Founder & Owner - M. J. Thompson Consulting, LLC - Tucson Based Incident Response BusinessPreviously a Federal Agent, with twenty five (25) years of service. Employment in Federal Law Enforcement was with The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and The United States Department of Defense, Army Criminal Investigations Division (CID) Computer Crime Investigative Unit (CCIU) Digital Forensics Research Branch (DFRB).Conducted over 500 computer forensic examinations in support of criminal investigations led by Special Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; The U.S. Customs Service; The Army Criminal Investigation Division; and State and Local Law Enforcement. Have been a computer forensic examiner, since April 1998, and have conducted the the imaging and forensic examinations of Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs) contained within IBM Storage Area Networks (SANs), not to mention high end file servers; web servers; Structured Query Language servers; mail exchange servers; media servers; domain controllers; etc. Very well versed at implementing incident response and conducting forensic examinations, within Enterprise networks, which may entail high pressure circumstances with hard deadlines. Specialty is solving cases, involving network intrusions with Advanced Persistent Threats. Also possess wide-ranging experience in cases, involving fraud; forged email correspondence; unauthorized elevation of privileges; unauthorized use of network devices; ex-filtration of intellectual property; etc.
Listed skills include Computer Forensics, Private Investigations, Criminal Investigations, Investigation, and 46 others.