Darren Spencer
Adjunct Faculty
757-825-2900
As a Digital Forensics Examiner, Darren examines computer hard drives, storage devices like flash drives, tablets, smart phones, electronic notebooks, video game consoles or any other electronic device that may hold evidence that could be used in a court of law. . He often works on cases involving offenses committed on the Internet (‘cyber crime’) and examine computers that may have been involved in other types of crime in order to find evidence of illegal activity. He helps local, state and federal Law enforcement and Intelligence officials to analyze data and evaluate its relevance to the case under investigation. He manages the Budget and day to day activity of one of a Digital Forensics Lab.
Darren is an Adjunct Professor and teaches bachelor as well as master degree curriculum in Cyber Security certified by the National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security (NSTISS) and the NSA. He teaches students procedures for investigating cyber crimes, computer intrusions detection and prevention, network security and ethical hacking. He has taught at both private as well as public universities. He has also assisted several universities in creating computer science clubs that will later compete in computer hacking competitions and cyber challenges nationwide with much success.
He holds a B.S in Computer Information Systems, from Bellevue University Bellevue NE and a M.B.A with concentration in Computer and Information Security from North Central University, Prescott, AZ. He has several Certifications from EC Council, Access Data, Cisco, Comp-Tia and Microsoft. On his off time, he enjoys spending time with his family and learning more about Computer Hacking, Computer Forensics and Cyber Security.
Darren is an Adjunct Professor and teaches bachelor as well as master degree curriculum in Cyber Security certified by the National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security (NSTISS) and the NSA. He teaches students procedures for investigating cyber crimes, computer intrusions detection and prevention, network security and ethical hacking. He has taught at both private as well as public universities. He has also assisted several universities in creating computer science clubs that will later compete in computer hacking competitions and cyber challenges nationwide with much success.
He holds a B.S in Computer Information Systems, from Bellevue University Bellevue NE and a M.B.A with concentration in Computer and Information Security from North Central University, Prescott, AZ. He has several Certifications from EC Council, Access Data, Cisco, Comp-Tia and Microsoft. On his off time, he enjoys spending time with his family and learning more about Computer Hacking, Computer Forensics and Cyber Security.