Saper Law Associate, Aaron Midler, To Give Talk on Computer Fraud and Abuse Act at Forensecure 2013

Cyber Security & Forensics Conference

April 18 & 19, 2013

ForenSecure will feature presentations and panels focusing on:

– Security
– Forensics
– Management & Policy

Aaron Midler, of Saper Law, will speak about the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act at the  IT Forensics and Security Conference and Expo at Illinois Institute of Technology. This multi-track, technical conference attracts 200+ professionals for an intensive one- and a half-day schedule that includes discussion and debate over forensics, security, data/information governance, cyber crime and security, ethical hacking, eDiscovery, cloud forensics, steganography, policy and compliance, privacy, wireless security, cloud computing, and identity theft.

A Criminal Click: Is The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act In Need of Rehabilitation?

Saper Law Offices, LLC – Aaron Midler

The tragic death of Internet activist Aaron Swartz has brought the issue of content piracy back into broad public debate. This presentation will provide a snapshot of law and policy currently in place to thwart content privacy and unauthorized access to computer systems. In the first twenty minutes, we’ll cover the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”), its history, its applicability to disputes between employers and employees, the facts of the Swartz case, and the proposals subsequently put forward to amend it in light of Swartz’s death. After discussing the CFAA, we’ll devote the remaining twenty minutes to the so-called “Super Digital Millennium Copyright Act” laws enacted by various states, new industry alliances designed to thwart content infringement by internet service subscribers, and case law (if time permits).

Speakers will include:

• Special Agent Eric Brelsford     FBI Cyber Squad, Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (RCFL)
• Steven Murawski      SysAdmin at StackOverflow / StackExchange
• Greg O’Reilly, Cook County Public Defender’s Office
• TJ OConnor, Keynote Speaker: TJ OConnor is author of the recently published book, Violent Python.

Malware Challenge &  Barrier1 Hacking Challenge:

Information Technology and Management Program
Illinois Institute of Technology’s Rice Campus
School of Applied Technology
201 East Loop Road
Wheaton, IL 60189
630-682-6000