Jason Jordaan

Jason Jordaan is a digital forensics, incident response, and cybercrime investigation specialist. He has been acknowledged in as an expert witness in these fields in the High Court of South Africa. He began his digital forensics career in the early days of the development of the digital forensics discipline when he combined his love for computers and technology with his role as a police detective. He served as a detective with the South African Police Service Commercial Branch, before moving to the Special Investigating Unit, where he established their digital forensics laboratory. As the founder and Principal Forensic Analyst of DFIRLABS, Jason leads the practice, and continues to conduct high-level digital forensics engagements throughout the globe.

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"In seeking the truth, I am both a scientist and philosopher. The scientist part of me wants to know how, while the philosopher part of me wants to know why." Jason Jordaan

Jason is also an active academic, researcher, author, speaker, advisor, and trainer. He is a member of the faculty of the SANS Technology Institute, an NSA Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense and multiple winner of the National Cyber League competition. He teaches digital forensics and is a course author for the SANS Institute. He has taught digital forensics to some of the leading law enforcement agencies, intelligence services, and military units in the world, including the FBI, US Secret Service, London Metropolitan Police, UK National Crime Agency, US Special Operations Command, Australian Air Force, the German Army, and more.

He is actively involved in mentoring law enforcement digital forensic practitioners as a member of IACIS. His author has been published in several peer reviewed journals, with his recent research focusing on quality assurance in digital forensics. Jason is also a co-author and contributing author to several books.

He is a member of the Advisory Board for the University of Pretoria, the SANS Institute, and served as an advisor to the South African Deputy Minister of Justice for the development of the South African Cyber Crime Act. Jason is also an assessor for the Netherlands Register of Court Experts, where he is responsible for assessing the competence of digital forensic experts for the purposes of testifying in Dutch criminal trials.

Jason holds a MSc degree in Computer Science (Cum Laude), a MTech degree in Forensic Investigation, a BComHons degree in Information Systems, a BSc degree in Criminal Justice Computer Science (Summa Cum Laude), and a BTech degree in Policing.

He is a member of several professional bodies and hold the following certifications and post-nominals: CFCE, CFE, MCSFS, PMIITPSA, FP (SA), and M.INST.D(SA).

He also holds the following GIAC certifications: GBFA, GCFE, GCFA, GCIH, and GCCC.

Qualifications Summary

20+ year veteran of the digital forensics field
Former National Head of the Cyber Forensic Laboratory of the Special Investigating Unit in South Africa, which he developed
Principal Instructor for SANS FOR500: Windows Forensic Analysis
Teaches digital forensics and incident response at Rhodes University
Serves on the Advisory Board for the Department of Computer Science at the University of Pretoria
Law enforcement officer mentor in the Asia Pacific region and Europe.
Trainer, lecturer, and mentor in the field of digital forensics since 2010
Researcher and writer whose work has been published in several textbooks and academic journals

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