Ross
Mayfield, Deputy 1125
1410 12th St.
Apt 1
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
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Ross
Mayfield is a nationally recognized expert in information
systems and the field of computer law enforcement investigations.
Currently he holds the faculty position of Practitioner in
Residence at the University of New Haven, School of Cyber Crime
and Computer Forensics and also serves as an instructor for
SEARCH. He is a sworn Deputy Sheriff in Marion County,
Kansas, served as a sworn Reserve Police Officer and Computer
Forensic Investigator for Torrance, California, is a State of
California Certified Computer Crime Investigator, an Institute of
Criminal Investigation Certified Instructor, and has testified as
an expert witness on information systems and computer forensics.
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Additional Information:
Ross
served as CIO, Vice President of Information Technology, and Director
of Manufacturing for a multi-national public company in the fiber
optic industry, Luminent, Inc. Deputy Mayfield served two years at
the National Criminal Justice Computer Laboratory and Training Center
(SEARCH) where he taught Advanced Internet Investigation to sworn
Federal, State and Local law enforcement officers and agents
including Secret Service, Air Force OSI, IRS, FBI, ATF and NSA. At
SEARCH, he also consulted on many government information systems
including the Federal Reserve Bank and the Supreme Courts of Texas
and Alaska. Prior to this, Ross served as CIO of Enterprise Systems
Consulting.
The
Lt. Governor of California awarded Mr. Mayfield the State of
California Commendation for his pioneering work in computer crime
investigations while serving with the Los Angeles, California Police
Department (LAPD). Mr. Mayfield served with the LAPD as a specialist
reserve officer and computer crime instructor from 1993 to 1997. He
was attached to an elite unit that investigated computer crime across
network connections. Mr. Mayfield successfully penetrated many
offenders computer systems, recovered decisive evidence and
personally trained more than 100 detectives in network
investigations, computer security methods and policy development.
Additionally, Mr. Mayfield pioneered methods in breaking password and
encryption protection on suspects computers and participated in
the execution of many search warrants and the arrests of numerous
offenders. He was awarded numerous commendations, including the "LAPD
Non-Geographical Divisions Reserve Police Officer of the Year for
1994."
Mr.
Mayfield served nearly four years as Adjunct Professor of Management
Information Systems and lectured on Technology Management at
Pepperdine University. He has been a featured lecturer on Internet
security at U.S. Justice Department sponsored symposiums. He is the
discoverer of Mayfields Paradox, a fundamental principle of
Information Security proven by the Mathematics Department of the
University of Southern California.
As
a Senior Network Scientist, Mr. Mayfield provided computer security
consulting to such companies and organizations as Disney, Honda, the
J. Paul Getty Trust, the U.S. Department of Justice and the States of
Texas, Kansas, Oregon, Nebraska, Idaho, Alaska, Louisiana, Wisconsin,
Oklahoma and Hawaii.
The
work Ross has pioneered has been the featured subject for articles in
magazines such as Computer World,
Cybercop Boot Camp
September, 1998, SANS Institute, The Cost of Security:
Mayfields Paradox, November 21, 2000, and Information
Systems Security Association (ISSA) Password, Mathematical
Proofs of Mayfields Paradox, a Fundamental Principle of
Information Security, December, 2000.
Mr.
Mayfield is a patent holder. He was a recipient of Citicorps
highest Technical Achievement Award.