NALI Annual Conference 2024

Lance Watson

Title: Cell Phone Forensics

Description: The presentation will discuss cell phone forensics with areas of emphasis on collection of data from the cell phone, examination of Carrier records and examination of Google Timeline data.

The goal is to give an overview of what potential data is possible to collect and how to review and understand that data.

Mr. Lance Watson is the Chief Operating Officer at Avansic. He is responsible for oversight of all pending and current cases at Avansic and consults with the Project Managers and the Laboratory to ensure clients’ specific needs are addressed. Mr. Watson is also involved in Avansic’s intern research program, where he assists with the development of new technologies and solutions to the most pertinent problems in the e-discovery and digital forensics fields.

Watson received his Master of Science in Computer Science from TU where he focused on computer and network security research. He has earned five of the federal Committee on National Security Systems and the National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Committee information assurance certifications, and keeps up-to-date on the latest developments in the technology field.

Watson worked for eight years at Boston Communications Group where he helped develop and implement innovative software technologies for voicemail systems. He also assisted with the deployment of a broad range of prepaid wireless network services in North and South America and the Caribbean.