VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocols) and new P2P services have transformed the old telecommunications model for ever. These new services while highly beneficial to consumers, have created significant new challenges for security services to track and trace targets across the Internet.

Bitek International has been pioneering invisible deep packet intrusion technology and has installed systems with global carriers’ networks throughout the world. This presentation will elaborate on experience gained from these deployments and highlight the challenges faced by 21st century law enforcement agencies by providing a deeper understanding of the future trends for VoIP & cybercrime.

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Founder of Bitek International Inc, Graham has over 30 years of international experience in telecommunications services and product development; including Co-founder and Executive Vice President of Cascadent Communications, one of the world’s first commercial (b2b) Global VoIP networks backed by Cisco and HP. Prior to this he held a Senior Directorship (with international focus) with Deutsche Telekom AG, where he implemented and was responsible for the planning and rollout of the world’s first International VoIP network. He has also previously held senior management positions with international telecommunications equipment suppliers, such as Siemens AG & Plessey Communications.

He currently serves on the ITU’s Global Cybersecurity Agenda as a member of the High Level Experts Group and has also recently been a keynote speaker for the Council of Europe on ‘Threats and Trends of Cybercrime’.

Graham is an experienced international speaker, who has lectured at major events to global agencies on topics including VoIP fraud, and lawful intercept prevention and planning. He has also appeared in video productions promoting future VoIP services and has spoken on television and radio regarding the benefits of deep packet analysis techniques

About Bitek International Inc:

Bitek International, based in Los Angeles, California, is a private 33 year old company that works directly with Regulators, Operators and Governments. Bitek designs, develops and distributes pioneering VoIP technologies to detect and control voice fraud and network infringement.

Recent presentations include:

Caribbean Association of National Telecom operators Belize: Challenging the Regulator
CANTO Barbados: Reversing Declines in Telecommunications Revenue
ITU (International Telecoms Union) OOCUR, Antigua:
National Cost of VoIP Bypass’ & ‘CALEA and Lawful Intercept
Council of Europe Octopus ‘Cooperation against Cybercrime’

Specialist Presentation Subjects:
VoIP Grey Traffic Fraud and National Bypass
Dangers of P2P networks, including Skype
Failures in next generation networks
Lawful Intercept
The role of the Regulator in VoIP control
Why VoIP traffic should be regulated
Identity Management – Protecting safe communications

Certified Secure publishes various digital security "checklists". These checklists, which are freely available on www.certifiedsecure.nl, offer a guideline when testing the security of a product or service. During this presentation I will demonstrate, together with the audience, how easy it is to 'hack' a website using our checklists as a guideline.

Joost Pol (1979) started his career as a penetration tester and software auditor at Pine Digital Security. After many years of hands-on-experience in the digital security field he co-founded Certified Secure in 2006. As their CEO, Joost is harnassing his experience in the digital security field to make security more reliable

Chet Hosmer is the Sr. Vice President and Chief Scientist of WetStone Technologies, Inc. a subsidiary of Allen Corporation of America. He has over 25 years of experience in developing high technology software and hardware products, and during the last 15 years, has focused on research and development of information security technologies, with specialty areas including: cyber forensics, secure time, and intrusion detection and response.

Chet is a co-chair of the National Institute of Justice’s Electronic Crime and Terrorism Partnership Initiative’s Technology Working Group, and was one of five international steganography experts interviewed by ABC News after the 9/11 al-Qaeda attacks. Chet has been quoted in numerous cyber security articles, and has been invited to present as both a Keynote and Plenary speaker numerous times over the course of his career.

Chet is a member of the IEEE, ACM, and he is on the editorial board for the Journal of Digital Forensic Practice. Chet holds a B.S. Degree in Computer Science from Syracuse University where he is also an adjunct professor.

Chet Hosmer’s Professional Biography (PDF)

Currently the challenges of fighting Cybercrime are addressed by national, regional and international legislative approaches. The presentation provides an overview about the recent developments with regard to international approaches and explains the relation to national and regional approaches.

Dr. Marco Gercke is teaching Criminal Law with a focus on Cybercrime at the Faculty of Law, University of Cologne (Germany) and is visiting lecturer for International Criminal Law at the University of Macau (Macau). Marco is a frequent national and international speaker and author regarding Cybercrime. His latest researches were covering the Challenges of Fighting Cybercrime, International Harmonisation Approaches in the Fight against Cybercrime and Terrorist Activities in the Internet. He is Secretary of the Criminal Law Department of the German Society for Law and Informatics and works as an expert for the Council of Europe and other International Organisations.

Michael Rotert, studied business science at the University of Karlsruhe, specialising in OR / informatics. In addition to the professional experience he gained inter alia as the founder and Executive Director of Xlink, one of the first providers in Germany, as Executive Director and Senior Vice-President of KPNQWest, as Executive Director of various different Internet service providers, he has extensive academic know-how.

Before he started at Xlink, Michael Rotert worked at the University of Karlsruhe. In 1985 he implemented the first Internet connection at a German university. In June 1999, Michael Rotert was awarded the title of Honorary Professor in the field of informatics at the University of Karlsruhe, at which he has taught regularly since 1981.

Through his work at various national and international bodies, Prof. Rotert is committed to providing intensive support for the success of the Internet in Germany. Since 2000, he has been Chairman of eco Verband, Verband der deutschen Internetwirtschaft e.V., and since 2003 President of EUROISPA (European Internet Srevice Provider Association) and industrial speaker of the German delegation of the G8 Cybercrime group. He also works as an expert for the EU, UN and the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Internet Safety Games: Making Wise Choices On-line
5 groups of children and their parents and teachers will visit the conference. The Canadian organization www.livewwwires.com will let them play one of their specialized awareness-games. While the kids are working on the game their parents will get special briefings on the good and the bad things of the internet. Awareness has been adopted by the conference-organization as an important item for this conference. Thanks to Dutch politics and public organizations this topic will be an important additional piece of the conference.

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It’s a common shared responsibility but the latest forensics tools can make a huge change.
This turning point in childporn detection could change the life of many children.
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Biography
Marnix van Meer is a Security Trend Watcher, constantly on the look for new developments.
His Thinking Out Of The Box behaviour is not only reflected in his vision about products and technology, but also seen in his presentations blended with magic tricks.