Dr. K.P.Chow

Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Hong Kong

     Dr. K. P. Chow is the Associate Professor of Department of Computer Science and the Associate Director of the Center for Information Security and Cryptography at The University of Hong Kong.  Dr. Chow’s areas of research interest are computer forensics, cryptography, computer security, Internet surveillance and privacy.  He was the chief designer of the computer forensic tool Digital Evidence Search Kit (DESK). 

     Dr. Chow has been working on the Internet piracy monitoring system Lineament, which is adopted by HKSAR Customs and Excise Department in 2007.  He has also published research papers on computer forensics, data security and cryptography in local and international conferences and journals.  Dr. Chow has analyzed various data leakage cases in Hong Kong, which includes the IPCC case in 2006, the Foxy/Edison cases and the Yahoo case in 2008.  Findings and results were presented in local seminars and international conferences with participants from legal and IT professions.  In 2009, Dr. Chow was the honoree in the category of Senior IT Security Professional of the 3rd Annual Asia-Pacific Information Security Leadership Achievements Program. 

      Dr. Chow has been a member of the Program Committee of the international computer forensic workshop SADFE (Systematic Approaches to Digital Forensic Engineering) in 2005 and 2007.  He was the conference chairman of the Sixth IFIP WG 11.9 International Conference on Digital Forensics to be held in 2010 in Hong Kong.  From 2010, Dr. Chow is the Chairman of the Information Security and Forensics Society (ISFS).  Dr. Chow is also a committee member of the IT Division, Hong Kong Institutions of Engineers, and a council member of the Hong Kong Forensics Science Society.  In the past few years, Dr. Chow has been invited to be a computer forensic expert to assist the Court in Hong Kong.

Mr.Frank Law

1st Vice President, High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA) AP Chapter

Frank has been working in the Hong Kong Police Force since 1998, and has been involved in technology crime related policing since 2001.  After promotion in 2009 to Chief Inspector, Frank took over as head of the Support Section for the Technology Crime Division, in charge of three teams concerning the areas of technology crime training, cyber intelligence & research as well as technology crime prevention.  Outside of the Hong Kong Police Force, he is the current 1st Vice President of the High Technology Crime Investigation Association Asia Pacific Chapter.
 
Frank has been responsible for facilitating IT crime investigation and computer forensics training programs on behalf of the Interpol Asia South Pacific Working Party on IT Crime, and has led regional training programs in Korea, Japan, Australia, Thailand and Fiji.  He has also
delivered presentations at numerous international computer crime related conferences.   In 2009, he has been awarded with the "Information Security Leadership Award" by (ISC)2 in reorganization of his outstanding leadership and achievements in workforce improvement of information security professionals in the Asia-Pacific region.
 
Frank is a CISSP and holds a Bachelor degree in Engineering, a Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Forensics and a Master degree in Internet Computing.  He is currently a part-time Ph.D. student with the Department of Computer Science, University of Hong Kong and is one of the key members of the Computer Forensics Research Group. His research interests include live systems forensics, digital forensics and digital timestamp analysis.

Mr.Stefan Fleischmann

Chief Executive Officer of X-Ways Software Technology AG

     Stefan Fleischmann serves as Chief Executive Officer of X-Ways Software Technology AG, a German stock corporation operated from Cologne. Stefan originally started a software development business (sole proprietorship) in 2000 while being a student at the University of Master. He received the German equivalent of a Master's degree in Information Systems in 2001. While working for Micronas, a semiconductor company where he trained employees internationally in SAP software, he started X-Ways corporation in April 2002 and concentrated on the computer forensics aspect of his software WinHex.

      In 2004, the forensic edition of that software, X-Ways Forensics, was released, and Stefan expanded the business into the computer forensics training field. He personally trains law enforcement officers and private sector forensic examiners in the USA and Germany, including federal government personnel in both countries, and supervises and participates in continued development of the company's software. With more than 32,000 clients worldwide, X-Ways Software Technology considers itself the leading supplier of computer forensics software in Europe. Stefan is also an associate member of IACIS (International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists).  His Chinese name is 史德凡.

Mr.John (Zeke) Thackray

Principle Director, Thackray Forensics Ltd

     John (Zeke) Thackray is a the Principle Director of Thackray Forensics Ltd, a New Zealand based company that provides professional computer and cell phone forensic investigative solutions and training around the world.  Zeke, as he is more commonly known throughout the industry, is a former British Police Detective who specialized in high tech crime from the early 1990's.  He was responsible for the establishment and development of the New Zealand Police Electronic Crime Unit based in Auckland.  He has also been responsible for the establishment of corporate computer forensic facilities such as Ernst and Young in Australia and IBM Global IT Security Incident Response Group.  Zeke has been involved in many high-tech, high profile investigations around the world and has delivered computer and cell phone forensics training globally for many years.  Zeke considers himself an investigator first and an educator second.  Hands-on investigating is a primary key to be able to train investigators how to deal with real solutions.

Mr.Paul Reedy

Australian Federal Police, Manager Forensic Operations,  Forensic and Data Centres

      Paul Reedy was named Manager Forensic Operations in April 2007.  He has responsibilities for the Australian Federal Police Crimes Scenes Sciences, Biological Criminalistics, Chemical Criminalistics, Document Examination, Firearms Identification and Armoury, Fingerprints, Specialist Imaging and Computer Forensic Teams.

Mr.Andrey Belenko

Elcomsoft Inc.  IT Security Analyst


Author of two patents of  Thunder Tables and GPU usage.

Mr.Vladimir Katalov

Elcomsoft Inc.  CEO


CEO of ElcomSoft Co.