Agenda

You may have heard about successful cybercrime investigations where private security companies worked together with law enforcement. Such reports talk about end results, such as a takedown of the malicious infrastructure or an actual arrest or conviction of the people responsible, but how exactly did these conclusions come about?

By going over some real cybercrime investigations ESET has been involved in, this presentation will shed some light on exactly how these co-operations work, with a focus on the types of unique information ESET was able to willingly provide to LE (and what was out of bounds), what kind of information only law enforcement could legally obtain, and share and how building trust to achieve this mutual information exchange was crucial to the success of these investigations.

Alexis Dorais-Joncas started his career in cybersecurity in 2010, when he was hired by ESET as a malware researcher. In 2015, Alexis was appointed head of ESET’s R&D branch office located in Montreal, where he and his team focus on cutting edge malware research, network security and targeted attack tracking. Their goal: shed light on the latest trends and developments in the malware ecosystem and implement efficient and innovative countermeasures to allow ESET customers to be safe online.

Alexis is an established speaker on current cyberthreats, having spoken in front of both very technical audiences at events such as Bluehat and M3AAWG, and in higher-level settings such as RightsCon, SERENE-RISC workshops and GoSec. He has been quoted in several security and technical media such as Wired, ITWorldCanada, DarkReading and Ars Technica, with broadcast appearances on Radio-Canada and Sky News in the UK.