06-10, 09:45–09:55 (Europe/Vilnius), Panel Room II - II-232
Cybercrime is a borderless crime that leverages technology and the internet to exploit businesses, communities and individuals. Law enforcement officers responsible for investigating cybercrime need to be equally able to access cutting edge technology to combat these crimes and to bring down criminal networks.
This talk presents the EU-funded INSPECTr project as a solution to many of the issues face by law enforcement agencies. INSPECTr produces and integrates a range of high-tech approaches, including big data analytics, cognitive machine learning and blockchain technologies into a shared intelligence platform that will improve digital investigations and forensic capabilities, and reduce the complexity and cost of cross-border collaboration. The platform is being designed through extensive collaboration with the law enforcement community, incorporates privacy and ethics by design principles, and takes into account relevant national and international legislation.
After the project, the platform will be freely available to the law enforcement community and adoption will be enhanced through training courses, webinars and workshops. Exploitation of the project deliverables will also be available to LEAs who wish to further improve the platform, beyond the scope of the project, through additional research and development activities.
Michael is an experienced cyber analyst at UCD Centre for Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Investigation. He engages with a wide range of sectors including financial services, national government and international law enforcement communities, contributing to the fields cybersecurity and cybercrime investigations. In particular, he works closely with law enforcement officers from across Europe, coordinating and implementing the stages of the software development lifecycle, developing open-source tools for cybercrime investigations.
He is passionate about innovation and education, with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education sector. He has prepared and delivered many modules for Programming for Investigators, Digital Forensics and Online Investigator training courses.
Michael holds a BSc and Research MSc from University College Dublin.