evolutions in technology that are changing faster than ever,” said AG Healey. “As more criminals take advantage of the digitized world we live in, these trainings are essential to help us adapt to our data-driven society and prevent cyber crime. We would like to express our gratitude to all of the speakers, presenters, partners and sponsors who have come together for this annual, one-of-a-kind conference.”

James Trainor, Assistant Director of the Cyber Division of the FBI, delivered the keynote address. Trainor is responsible for leading the FBI’s efforts to identify, pursue, and defeat cyber adversaries targeting global U.S. interests.

“As cyber crime evolves, the FBI aims to work ever more closely with state and local law enforcement partners,” said Assistant Director Trainor. “Part of this effort includes sharing techniques and their application, as well as our knowledge of adversaries, with state and local partners through our Cyber Investigator Certification Program and a course for Cyber First Responders.”

The conference also features a panel on “Going Dark,” a discussion between Seth Kosto from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, Matthew Segal at ACLU of Massachusetts, and Jonathan Zittrain, Director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society about the challenges and concerns regarding the balance of law enforcement access and personal privacy. 

            Lt. Colonel James J. Emerson, the Chairman of the International Association of Chiefs of Police Computer Crime and Digital Evidence Committee, will provide the welcoming remarks on Tuesday. Emerson is the COO/Managing Director at ICG, Inc, where he provides management of cybercrime investigation and mitigation services for private sector victims in cooperation with public sector agencies. Emerson has presented forensic evidence and expert testimony in numerous federal and state civil and criminal cases over the past 12 years.

Attendees at this week’s conference represent 35 states, Canada, England, and Turks and Caicos Islands. Law enforcement, prosecutors, and investigators will attend from, among many others, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Coast Guard, Massachusetts State Police, Boston Police Department, and district attorney’s offices and police departments across the country.  

           The conference consists of multiple breakout sessions of labs, lectures, and certification programs in which attendees will be trained on a wide range of topics pertaining to digital forensic analysis, including mobile device forensics, decryption, and the newest analytic software. Attendees will learn how to identify and analyze evidence from basic mobile devices, iPhones and other Apple products, GPS devices, DVRs, gaming consoles and from the “cloud.”

            Other seminars will address social networks, gaming, terrorism, child sex trafficking, electronic currency, school threats, and drone forensics. Seminars to improve the prosecution of cyber crimes will also be provided, as well as tracks dedicated specifically to human trafficking and terrorism. More than 80 speakers will conduct 150 sessions on various topics. 

           The conference is hosted by the AG’s Office in partnership with the Microsoft, the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), SEARCH, and the National Attorneys General Training & Research Institute. Exhibitors participating in the conference include AccessData, Berla Corporation, BlueRISC, Inc., Cellebrite, DME Forensics, Drivesaver, Inc., Fernico, Guidance Software, Inc., High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA), Magnet, Microsoft, MSAB, the National Computer Forensics Institute (NCFI), NW3C, Nuix, Paraben Corporation, Pen-Link, SEARCH, SRT Wireless, Sumuri, LLC, SysTools, TASER, Teel Technologies, Veritone, Vound, LLC, and Voyager Analytics.

The AG’s Office has long made the prevention and prosecution of cyber crime a priority. The Office has a state-of-the-art Digital Evidence Lab in Boston, which has statewide capacity to deal with cyber crime and more efficiently process digital evidence that is present in virtually every investigation. Since 2008, the AG’s Office has provided cyber training for more than 16,000 state and local law enforcement personnel from across the Commonwealth and the nation. 

A list of participating agencies and police departments in this year’s conference include:

Abington Police Department	Metropolitan Police Department
Alabama District Attorneys Association	Middlesex District Attorney's Office
Androscoggin Sheriff's Office	Middlesex Sheriff Office
Arizona Attorney General's Office	Mississippi Attorney General's Office
Arkansas Attorney General's Office	Montgomery County Police Department
Arkansas State Police	Montreal Police Department
Arlington Police Department	MS Attorney General's Office
Ashland Police Department	Nahant Police Department
Athol Police Department	Nashua Police Department
Auburn Police Department	Nassau County Police Dept.
Babson College Public Safety	Natick Police Department
Barnstable Police Department	National Computer Forensics Institute
Barnstable Sheriff's Office	National Security Agency
Beatrice Police Department	NCMEC
Bentley University Police Department	Nebraska Attorney General Office
Bergen County Prosecutor's Office	Nebraska Attorney General's Office
Berkeley County Sheriff's Office	Needham Police Department
Berkshire District Attorney's Office	NESPIN
Boston Police Department	New Hampshire State Police
Boston Police Department	New Jersey State Police
Bourne Police Department	New York State Police
Braintree Police Department	Newport Police Department
Brewster Police Department	NH Attorney General's Office
Bridgeport Police Department	NH Department of Justice
Bridgewater Police Department	NJ Div. of Criminal Justice
Bristol County District Attorney's Office	NJ Division of Criminal Justice
Bristol District Attorney's Office	Norfolk District Attorney's Office
Brookline Police Department	North Adams Police Department
Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office	North Attleboro Police Department
Burlington Police Department	Northampton Police Department
Burlington Police Dept.	Northborough Police Department
Cambridge Police Department	Northwestern District Attorney's Office
Campden County Prosecutor's Office	Norwood Police Department
Cape and Islands DA's Office	New York District Attorney’s Office
Chelsea Police Department	New York Police Department
Chicago Police Department	NYS Department of Law
Chicopee Police Department	Office of Special Narcotics
Chula Vista Police Department	Office of State Attorney, First Judicial Circuit
Coast Guard Investigative Service	Office of the Albany County District Attorney
Concord Police Department	Office of the Attorney General of Colorado
Cranston Police Department	Office of the Attorney General of Delaware
Cranston Police Department	Office of the Attorney General of Ohio
CyberTipline, NCMEC	Office of the Attorney General of Oklahoma
Dallas Police Department	Office of the Attorney General of Tennessee
Danvers Police Department	Office of the Attorney General of Washington
DCIS	Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Dedham Police Department	Office of the Grafton County Attorney
Defense Department	Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor
Dennis Police Department	Office of the State Auditor
Department of Justice	Orleans Police Department
DHS -ICE	Palmer Police Department
Plymouth County District Attorney's Office	Pawtucket Police Department
Division of Criminal Justice	Peabody Police Department
Drug Enforcement Administration	Pepperell Police Department
Duxbury Police Department	Plymouth County Sheriff's Department
Eagan Police Department	Police Executive Research Forum
East Bridgewater Police Department	Queens District Attorney's Office, ECONOMIC CRIMES
East Providence Police Department	Queens District Attorney's Office
Easthampton Police Department	Quincy Police Department
Easthampton Police Dept.	Revere Police Department
ED OIG	Rhode Island Department of Attorney General
Erving Police Department	Rhode Island ICAC Task Force
Essex County District Attorney's Office	Rhode Island State Police
Essex County Prosecutor's Office	Rhode Island State Police Affiliate
Essex County Prosecutor's Office  - Major Crimes	RI Attorney General's Office
Essex District Attorney’s Office	Richmond County DA Office
Everett Police Department	Richmond County District Attorney
Federal Bureau of Investigation	Rochester Police Department
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston	Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Comm.	Saint Croix Virgin Island Police Department
Foxboro Police Department	Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office
Foxborough Police Department	San Diego County District Attorney's Office
Frauds Bureau / Cyber Crimes Unit	San Diego Police Department
Fremont Police Department	SDCDA
Grafton County Attorney's office	SDSO-CATCH
Greenfield Police Department	SDUSD
Greenwich Police Department	Seekonk Police Department
Gwinnett County Police	Sherborn Police Department
Hampden County District Attorney's Office	Smithsonian Institution Office of the Inspector General
Hampton Police Department	Somerville Police Dept.
Hanson Police Department	Special Investigations Division
Harvard University Police Department	Special Narcotics Prosecutors Office
Harwich Police Department	Special Prosecutions Unit/ High Tech Crimes
Hawaii Department of the Attorney General	Springfield Police Department
Hawthorne Police Department	State Attorney Office, 1st Judicial Circuit - Felony division
Heber Springs Police Department	State of Rhode Island Department of Attorney General
High Tech Crimes Unit Montreal Police Department	Stow Police Department
High Technology Analysis Unit	Suffolk County DA's Office
Hillsborough County Attorney's Office	Suffolk County District Attorney
Hollis Police Department	Swansea Police Department
Homeland Security Investigations	Taunton Police Department
Hudson Police Department	Templeton Police Department
Hudson Police Department	Toms River Police Department
Insurance Fraud Bureau	Town of Dennis MIS Dept.
Insurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts	U.S. Coast Guard
International Association of Chiefs of Police	U.S. Dept. of Education / OIG
Internet Crimes Against Children	U.S. Dept. of Education, OIG
King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office	U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Inspector General
Kings County District Attorney's Office	U.S. Pretrial Services
Lake County State's Attorney's Office	U.S. Probation
Lancaster County Sheriff's Office	U.S. Probation, WDPA
Lebanon Police Department	United Pretrial Services
Lincoln Police Department	United States Probation
MA. Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education	US Coast Guard
Maine Attorney General's Office	US Department of Education Office of Inspector General
Maine State Police	US Department of Education/OIG
Maine State Police Computer Crimes Unit	US Dept. of ED/OIG
Malden Police Department	USAF
Manchester Police Department	USCG DRI
Manchester, CT Police	USVI Police Department
Manhattan District Attorney's Office	Utah State Bureau of Investigation
Mansfield Police Department	Vermont Office of Attorney General
Marlborough Police Department	Verona Police Department
Mass. Executive Office of Education	Virgin Islands Police Department
Massachusetts Attorney General's Office	Walpole Police Department
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education	Waltham Police Department
Massachusetts Environmental Police	Waterbury  Police Department
Massachusetts State Police	Waterbury Police Department
Massachusetts State Police - AGO	Wellesley Police Department
Massachusetts State Police - Bristol SPDU	Wellesley Police Department
Massachusetts State Police - Middlesex DAO	Westbrook Police Department
Massachusetts State Police - NWDA	Westwood Police Department
Massachusetts State Police / Bristol DA's Office	Weymouth Police Department
Massachusetts State Police	Wilbraham Police Department
Massport Police	Wilmington Police Department
Maynard Police Department	Winthrop Police Department
Medway Police Department	Wisconsin Department of Justice
Memphis Police Department	Worcester Police Department
Memphis Police Department	Wrentham Police Department
Merrimack Police Department	York County District Attorney
Merrimack Police