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Catalyst’s Asia Director Chairs Leading Digital Forensics Event
News 2010
Conference Features Leading Authorities on Digital Evidence AnalysisDENVER—December 8, 2010—Catalyst Repository Systems, Inc., a pioneer in providing cloud-based document repositories for e-discovery and other complex legal matters, today announced that Richard Kershaw, the managing director of Catalyst Asia, is serving as chairperson of the 4th Asia-Pacific Training Conference of the International High Technology Crime Investigation Association being held this week in Hong Kong. Mr. Kershaw is president of HTCIA’s Asia-Pacific chapter. Catalyst is a silver sponsor of the conference, which is regarded as the leading digital forensics event in the Asia-Pacific region. This year’s conference will include attendees from Singapore, Malaysia, the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Japan and Australia. It takes place Dec. 10-13, 2010, at the Police Officers Club in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. The first day features leading global speakers addressing a diverse range of issues in digital evidence analysis and cybercrime. Notable speakers include Tony Chow, senior superintendent of the Hong Kong Police; David Toddington, founder of Toddington International, a provider of Open Source Intelligence training and support services; Browning Marean, co-chair of the Global E-Discovery Group at the law firm DLA Piper; Richard Adams, principal in the Forensics Group of Deloitte Australia; and Chris Smith, Asia-Pacific region head of security and fraud risk for HSBC. Topics to be covered in day one include:
Days two and three offer hands-on workshops with a primary focus on mobile device forensics, live incident response techniques, malware analysis, botnet investigations and new forensics related topics. "The worlds of corporate records management, forensics and e-discovery needs are blurring,” Mr. Kershaw said. “Often lawyers rely on forensics practitioners to understand data preservation across all platforms. Catalyst is proud to be supporting training and standards in the forensics field and we look forward to seeing our Asia partners there." About CatalystCatalyst is a leading legal-technology company providing secure, scalable multi-lingual document repositories for electronic discovery, litigation support, and other complex regulatory matters. For over a decade, corporations and their counsel have relied on Catalyst to control litigation costs and make review teams more effective. Our systems and supporting services cover the heart of the litigation lifecycle-from processing and search, to analytics, review, production and trial. Media Contact:Chelsey Lehman |