Brad R. Montgomery
Special Agent
Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation
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S/A Brad Montgomery Graduated from Marian College in 1992 with a Bachelor's Degree in Administration of Justice. He has worked as a Special Agent with the Wisconsin Department of Justice since February, 1994. He first worked with the Division of Narcotics Enforcement until August 1997 then transferred to the Division of Criminal Investigation's Arson Bureau. In 1998 he began working to build the Computer Crimes for DCI, working on both computer crime and arson investigations, and was transferred into the new Computer Crime Unit as the sole Special Agent in the unit in 1999.
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While in the Computer Crimes Unit he assisted in developing Wisconsin's Federal Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. This ICAC Task Force has since become one of the most successful ICAC Task Forces in the nation.
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In 1999, he assisted in developing DCI's first Computer Forensic Unit (CFU) to meet the demands of the caseloads provided by the ICAC Task Force. In June, 2000 was fully transferred into the CFU to work with the ICAC Task Force. Expanded the unit’s capabilities from its beginnings of one Digital Intel FRED analysis computer, to a 50 client, and 15 Terabyte Server, computer forensic network.
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His responsibilities in the CFU include seizure, duplication and analysis of computer, investigation of electronic intrusions, computer-facilitated child exploitation and proactive investigations involving online child enticement. He provides computer evidence analysis in cases involving arson, homicide, white collar crimes, government corruption, gaming, and any other case which DCI may investigate. He also provides ongoing consultation to law enforcement officers throughout the State of Wisconsin regarding computer crime related investigations and forensic computer examinations.
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S/A Montgomery provides computer crime and evidence related training to local, state and federal law enforcement officers through DCI and third party sponsored training. He assisted in the development of DCI’s weeklong computer crime course, Seizing Processing and Analyzing Computer Evidence (SPACE), which was provided to local law enforcement in Wisconsin.
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S/A Montgomery is a former board member of the Wisconsin Cyber Incident Response Planning Group organized to put together a response plan for potential Cyber-Terrorism attacks on Wisconsin’s infrastructure.
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S/A Montgomery is also currently employed as a part-time instructor for Guidance Software (creators of EnCase computer forensic software), providing training throughout the United States in the use of EnCase software and computer forensic examinations to local, state, federal and international law enforcement officers, military and intelligence community personnel, as well as examiners from private corporations. He is also employed as a part-time instructor for MATC - Madison, providing training in Wisconsin to local law enforcement officers in the field of computer crime investigations, digital evidence handling, and computer forensics.
Presentation:
Incident Response vs. Computer Crime Investigation
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