Speaker

Aaron Philipp is a Manager in the Advisory-Forensic practice at PwC with over 15 years of experience in cybercrime breach response, analytics, and threat intelligence. In this role, Mr. Philipp is the architect of PwC’s cyber threat intelligence and big data cyber analytics platforms. In addition, Mr. Philipp has extensive experience with enterprise scale forensics and understanding the requirements needed to perform investigations on large-scale multinational infrastructures and systems in a cost-effective and rapid manner required to respond to advanced adversaries. Mr. Philipp was previously an Associate Director at Navigant, with a leadership role in the firms computer forensics and data breach practice. In this capacity he oversaw the operation of 14 US and internationally based forensic labs and conducted investigations on 5 continents, as well as serving as a testifying expert on over 20 different matters brought before the court. Prior to Navigant, Mr. Philipp was the Managing Partner of Affect Computer Forensics, a boutique forensics firm based in Austin, TX with offices in Dallas, TX, and Hong Kong. In this capacity, he oversaw all operations and sales functions for the company.

Mr. Philipp is the co-author of the book Hacking Exposed: Computer Forensics, published by McGraw Hill Osborne (ISBN#0072256753). The book is in use as training material worldwide, including use by top-tier universities in curriculum, multiple federal and state governmental agencies, and internal training seminars for Fortune 500 clients. It has previously been on the Amazon.com bestseller list for computer books (#83), and the second edition was released in September 2009 (ISBN# 0071626778). He is also the author of The Anti-Hacker Toolkit, 3rd Edition published by McGraw Hill Osborne (ISBN# 0072262877), which was selected by CNET/Tech Republic as their March 2006 Book of the Month. In addition, he holds a patent in the field of web server security and survivability, number 6,351,811, filed for in April 1999.

He has been internationally recognised for his work, with citations of merit from the governments of Taiwan and South Africa, as well as multiple state and local citations in the United States. He is a regular speaker on the topic of cybercrime and has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered and the National Law Journal. Mr. Philipp holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin.