ABSTRACT: According to reporting in The Carmel Pine Cone, “MORE THAN a month after Carmel police spent three hours searching city IT manager Steve McInchak’s Carmel Valley home — seizing computers, an iPhone and thumb drives — the city has not asked the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office to prosecute him” and “Monterey County Chief Assistant District Attorney Terry Spitz said he hasn’t been asked to file charges against McInchak.” And City Administrator Jason Stilwell signed a $25,000 contract with Mark Alcock on February 25, 2013, and Alcock began investigating McInchak “under the ruse that he was conducting an audit of the City’s computer system and servers,” according to the search warrant. Alcock is being paid $200.00 per hour, plus expenses; Alcock’s April 2013 invoice totaled $10,958, and his May invoice totaled $10,316 for a total compensation of $21,274, according to reporting in The Carmel Pine Cone. Information about Mark Alcock, Forensic Examiner, including BACKGROUND information, BIOGRAPHY and Specialization and Expertise is presented. Although the City provided The Carmel Pine Cone with a copy of Alcock’s contract and two invoices, dated April 22 and May 22, 2013, “almost all of the meaningful portions” were “deleted,” according to The Carmel Pine Cone. Moreover, a member of the public’s Public Records Act request for checks, invoices and contract has yet to be fulfilled. Ergo, the California Public Records Act (Government Code Section 6250-6270) document is embedded.
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By MARY SCHLEY, The Carmel
Pine Cone
Published: July 12, 2013
Published: July 12, 2013
MARK ALCOCK, FORENSIC EXAMINER
BACKGROUND
2. I am a certified Forensic Examiner and Information
Security Specialist for M2000/IS. M2000/IS is an information security
consulting company and member of a Computer Incident Response and Investigation
Team ("CIRI Team").
3. I am a co-author ofthe book "Overly on Electronic
Evidence in California ,"
2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 editions. I am presently appointed as a Forensic
Examiner for the Superior Court of California for the Counties of Orange.
4. I have performed hundreds ofcomputer/electronic-based
forensic examinations, provided litigation support, expert reports and
declarations and have served as an expert witness. I am a member of the FBI
Infragard where I give lectures at the FBI crime summits on cyber threats and
incidence response and give support to the FBI cyber squad. Concurrently, I
spent 23 years in law enforcement; at present I am a retired Sergeant from the
Long Beach Police Department where I provided services for information
technology and cyber incidences and taught at the Long Beach Police
Academy
5. I hold the following certifications: Certified Forensic
Examiner, Certified Electronic Evidence Specialist, Certified Electronic Crime
Scene Investigator, Certified Network Engineer, P.O.S.T. Certified Police
Officer, Microsoft Certified System Engineer, Certified Electronic Publishing
Consultant, Intel Product Developer, and Certified Network Security Expert. I
have professional affiliations with the American College
6. As a forensic examiner, I have performed hundreds of
computer/electronic based forensic examinations, many of which involved the
analysis of code. Through this work, I have gained a broad base of knowledge
that includes extensive experience analyzing web sites, web site source code,
internet traffic, and client side technologies such as Flash and JavaScript.
Source: DECLARATION OF MARK ALCOCK CASE NO: CV 06-7561 PA(CWX) (2009)
BIOGRAPHY
Mark Alcock
Forensic Examiner
M. A. Services
Mr. Alcock is a certified Forensic Examiner and Information Security Specialist for M.A. Services. M.A. Services is an information security consulting company that was founded by Mr. Alcock in 1982 and is a member of a Computer Incident Response and Investigation Team (“CIRI Team”). He has performed hundreds of computer/electronic-based forensic exanimations, provided litigation support, expert reports and declarations and has served as an expert witness.
Forensic Examiner
M. A. Services
Mr. Alcock is a certified Forensic Examiner and Information Security Specialist for M.A. Services. M.A. Services is an information security consulting company that was founded by Mr. Alcock in 1982 and is a member of a Computer Incident Response and Investigation Team (“CIRI Team”). He has performed hundreds of computer/electronic-based forensic exanimations, provided litigation support, expert reports and declarations and has served as an expert witness.
Mr. Alcock co-authored the book “Overly on Electronic
Evidence in California ”
for the following editions: 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Mr. Alcock has been appointed as an Examiner for the
Superior Court of California for the Counties of Orange, Los
Angeles and Santa Clara .
He performs computer/electronic-based forensic examinations, litigation
support, expert reports and declarations, maintains evidence and serves as an
expert witness.
Mr. Alcock is a member of the FBI Infragard where he gives
lectures at the FBI crime summits on cyber threats and incidence response and
gives support to the FBI cyber squad.
Concurrently, Mr. Alcock spent 24 years in law enforcement;
at present a retired Sergeant from the Long Beach Police Department where he
provided services for information technology and cyber incidences and taught at
the Long Beach Police Academy
Mr. Alcock holds the following certifications: Certified
Forensic Examiner, Certified Electronic Evidence Specialist, Certified
Electronic Crime Scene Investigator, Certified Network Engineer, P.O.S.T.
Certified Police Officer, Microsoft Certified System Engineer, Certified
Electronic Publishing Consultant, Intel Product Developer, and Certified
Network Security Expert.
Mark
AlcockForensic Examiner
Specializing in:
Computer Forensics
Litigation Support
Expert Testimony
Computer Forensics
Litigation Support
Expert Testimony
26 Years Experience
Law Enforcement & Computer Technology
Law Enforcement & Computer Technology
Appointed
Court Examiner by
TheSuperior Court
of Southern
California
County of Orange
The
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Serves as Neutral Forensic Examiner –
Mr. Alcock's Expertise:
-Responding
to computer crimes and incidences.
-Analysis
of digital evidence.
-Litigation
and trial support.
-Production
of electronic discovery.
-Expert
witness and testimony.
-Collection,
preservation and presentation of electronically stored information (ESI).
-Has provided expert testimony in hundreds of cases; both
civil and criminal, representing plaintiffs and defense.
-Cases have included theft of intellectual property,
wrongful termination, employee misconduct, electronic embezzlement, malicious
network intrusion, theft of trade secrets and copyright infringement.
-Assisted small, medium and large fortune 500 companies in their collection and production of electronically stored information (ESI).
GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 6250-6270
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