Guidance Software to lead defense seminar

PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 16 (UPI) -- California-based Guidance Software Inc. announced it will lead an intrusion investigation seminar at the U.S. Department of Defense Cyber Crime Conference.

Guidance Software is a digital investigative solutions provider for government, corporate and law enforcement organizations to conduct network-enabled and court-validated computer investigations. The company has been selected to lead a seminar at the U.S. Department of Defense Cyber Crime Conference 2008 on how to manage the complexities of large-scale intrusion investigations.

The Department of Defense Cyber Crime Conference is an effort to bring law enforcement, counterintelligence and information assurance specialists together for the latest in cybercrime training and education.

The seminar, led by Jim Butterworth, Guidance Software director of incident response and federal services, is called "Large Scale Incident Response Best Practices and Case Study Analysis." Company officials say the seminar will cover topics such as "malware analysis, tips for assembling an effective team during an investigation and identifying and containing affected machines," the release said.

The conference is being held in St. Louis through Jan. 18.