Computer Security Expert Witnesses

What is a computer security expert witness?

Computer security expert witness candidates typically have backgrounds in computer science, software engineering, information security, and/or computer forensics. In a high-profile case, or litigation involving a significant financial stake, a law firm may request a computer security specialist with prior expert witness testimony experience. Protecting computer systems from theft or harm to data, hardware, and software is the objective of a computer security specialist.

What types of cases require a computer security expert witness?

Often, matters requiring a computer security or cyber security expert witness involve intellectual property, such as patent infringement litigation. There are many types of computer security incidents that call for legal action.

Computer security expert witness case examples

Representative computer security matters that have required expert witness services involved:

• wireless network standards,
• operating systems,
• smart phone cryptography,
• artificial intelligence,
• cryptocurrency data security (i.e., Bitcoin / Blockchain),
• computer software misuse investigations,
• cybersecurity and cyber crime,
• cell phone data security policies,
• digital forensic investigations,
• healthcare data breach investigations, and
• identity theft.

What litigation support work might a computer security expert witness be expected to perform?

Litigation support by a computer security expert witness could include network forensic analyses, research and authoring expert witness reports, depositions, and courtroom testimony. In addition, clients may seek a computer forensics expert for pre-litigation consultant work. Cahn Litigation Services has an earned reputation for providing candidates with the right balance of technical expertise and testimony experience to get the job done.

Cahn Litigation Services has the experience required to turn a search for a computer security expert witness around quickly, providing the right balance of expertise and testimony experience.

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Computer Security Expert Witness - Representative Bios

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The below expert witness bios represent a small fraction of those Computer Security experts known by Cahn Litigation Services. These bios are provided to give lawyers a sense of the Computer Security landscape.

• Expert Witness #209092

  This expert has many years of experience in Computer Science, Security network communications, Remote control, and monitoring systems. This expert has specialized in wireless and cloud based security applications monitored from mobile applications, and device controls configured by user profiles.

  This expert has been an expert for over 25 cases including 12 remote control and security network communications and patent litigation cases. This expert has provided Expert Reports, IPR, CBM, Deposition, and Trial Testimony. This includes testifying in a technology patent suit for remote authorization from a mobile device, where the judge found for this expert’s client and cited this expert on all points of contention. This expert’s analysis also contributed to a $35 million settlement in a Network Transaction systems patent litigation.

  Sample of Professional Experience

  Designed computer control systems and user control panels for remote control of manufacturing equipment.

  Implemented remote monitoring of telephone facilities including central office switch buildings. Application included remote control of X10 monitoring devices and alarm activation operating on local secure networks and external networks.

  Development of remote monitoring applications for monitoring of utility buildings including powerline monitoring utilizing Network alarm notification. Also implemented system for remote meter reading and remote control of appliances.

  Development of mobile applications (iPhone and Android), high speed wireless communications, WiFi security mesh networks, and performed evaluation of secure networks and telecommunication system.

  
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• Expert Witness #232810

  This expert holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computing and is a Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at a research university. Further, this expert serves as Associate Director of a wireless network laboratory, where this expert directs research in wireless security. This expert is a Fellow of the IEEE for contributions to Information Security. This expert has focused research efforts on wireless network security, and led a large research group that has produced research that has appeared in numerous high-impact journals and premier networking, security and systems conferences. This expert has led several federally funded projects in the area of cybersecurity and communication systems, involving security and privacy for sensor networks, physical layer security for wireless systems, a security framework for cognitive radios, the development of wireless testbed resources, and new RFID technologies. This expert was involved in an NSF-funded project, which is a clean-slate effort to re-architect the Internet to support mobility and improved security. This expert has led a DARPA initiative into validating and prototyping physical layer security mechanisms, an Army Research Office project on the theory of physical layer security, and an Army project on cognitive radio networks and routing protocols. This expert has published over 150 papers, including six best papers awards (two in media security, one in Internet design, one in cognitive radio systems, one in mobile computing, and one in wireless security). This expert's experience in network security and wireless spans many years, and this expert has co-authored a popular textbook in security, as well as several notable monographs on wireless security.   

  This expert's activities in wireless security include the investigation of techniques to secure wireless sensor networks, which includes validating the authenticity and validity of sensor measurements using both cryptographic and non-cryptographic mechanisms. This expert has provided technical analysis to lawyers at the Federal Trade Commission in regards to an anti-trust case. This work involved analyzing defendant software and subpoenaed documents, and subsequently writing thorough reports in regards to the potential intent existing within the defendant's software. This expert has also written several patents.  

  
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• Expert Witness #211268

  This expert is founder and principal technologist at a leading cyber security firm. This expert has been in the computer technology industry for many years and has been a consultant to Fortune 500 firms. This expert is well-published and is a certified Computer Forensic Examiner. This expert has extensive expert witness experience, having provided expert services in cases involving major companies.

  
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• Expert Witness #221869

  This expert is the Co-Founder of two successful security consulting firms specializing in network security and online fraud prevention. This expert has an extensive background in electronic payments and transactions, contributed to the very early Bluetooth specs, and published the first analysis of Bluetooth security vulnerabilities. This expert developed PoS related technologies and is highly knowledgeable when it comes to chip/stripe communication, having published on aspects of AIDC.

  As a Principal Scientist this expert's mandate was to determine the impact of future fraud scenarios on commerce and authentication and developing intellectual property to address such problems. This expert is known throughout the industry as one of the more prominent computer scientists working in authentication, and user interfaces and payment systems. Along with being the named inventor on over one hundred issued and pending U.S. patents, this expert is one of the most cited authors in computer science. This expert has experience working as an expert witness in several patent litigation cases,

  having been deposed ~30 times and testified in marksman hearings twice.

  
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• Expert Witness #259850

  This expert holds a PhD in Computer Science and specializes in Computer security and privacy, Internet and Web technologies, and software forensics. This expert has brought these skills to bear building a highly successful litigation support consultancy providing technical research and consulting services for software litigation and review, including:

  -  Experienced expert investigation and exposition

  -  Source code analysis: understanding software's technical purpose from its original design

  -  Behavioral analysis: understanding software's behavior through live experiments

  -  Security and privacy audits of Web sites and Internet-enabled software

  Clients have engaged this expert in cases including trade secrets, patents, privacy, internal product reviews, and antitrust. This expert has testified at trial 8 times, had 19 depositions, and has served almost 10,000 pages of expert reports.

  Web bugs (beacons) have been one of this expert's research areas and this expert has published in this area. This expert continues working in Web technologies and is quite comfortable with them.

  
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• Expert Witness #259700

  This expert holds a PhD in Computer Science, serves as an Associate Professor for a College of Information Systems as well as director of a Human-Computer Interaction Lab. Specializing in web, privacy and social media, this expert's work began professionally as a web designer. This expert started a web design company that built commercial websites. Since moving to academia, this expert has taught web design and web programming and written a textbook on web design.

  This expert's work spans many areas, but core research interests are in understanding how people use social media to improve the way they interact with information. This expert approaches this from a computer science perspective and this expert's general research hits social networks, trust, web science, artificial intelligence, and human-computer interaction. This expert has done a lot of work looking at how to infer information about people (like personality and political preferences) and their relationships (like trust) from social media. This expert also works on usable security, bringing HCI to the design of security and privacy systems.

  Areas of Expertise include:

  -  Social Media

  -  Social Networks

  -  Information Organization

  -  Web Sciences

  -  Recommender Systems

  -  Code analysis and review

  -  Semantic Web and Big Data

  -  Human-Computer Interaction

  -  Online Privacy

  This expert has extensive experience as an expert witness analyzing intellectual property issues, including patent validity and infringement and prior art. This expert has work as a technical expert, both pre-trial and in trial, on the workings of most major social media systems and recommender systems as well as the history and development of the web, web science, social networks, and social media.

  
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• Expert Witness #222611

  This expert received a Ph.D. in Computer Science. This expert joined a prestigious University and is Associate Director of its Applied Research Institute where this expert is working with projects related to national security. Specializing in network protocols, telemedicine, electronic commerce, medical data privacy and security, this expert was a National Lecturer, gave keynote addresses at several leading conferences, and is a Fellow of the IEEE. This expert has supervised over 130 funded research projects, advised 68 PhD and master's students, and co-authored two books, 14 book chapters, and 170 refereed journal and conference publications. This expert and colleagues developed a Transport Protocol (supporting multicast and knowledge of the multicast group members) for the US Navy, and then turned it into a commercial product. This expert's current research focuses on medical data privacy and security, implemented by supporting authentication, authorization, and federation across trust domains. This expert is also developing delta compression algorithms for diverse environments. This expert was a Founding Director of an Internet Technology Innovation Center, which provided technical and business strategy for e-business, and developed e-commerce software for corporate and government clients. Other projects include improving security for mobile devices, evaluating relational keyword search techniques, and writing software that can perform a scientometric analysis of scientific literature.  

  
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• Expert Witness #263553

  This expert is an internationally recognized Information and Communications Technology (ICT) architect with expertise in designing and deploying enterprise-class solutions in a wide range of technologies and business sectors. This expert's extensive experience spans industry, U.S. Government, and academia environments. This expert is also a practicing security and privacy professional, who has specialized in data protection and storage security, where this expert is recognized as one of the top experts in the world.

  This expert is an Associate Member of the American Bar Association (ABA) and been active with the Section of Science and Technology Law (SciTech). In addition to speaking and publishing on behalf of the ABA, this expert has served in several SciTech leadership roles. This expert is also actively involved in the ABA's Internet of Things (IoT) National Institute and the Artificial Intelligence National Institute.

  Additionally, this expert has actively contributed to the efforts and projects of key ICT-based standards development organizations and industry associations as part of a focus on advancing the state of various technologies. This expert's passion for technology has been recognized in the form of awards and leadership positions in organization such as ISO/IEC, the InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS), the IEEE Computer Society, the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), and the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA). This expert is or has served in an editorship role on the following international standards projects: ISO/IEC 22123 (Cloud computing -- Concepts and terminology), ISO/IEC 27031 (ICT readiness for business continuity), ISO/IEC 27050 (Electronic discovery), ISO/IEC 27040 (Storage security), ISO/IEC PAS 16248 (TLS for Storage Systems), Rec. ITU-T 3500 | ISO/IEC 17788 (Cloud computing -- Overview and vocabulary), and IEEE 1619-2018 (XTS-AES).

  This expert possesses a unique set of professional credentials that include the (ISC)2 CISSP-ISSAP, ISSMP, and ISSEP certifications as well as the ISACA CISA, IAPP CIPT, and CSA CCSK certifications.

  
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• Expert Witness #248794

  This expert is both an Independent Consultant and Expert Witness, as well as an Associate Professor of Engineering Practice. As part of this expert's academic responsibilities, this expert teaches courses on Internet of Things (IoT), Computer Networks, System-on-Chip, Special topics: Software Design and Optimization for Electrical Engineers, and System Verification where the focus is on various algorithms that directly relate to mobile transactions and the security issues associated with them. This expert also performs research on various security and safety aspects of systems, including those in IoT, cloud and data centers. Several of this expert's publications are related to security, verification and optimization of mobile/cloud/data center systems. This expert has been involved in several patent litigation matters related to cloud computing, mobile systems, edge computing, and secure software licensing transactions. This expert has given deposition testimony but has not yet testified at trial. This expert is well published and has presented at industry conferences.

  
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• Expert Witness #238156

  This expert brings to the table many years of experience and a global reputation for integrity, accuracy, and innovation, and is widely considered one of the world's leading authorities in information protection and risk management. This expert is CEO of an internationally recognized and trusted advisory firm specializing research and advisory services, litigation support, developing high demand graduate education programs, pathfinder studies, and business growth strategies.

  This expert has extensive knowledge of issues related to digital forensics and the operation of computers, applications, devices, networks, and related mechanisms. This starts with experience designing, building, managing, operating, examining, and using computers and other devices and the Internet and its predecessor the ARPAnet, starting from when this expert was a computer operator for one of the early nodes in the ARPAnet. This expert has performed a wide variety of different functions associated with the Internet and systems connected thereto continuously, including without limit; specifically writing such software and analysis of such software; (2) examination and analysis of systems, mechanisms, claims, and asserted evidence for legal matters.

  This expert has performed research over a period of years and published peer reviewed papers and two books as well as book chapters on issues of digital forensic evidence examination including specific work on examining digital traces for consistency, similarity, and a variety of closely related issues. This expert has testified at deposition and at trial in matters involving digital forensics including systems, mechanisms, and asserted evidence involving the Internet and related environments and systems, and has been qualified as an expert in Federal, State, and Local matters.

  This expert earned and received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, an M.S. in Information Science, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering.

  As a corporate consultant and industry analyst this expert has helped advise hundreds of the world's largest enterprises on security and risk management strategy and their information protection programs. As a consultant to and researcher for the U.S. government this expert was the principal investigator on seminal studies in defensive information operations. This expert has also worked in critical infrastructure protection, with law enforcement, and with the intelligence community to help improve their ability to deal with computer related crime and emerging threats to national security. This expert has worked on issues of digital forensics, including work for many large corporations, testimony in federal and state criminal and civil matters, and pro bono and state-funded work for indigent defendants.

  
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• Expert Witness #218696

  This packet monitoring expert holds a PhD and is a professor at a prestigious university, as well as head of a computer systems and networks performance engineering lab. This expert's research contributions span high-speed networking and packet switching, the Internet, cloud computing and data centers, multimedia streaming, information service engineering, and computer systems security.

  This expert has been deposed over 10 times, has testified in court, has prepared reports from multiple perspectives, and has provided technical tutorials to judges.

  
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• Expert Witness #232094

  This cybersecurity expert holds a PhD and is a professor and researcher in cybersecurity, cryptography, computer security, communications security, communication systems, information theory, post-quantum secure systems, and blockchain systems.

  In addition to teaching, this expert provides consulting services related to computer security systems and has been engaged several times as an expert witness. This expert is also the inventor of several foundational patents in cryptographic systems.

  
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• Expert Witness #243673

  This cloud storage expert holds a PhD and is a professor at a well-regarded public university, with a substantial research focus on distributed software systems, including cloud computing architectures.

  This expert regularly teaches courses on these topics, covering the foundational principles of cloud computing as well as related subjects such as data storage and database programming. This expert is also a recognized author in software security and has received numerous research grants from prominent government agencies on topics related to the security of distributed systems.

  This expert has experience in litigation consulting, including prior work and testimony in cases involving cloud technologies, databases, and software security. This expert also works with highly qualified associates who can assist with source code review and preparation of infringement charts. The associates hold PhDs in Computer Science and have extensive prior experience assisting with high-profile patent litigation matters.

  
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• Expert Witness #246780

  This virtual currencies security expert is an entrepreneur and internationally recognized IT security expert with over 40 years of experience. This expert is a former professor at universities in the U.S. and Europe and has been recognized for work involving security of blockchain technologies and virtual currencies by prominent international institutions.

  As a leading expert in computer security and blockchain, this expert has done significant work with major international organizations on charting the vision and future of secure digital and virtual currencies. This expert currently serves in a project coordination role involving blockchain and smart contracts at an international trade organization.

  This expert is the author of several U.S. patents in the areas of blockchain, Identity Management, and Secure Financial transactions, as well as over 50 research papers, expert reports, and a number of books.

  
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• Expert Witness #249619

  This wireless communications expert holds a PhD and is a Professor at a public research university. This expert has extensive experience in the evaluation of engineering technology, patents, intellectual property, wireless system communication networks, and information technology. Technical expertise includes wireless communications, computer engineering, software systems including C/C++, assembler, Python, and MATLAB, system design involving Wi-Fi, cellular systems, computer systems, and networks, signal processing, telecommunications, 5G systems, cellular core networks, cellular evolution including 2G, 3G, and 4G, future-G/6G, Internet of Things (IoT), OSI, and satellite communications. This perspective applies theory, practical considerations, system architecture design, industrial development, and R&D technology perspectives.

  This expert was previously a member of a 3GPP Radio Access Network (RAN) industry group and has developed extensive expertise in 3GPP Long Term Evolution (4G), 3GPP New Radio (5G), and beyond 5G technologies. Wireless base station transceivers are often denoted RAN, and standards-based RAN technologies are denoted Open-RAN. Since joining academia, this expert has served as a Principal Investigator in 5G core security, 5G telemedicine, and FutureG applied research for a defense-related research program. This expert has extensive experience in professional evaluation of telecommunications systems, engineering technology, patents, intellectual property, wireless system communication networks, and information technology.

  Technical expertise includes wireless communications, computer engineering, software systems including C/C++, assembler, Python, and MATLAB, system design involving Wi-Fi, cellular systems, computer systems, and networks, signal processing, telecommunications, 5G systems, cellular core networks, cellular evolution including 4G, 5G, and 6G, Internet of Things (IoT), computer and network security, OSI, satellite communications, and GNSS/GPS. This perspective applies theory, practical considerations, system architecture design, industrial development, and R&D technology perspectives. Areas of expertise also include downlink/uplink orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA), mobile handset positioning, 5G core network functions, network slicing, MANO, SMO, NFV, 5G radio access networks with O-RAN, RU/CU/DU, MIMO, Massive MIMO, synchronization, channels, signal processing, communication protocols, handoff, and error correction.

  This expert has expertise in Remote Radio Unit (RRU) and Radio Unit (RU) technology defined by industry standards associated with Open RAN and O-RAN standards. The RRU terminology refers to the low portion of the Physical Layer of the Open System Interconnect (OSI) network layer model and is generally associated with the 5G O-RAN data link, including CU, DU, and RU. Open transceiver interfaces and interoperability standards for O-RAN have been defined by a 5G industry consortium standards group. Radio Units or RUs adopting O-RAN are denoted as O-RUs. Generally implemented on Software Defined Radio (SDR), the Radio Unit (RU) SDR topic involves a significant signal processing platform in the low portion of the Physical Layer. SDR significantly impacts system performance and power consumption of the RU.

  This expert has taught 5G/6G wireless communication, computer security, and network security at a university, delivered tutorials on 5G and 6G network security, and served as Principal Investigator in 5G core security for a defense-related research program. Extensive publications on wireless security at international wireless conferences and prestigious IEEE journals further support this expert's credibility in the field.

  This expert is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant.

  
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• Expert Witness #278706

  This network security/software expert holds a Ph.D. and is a Computer Science professor at a well-regarded technical university, with over 30 years of cybersecurity research experience and over 25 years of experience teaching cybersecurity. This expert has expertise in network and host security monitoring, malware analysis, authentication, cryptography, and machine learning for security.

  This expert has extensive experience as a security researcher, including doctoral work on host and network monitoring and intrusion detection. This expert continues to research and publish on security monitoring, malware analysis, network management, machine learning for security, and related topics, with additional experience involving fault detection, root cause analysis, and security alert correlation. This expert has also co-founded a cybersecurity company that provided botnet detection products and services to enterprise and internet service provider customers.

  This expert is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant.

  
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• Expert Witness #281120

  This cybersecurity expert directs a usable security and privacy laboratory at an international computer science institute and holds a research appointment in an academic electrical engineering and computer science department, advising PhD students and postdocs. Research focuses on the interplay between cybersecurity, online privacy, and human-computer interaction, including the current state of online security and privacy, measurement studies of novel attacks, consumer exposure to risk, decision-making that leads to compromise, and usable security solutions. This work has led to multiple CVEs, bug bounties from major technology companies, regulatory changes, and changes to commercial products in widespread use.

  This expert is frequently asked to provide background commentary for major news stories covering cybersecurity and has had research published in top computer security conferences. One recent area of focus has been mobile malware detection; based on this research, this expert helped launch a company that provides a suite of dynamic app analysis tools to automatically detect emergent threats in mobile apps. These tools are used by litigators, regulators, and large enterprises to identify security and privacy threats in mobile apps. This expert is frequently asked to serve as a consulting expert on cybersecurity litigation and has consulted on dozens of cases.

  
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• Expert Witness #284844

  This data security/intrusion expert is a computer scientist and cybersecurity specialist who leads a professional practice addressing matters such as data breaches, computer crime, and the use of data in litigation. This expert has been engaged in criminal, civil, administrative, and military processes for both those bringing and defending actions, as well as for courts directly. This expert's opinions have been accepted by federal and state courts throughout the country in hearings, trials, and appeals.

  This expert was the primary investigator in a notable internet privacy research project showing how decisions made in the design and implementation of internet-connected systems affect computer-system security and user privacy. The work has been reported in worldwide media and computer science literature, as well as in published professional writing. This expert has held a senior academic teaching role in a computer science and engineering department at a well-regarded university and has guest lectured through a privacy-focused foundation and at multiple universities, graduate programs, a law school, and a business school.

  
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• Expert Witness #284931

  This data security/intrusion expert is a founder and senior technology executive at a leading U.S. electronic evidence services company specializing in digital forensics, cybersecurity, and ESI services. This expert leads digital forensic and e-discovery services, helps determine company strategy, oversees day-to-day operations and internal information systems infrastructure, and personally handles selected engagements. Responsibilities include performing and managing digital forensic investigations and leading data evidence specialists and forensic analysts. This expert graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering and a minor in Artificial Intelligence from a well-regarded university, and holds this expert designations of Encase Certified Examiner (EnCE) and Digital Forensics Certified Practitioner (DFCP). This expert is a past president of a national digital forensics certification organization and an active participant in the digital forensics industry, including speaking at prominent digital forensics and investigative technology conferences.

  This expert has over 20 years of experience in the computer industry, with responsibilities including custom software design and implementation, network management and security, database programming, disaster recovery, and end-user support. The company has become one of the few capable of performing comprehensive digital forensic investigations and has worked on criminal and civil matters involving intrusion and incident response, intellectual property theft, fraud, and uncovering hidden assets.

  
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• Expert Witness #295969

  This code review expert holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from a prestigious university and is a computer scientist and software engineer focused on cybersecurity, with specialization in vulnerability management, security products, software supply chain security, phishing mitigation, network security, and authentication systems. This expert is a published author and invited speaker and holds a number of patents related to cybersecurity.

  This expert's cybersecurity work has included authentication, payment fraud, network intrusion detection, biometric fingerprint authentication, phishing, software supply chain security, software dependency security, and vulnerability management. This expert has written code in C++, Java, Python, and Go, developed an online digital library, and worked as a full-stack software developer.

  This expert has experience as an expert witness and litigation consultant.

  
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• Expert Witness #296203

  This IoT expert holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and is a professor specializing in electrical and computer engineering, hardware security, embedded systems security, and computing systems. This expert is a professor in electrical and computer engineering at a well-regarded public research university and leads a prominent center focused on hardware and embedded systems security and trust. This expert previously held an associate professorship in electrical and computer engineering at another research university and received a computing innovation fellowship from a prominent computing research organization, during which this expert spent a number of years at a prestigious public research university.

  This expert completed a Ph.D. in Computer Science at a well-regarded public research university and received a prestigious multi-year computer science department fellowship. This expert also holds an M.Sc. in computer engineering from a well-regarded university and a B.Sc. in electrical engineering from a well-regarded university.

  This expert is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant.

  
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• Expert Witness #305233

  This information security expert is a director at a consultancy providing expertise in information security, including biometric authentication systems, and holds credentials as a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Computer Examiner (CCE), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Telecommunications Analyst (CTA), and licensed private detective.

  This expert has authored numerous publications on information technology and leads a digital forensics lab within a consulting organization.

  This expert has provided testimony in state and federal courts, including matters involving the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), and is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant.

  
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• Expert Witness #305526

  This data privacy and security expert holds bachelor's degrees in mathematics and computer science, Master's degrees in Computer Science and Education, and has served for nearly a decade as an adjunct professor in a university Master of Science in Information Security and Assurance program. This expert offers technical and regulatory expertise in the mechanics and legal implications of online tracking technologies, including Meta Pixels, web beacons, cookies, and Conversion APIs (CAPI). This expertise is further supported by work as a subject matter expert (SME) and co-author of industry technology and governance standards for government and professional standards bodies.

  This expert has served as a technical expert in over 5 cases focused on the application and analysis of Meta Pixels and associated tracking technologies. With experience spanning both plaintiff and defense representation, this expert provides a broad view of how these technologies are litigated under various regulatory frameworks, including VPPA, HIPAA, GLBA, BIPA, and CIPA. This expert has testified in federal court, including a multi-day evidentiary hearing regarding Meta Pixel tracking, serving as a primary technical resource for the bench, clarifying complex operations, and rebutting factual inaccuracies presented by opposing counsel.

  With over 35 years of experience in the practical application of IT, information security, privacy, and regulatory compliance, this expert has the depth to provide professional opinions on the intersection of technical data extraction practices and their legal implications. This expert's practitioner experience bridges the gap between technical forensics and the practical application of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, California Penal Code ? 502, and broader federal and state statutes. This expert offers demonstrated expertise in cybersecurity, data privacy, and digital forensics, with experience in legal issues surrounding unauthorized data access, web scraping, and data misappropriation. This expert's focus centers on the operational standards governing lawful data acquisition, moving beyond the technical nuances of personally identifiable information to assess whether extraction activities align with established organizational compliance, legal requirements, and industry norms.

  This expert is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant.

  
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