Dear Ms Genco, Contact your local FBI office and ask to talk to FBI agent in charge of INFRAGARD program. It may take some time and calls (try using computer crime task force) to get past phone person. This is part of public/private partnership. Since you are employed as system admin you can join program. You get to go to meetings, meet people who are doing security/crime issues. Also it helps on resumes for future. Regards, David R. Hibbeln -----Original Message----- From: Elizabeth Genco [mailto:elizabeth.gencoat_private] Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 7:31 PM To: 'forensicsat_private' Subject: transition to a career in computer forensics Hello, all, I'm a systems administrator with an MS in computer science and about three years of full-time experience who is looking to make a career transition to computer forensics. For the past several weeks, I've been investigating this field by seeking out information on lists such as this, in books, and on other websites. I've found a lot of great stuff, and I'm very interested in learning more about the field with an eye toward getting a job as a technician or an analyst. I've signed up for a couple of online courses at Knowledge Solutions to get my feet wet (http://www.corpus-delicti.com), and if they go well, I will enroll in the online course offered by Key Computer (http://www.cftco.com). I've spent some time pouring over the list archives, and there are a lot of great references mentioned (books, websites, software, training courses, etc). What I'm looking for now is a little bit of advice on how to successfully transition from my job as a systems administrator to a job in the computer forensics field (public or private sector). Have any of you made such a transition? How did it work out for you? I have all this great information in front of me, and I'd love any advice on how best to make use of it. Any suggestions (from anyone -- not just former sysadmins) on where to best apply my energies would be helpful. I'd also love to hear about any companies or organizations in the New York City area that do computer forensics work. Thanks very much! Elizabeth Genco ----------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
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