Barr Group's experienced computer security expert witnesses review patent portfolios and advise attorneys in cyberbreach and IP litigation. Many Barr Group engineers have hands-on experience designing secure computing platforms. And our cybersecurity expert team includes several who have testified in high-profile civil and criminal trials.
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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.
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:
Senior electrical engineer with over four decades of expertise in conditional access systems, dig
Cybersecurity executive with two decades of expertise in governance, risk management, and inciden
Professor of Law specializing in telecommunications regulation, network neutrality, and internet
Wireless systems engineer and CTO with over a decade of specialized experience in Bluetooth Low E
Computer scientist and distinguished expert in biometric presentation attack detection and uncons
Data scientist and machine learning systems architect with over two decades of experience in larg
Senior automotive engineering executive with over 30 years of expertise in mechatronic actuation
Senior expert in automotive crash safety systems with over two decades of experience in restraint
Assistant Professor of Computer Science specializing in applied cryptography, zero-knowledge proo
Wireless systems and distributed computing expert with over five years of active litigation exper