Profs & Pints Baltimore: What Digital Detectives Find

Profs and Pints Baltimore presents: “What Digital Detectives Find,” on the afterlife of your digital data and the methods of those who investigate it, with Jim Jones, associate professor at George Mason University and cyber security and digital forensics expert.

[Doors open at 5. The talk starts at 6:30. The room is open seating.]

What happens when you delete digital data such as a picture, video, or email message?

The truth is that “deleted” doesn't mean “gone,” and digital forensic investigators can extract and make sense of the residual fragments left over from data often assumed to be gone forever.

Learn about the field of digital forensics—and the lessons it offers those who worry about sensitive data being exposed—with Jim Jones, who has been a cyber security and digital forensics practitioner, researcher, and educator for more than 30 years.