Cybersecurity and Cyberbreaches
From electronic medical devices and health records to safety-critical automotive electronics and mission-critical cloud-hosted business applications and distributed databases, the stakes have never been higher for network/data security and privacy.
At Barr Group we have been in the business of designing secure computers since our founding and our staff includes world-leading cybersecurity experts and trainers. Our areas of expertise include:
- Symmetric and asymmetric (public key) encryption and decryption
- Elliptic curve cryptography (ECC)
- Digital rights management (DRM) for software activation, e-books, etc.
- Privacy and cybersecurity of electronic voting systems (e-voting)
- Encryption and decryption algorithms such as DES, RSA, and AES
- User authentication and digital signatures
- Zero-knowledge tests and secure hashes (e.g., MD5)
- Firewalls and secure network protocols (TLS/SSL, SSH/SFTP, WAP/WEP)
- Biometric security, including fingerprints, retina scans, and facial recognition
- Computer viruses and other malware such as trojans and ransomware
- Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) and other attacks
- Trusted computing modules like TPM and secure bootloaders
Barr Group's cybersecurity experts are familiar with all major operating systems--such as Linux/Android, iOS, and Windows--and programming languages, including Java, JavaScript, C/C++, C#, Objective-C, Python, Perl, PHP, and assembly.
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Expert Witness Services
Barr Group's computer security experts support plaintiffs and defendants in litigation in U.S. District Courts, at the International Trade Commission (ITC), and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Our services include:
- Technical assistance with drafting of discovery requests
- Software source code review and analysis
- Source code comparisons for copyright and trade secret theft
- Prior art review for patent invalidity
- Reverse engineering of electronics and schematics review
- Forensic analysis of malware, including binary code disassembly
- Extraction of system logs and electronically-stored metadata
- Investigation of cyber attacks and data breaches
- Security audits and penetration testing
- Expert reports, declarations, and witness statements
- Testimony at deposition, oral hearings, and trials
Our experience with computer security litigation is extensive and includes electronics and source code analysis and testimony for a large number of cases in numerous U.S. District Courts and the Superior Court of Québec, including in relation to satellite TV hacking and signal interception.
Barr Group has a demonstrated ability to quickly activate one or more engineers to match the size, scope, and complexity of any project.
Further Reading
- Cybersecurity and Embedded Systems
- The State of Software Design for Safety and Security
- Security and the IoT
- To Err Is Human, To Err at Scale Is AI
The following is a representative subset of Barr Group's experts who have experience designing and/or testifying about these technologies:
Computer Security Expert Witness List
The following is a representative subset of Barr Group's experts who have experience designing and/or testifying about these technologies:
Professor Emeritus with over 30 years of expertise in information systems management, software project management, and enterprise architecture. Recognized expert…
Professor of Law with 25+ years of experience combining academic scholarship with advanced litigation practice in patent law, software intellectual property, and…
This expert leads an independent software intellectual property consulting firm with over 15 years of expertise in source code analysis, reverse engineering, and…
Assistant Professor of information studies with 15+ years of research experience in social media misinformation detection, online political communication…
Professor of the Practice in electrical and computer engineering with over 25 years of senior technical leadership in semiconductor design and microprocessor…
Senior embedded systems security engineer with over 15 years of experience designing and implementing secure systems across defense, automotive, and commercial…
Security engineer with over two decades of experience in embedded software development, vulnerability research, and reverse engineering across x86, ARM, and MIPS…
A seasoned cybersecurity executive and IT management consultant with four decades of hands-on experience designing and architecting enterprise infrastructure,…
Professor of Computer Science with over three decades of expertise in network protocol design, powerline communications systems, and cryptographic security. This…
Security architect with over 15 years of senior-level experience in Near Field Communications security, mobile payment systems, and secure embedded systems. This…