The New Mexico Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (NMRCFL) officially opened on the grounds of the University of
New Mexico in Albuquerque today - the second RCFL physically located on a university campus, and the 16th such facility
in the FBI's national network of full-service digital forensics laboratories and training centers.
RCFLs provide objective digital forensics expertise and services to law enforcement, and are devoted to the examination
of digital evidence in support of federal, state and local criminal and national security investigations. FBI Director
Robert S. Mueller, III selected the Albuquerque Division in 2008 because the local law enforcement community demonstrated
wide support for an RCFL, and had a large pool of qualified personnel to staff the facility. The NMRCFL will be staffed
with personnel from the FBI's Albuquerque Division, the Albuquerque Police Department, Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office,
New Mexico State Police and the University of New Mexico.
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If you use the Internet you will not want to miss the "STOP.THINK.CONNECT. Cyber Citizen Forum" on Wednesday, Oct. 26 from 4 – 6 p.m.
at the UNM Anderson School of Management. The forum features Timothy Fraser from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and
will elevate the issue of cybersecurity and prompt action and collaboration to increase Internet safety across the community.
Fraser is the director of the Department of Homeland Security's Stop.Think.Connect. Campaign, a national public awareness effort that aims to increase the understanding of cyber threats and to empower the American public to be safer and more secure online. As part of this initiative, the Campaign promotes the expansion of the cyber workforce, including defining, attracting, and retaining cybersecurity expertise as well as outlining career path strategies. Read more about the Cyber Security Campaign...
Dr. Rich Brody, Darrell Banward and Kelley Hawthorne authored an article on corporate smartphones' vulnerabilities and what precautions corporations can take to better secure these devices. Read Corporate Smartphones in Danger!
Some experts urge businesses to prioritize cyberdefense
Global assaults on cybersystems mushroom
Law enforcement gets a boost from new FBI center
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Dr. Rich Brody, at UNM's Anderson School of Management, was featured in the
Savannah Morning News discussing how white-collar crime can lead to violence.
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Dr. Rich Brody (UNM Anderson School) and Dr. Kent A. Kiehl (UNM Department of Psychology) also authored a paper and suggest that white-collar criminals do display violent tendencies and may be driven to violence against those involved in investigating their crimes. Learn more...
On September 15th Dr. Brody gave a talk on Fighting Fraud in Non-Profit Organizations. Fraud occurs in nonprofits of all sizes but small organizations suffer the most loss. Good board governance and internal control policies are imperative to prevent or mitigate fraudulent activities. Is your Treasurer responsible for collecting and disbursing funds and does s/he provide the financial reports? Is your Director balking at establishing separation of financial duties? Fraud is almost always committed by a person of trust within an organization so policies and procedures must be in place to hold everyone accountable. This presentation will outline the conditions that lead to fraud, provide an understanding of why nonprofits are more susceptible to frauds, and provide strategies to help prevent and detect frauds in an organization. Learn more...
The Anderson School of Management at the University of New Mexico and the Internal
Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division (CID) jointly participated in a mock
fraud investigation, a national program at the Graduate School of Management.
The event was sponsored by Anderson's Center for Information Assurance Research and
Education (CIARE). Approximately 20 individuals, including special agents from the
IRS and twelve UNM students are participating in the mock investigation. The scenario
for this event involves a taxpayer who comes in and states he wasn't able to file
his return because a return has already been filed in his name. The taxpayer is
worried his identity has been stolen.
Students will also interact with each other to try and figure out the approach
they will take to help crack the case.
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Anderson's Center for Information Assurance Research and Education (CIARE) and the FBI worked
together with Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories to help establish the newest Regional
Computer Forensics Lab. The lab will be housed at the University of New Mexico Science and
Technology Park and will open in December 2010.
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Students in the Information Assurance program at the University of New Mexico were invited to participate in a week-long
training course in several areas of digital forensics including host forensics, network reverse engineering, and malware
reverse engineering. The intensive hands-on workshop, Tracer Fire II, was held at the Buffalo Thunder Resort in Pojoaque,
New Mexico and hosted by the Los Alamos National Labs.
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Anderson's Accounting professor and certified fraud examiner Richard G. Brody has some depressing news.
American businesses lost almost $1 trillion to fraud in 2008, the amount of fraud is increasing, people are in general less honest than they were, and fraud is very difficult to detect once it has occurred.
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Students in Alex Seazzu's Management 636 class spread out to local schools this year to teach
computer security to students ranging from elementary to high school. The topics depend on the
age of the students. Seazzu is the director of UNM's Center for Information Assurance Research
and Education.
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Dr. Richard G. Brody, CPA, CFE, CFF, FCPA will be visiting King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia from January 1, 2010 through January 7, 2010. As an invited international scholar specializing in fraud and forensic accounting, Dr. Brody will be making a series of lectures to the faculty and students at KFUPM. In addition, Brody has been invited to make a presentation to top management at Saudi Aramco, the world's largest producer and exporter of crude oil. Read more...
Every year the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) selects a unique group of students to
participate in its FBI Honors Internship Program. The program is a 10 week summer internship
open to both undergraduate and graduate students. The selection process is highly competitive
and a very small percentage of applicants from universities are admitted. Two students from
the graduate Information Assurance program at the University of New Mexico, Kevin Rodriguez
and Leila Potts, were selected to participate in the 2009 program.
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The University of New Mexico is one of only six universities throughout the country
selected to participate in the FBI Collegiate Marketing Program. As part of this
semester-long program, students in the advertising campaigns course at the Anderson
School of Management are managing an in-class marketing agency, Nvent Marketing
Partnership, responsible for researching, developing, implementing, and evaluating
an integrated marketing campaign for the bureau.
Read the Albuquerque Journal article.
Students at the University of New Mexico's Anderson School of Management are
going to Albuquerque-area schools giving presentations to help teach students
in middle and high school grades important computer safety tips centering on a
computer users identity. The community outreach is a continuation of a program
started by Alex Seazzu, Anderson Professor and director of the Center for Information
Assurance Research and Education (CIARE). Read more...
