GOVCERT.NL Symposium 2008

Bob Burls Detective Constable London Metropolitan Police Computer Crime Unit

Bob is a Detective Constable on the Metropolitan Police Computer Crime Unit and a Post Graduate Research Student at Cranfield University, Department of Information Systems. Bob has spent the majority of his 21-year police career serving on specialist crime units, including the UK National Crime Squad, involved in the investigation of serious and organised national and international crime. Between 2001 and 2004 Bob was seconded to the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit as a Network Investigator.

In February 2004, he returned to the Metropolitan Police and took up his current role on the Computer Crime Unit. The remit of the Unit is to investigate computer crime in London and cases of national impact, which include Denial of Service attacks, virus authoring and commercial computer hacking offences.

Bob is recognised by the Metropolitan Police as a computer forensic examiner. As well as being an experienced Detective, Bob holds a Masters Degree in IT Security. He regularly delivers presentations and training to both domestic and overseas law enforcement as well as the IT industry.

Bob is one of the few UK investigators actively investigating Botnets. At Cranfield University he is undertaking research into Botnet Taxonomy.

Ask the Xpert: Law Enforcement Wednesday 17 September, 13:40 - 14:25, Penn Room

This year, our symposium features a new type of session. These sessions, called 'Ask the Xpert', grew out of our desire to provide you with more opportunities to really interact with our speakers. And this is what we came up with. In the 'Ask the Xpert' session, the speaker will briefly introduce him or herself, area of expertise and any controversial opinions that he or she may hold. After the introduction, we will open the session to questions from the audience.

So this is your chance. If you plan to attend an 'Ask the Xpert' session, it is recommended to take a moment of your time to prepare your questions. This will help ensure that we make the most of our time. 'A moderator will be present at each 'Ask the Xpert' session, and attendees are reminded that some sessions are open to press.

Bob Burls, who specialises in botnet investigations, is willing to field questions on many topics, including Law Enforcement's engagement with the IT Industry, international police investigations, post incident strategies and lawful processes to assist investigation.