Interhack Presents Integrity in Digital Evidence at Ohio Judicial College

(September 9, 2011) Scores of Ohio judges convened in Columbus on September 8-9 for the 2011 Ohio Judicial College Annual Meeting. Computer science expert C. Matthew Curtin addresses the audience in his session Integrity in Digital Evidence: Rendering Judgment on an Electronic Record.

Columbus, OH—Scores of Ohio judges convened in Columbus on September 8-9 for the 2011 Ohio Judicial College Annual Meeting. Computer science expert C. Matthew Curtin addresses the audience in his session Integrity in Digital Evidence: Rendering Judgment on an Electronic Record. 

"Our present rush to electronic information systems presents us with a challenge unique to our time: how to ensure the authenticity of an electronic record that costs essentially nothing to modify." — C. Matthew Curtin, Founder, Interhack Corp.

Man's present rush to electronic information systems presents us with a challenge unique to our time: how to ensure the authenticity of an electronic record that costs essentially nothing to modify. Judges and juries are presented more and more with evidence in digital format. This session examines the implications and helps judges the understanding necessary to render judgement on electronic records.

Matt Curtin is the Founder of Interhack Corporation—a computer experts firm—and a Lecturer in the Ohio State University's Department of Computer Science and Engineering. A technologist from childhood, Curtin has been applying his expertise in the science of computing to legal matters for over a decade, appearing as an expert witness in matters like the Pharmatrak Privacy Litigation in which the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals relied on his opinion to define was is considered protected “content” on the Web under ECPA. 

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About Interhack

Interhack aids executives and attorneys facing challenges and opportunities involving the use of information.  We perform security and privacy assessments, as well as services to work with data in legal proceedings.  Our work is used to find the right questions to ask and the best answers science can provide.  Based in Columbus, Ohio, Interhack supports clients all over North America.  Additional information about Interhack is available at web.interhack.com.