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Brandon Gregg, CPP
Corporate Investigations Manager at Seagate
Security and Investigations | San Francisco Bay Area, US
Summary
Brandon Gregg, CPP is currently the Corporate Investigations Manager for Seagate Technology, the world’s leading manufacturer of hard disc drives. Upon starting employment with Seagate, he identified the need for an internal solution to assist in the numerous high profile investigations the company conducts. Recognizing the value of having an in-house computer forensic solution, Brandon designed and manages a state of the art computer forensics lab utilizing advanced computer/ networking forensics and digital surveillance to support high-tech investigations and global E-Discovery collections. Having this kind of support for investigations and his business partners has saved his organization hundreds of thousands of dollars in costs each year and provides the evidence needed to close out some of the most complex investigations ever.
Brandon has also worked investigations for numerous other Fortune 500 companies over the last 10 years investigating theft, fraud, organized crime, terrorism, and many high profile cases as well as being an educator, published author and featured speaker on surveillance, computer forensics, complex investigations and ethical hacking.
For more information visit: www.BrandonGregg.com
Brandon has also worked investigations for numerous other Fortune 500 companies over the last 10 years investigating theft, fraud, organized crime, terrorism, and many high profile cases as well as being an educator, published author and featured speaker on surveillance, computer forensics, complex investigations and ethical hacking.
For more information visit: www.BrandonGregg.com
Specialties: Computer Forensics (Accessdata, Encase, E-Discovery, Online Investigations), I2 Investigations Analysis Software, Surveillance (Static, Stationary), Background Investigations, interview and interrogation (Wicklander, Reid) and custom CCTV design (Covert, DVR, NVR, and Wireless systems). Together with his background in organized crime, computer forensics and intelligence collection, Brandon continues to assist his peers and law enforcement with an array of lectures and publications.
Experience
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Jul 2009 - Present
Freelance Writer / IDG
Writer for CSOonline.com and IDG publications (ComputerWorld, CIO, IT Tech, etc.) -
Oct 2006 - Present
Corporate Investigations Manager / Seagate Technology
Education
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2007 - 2008
Boston University
Masters in Criminology -
1998 - 2000
San Jose State University
B.S. in SociologyActivities: Chi Pi Sigma -
Harbor High School
Additional information
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Posts
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August 18, 12:00 AM
Whodunnit? 5 free or cheap tools to manage investigations
Free software once used only by the CIA. A pen that will change your life. Brandon Gregg shares these and other inexpensive ways to manage corporate investigations. -
July 12, 12:00 AM
Covert investigations 3: covert surveillance setup
Ready to catch your bad guy in the act? Investigations manager Brandon Gregg on how to put the right surveillance equipment in the right place. -
April 26, 12:00 AM
Covert Investigations 2: Video Recording Devices
The care you use in selecting the right camera for a covert investigation can be undercut if you don't also choose the right video recording device -
April 01, 12:00 AM
Covert Investigations: Cameras
Is covert surveillance a necessary part of your investigation?Lux levels, nanny cams and other camera considerations -
February 08, 12:00 AM
How to Visualize Investigations
Visualization can help close an investigation and help communicate the findings. Corporate investigations manager Brandon Gregg explains common tools and formats. -
January 06, 12:00 AM
How to Protect Your Privacy from Computer Forensics
Concerned about identity theft? Selling or recycling an old computer? Corporate investigations manager Brandon Gregg explains three tools for making sure your data is really deleted. -
November 23, 12:00 AM
4 Cheap Options to Monitor Networks for Evidence
Investigations manager Brandon Gregg explains how to collect evidence for network investigations on the cheap without damaging the mission at hand. -
July 22, 12:00 AM
How to Build Your Own Digital Forensics Lab - for Cheap
Step-by-step instructions for downloading and using free or inexpensive digital forensics tools. -
July 06, 12:00 AM
Tools To Identify Anonymous Users Online
Corporate investigator Brandon Gregg explains how online services and tools can help crack a case. -
June 17, 12:00 AM
An Investigator's Toolkit: 5 Free Tools to Send Anonymous Messages
A corporate investigations manager shares five tools for concealing your identity. -
June 01, 12:00 AM
5 Free Ways to Track Online Leaks of Information
Investigations manager Brandon Gregg explains how to keep an eye on intellectual property using Monittor, Limewire and other free tools.
Posts
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September 04, 12:57 AM
Following the Money Related to Organized Retail Crime: Rosemont Wholesale I
ICE, the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture - Office of Inspector General and the Oakland Police Department worked together on a nearly two and one-half year investigation looking into the activities of an ORC ring operating in the San Francisco Bay Area with ties throughout the United States and abroad. -
September 04, 12:57 AM
Theft Ring Hits Grocers In Portland
Teams of criminals linked by cell phones have fanned out across Western Washington to steal all the Visine eye drops, Crest White Strips, Prilosec heartburn medication, Similac infant formula and Excedrin pain relievers they can get. -
September 04, 12:57 AM
Mother, Son Charged in Boulder Hard Drive Thefts
Police say Zoe Johnston, 53, worked as a security guard at Seagate Technologies - a computer peripheral manufactureer near Boulder. She then would take the hard drives home to her son Matthew Tennant, 26, who would sell them on ebay. -
September 04, 12:57 AM
Foreign spies have already hacked your systems
Electronic espionage has been well proven over the last year, and not just governments and big business are at risk - but all businesses. These spies use tools undetectable by regular means. 7/27/2010 5:34:00 AM By: Bob Violino -
September 04, 12:57 AM
AGMA Gathers Technology Leaders, Law Enforcement Agencies to Examine Brand
The Alliance for Gray Market and Counterfeit Abatement (AGMA), a non-profit organization dedicated to addressing the gray marketing (also unauthorized resale and parallel imports of branded goods), counterfeiting and warranty and service abuse of branded goods around the globe, kicked off the new year by holding their annual member meeting on January 20 and 21. The conference, hosted by Hewlett-Packard in Palo Alto, California, provided members with insights into many issues related to these topics, including best practices to mitigate gray market fraud and how to engage and partner with law enforcement agencies. -
September 04, 12:57 AM
SAN JOSE ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME BUST HIGHLIGHTS GROWING CRIME PROBLEM
he announcement today by federal and local authorities of the takedown of a nationally organized retail crime ring in San Jose, CA, highlights a significant and growing criminal enterprise in the United States and the need for federal legislation to combat it. -
September 04, 12:57 AM
Web scam costs user 1K
ASHLAND — When Karen Lightcap was teaching in Lewisburg on March 8, she was mugged in London — at least that’s what her Facebook page and her e-mail were telling friends. -
September 04, 12:57 AM
Marshall Doud found guilty of murder in the first degree
SANTA CRUZ - Jurors on Friday found a Santa Cruz father of three guilty of first-degree murder for killing his wife in their bedroom on a September night nearly two years ago. -
September 04, 12:57 AM
Embezzler of 6.3M given 5-year sentence
A federal judge in Minneapolis Wednesday ordered Haas TCM chemical company embezzler Chad Jurgens to return $6.3 million and serve five years in prison. -
September 04, 12:57 AM
Jury Rejects Richard Ofshe Testimony in Employee Theft Prosecution
In the case The People v. Amy Marie Garvin, Court of Appeal, Sixth District, California. Feb. 10, 2005 the defense offered expert testimony from Dr. Richard Ofshe who testified that "a poorly done interrogation could produce a false confession. Poorly trained interrogators use false "evidence ploys" in conjunction with inappropriate psychological "motivators" to coerce false confessions without knowing that the confessions are false. These interrogators focus only on producing a confession without thinking about the guilt or innocence of the person interrogated." The jury rejected this testimony and found the defendant guilty.