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BEYOND THE SHADOWS: Exploring the Ethics and Legal Considerations of Operating on the Dark Web

Clear ethics and authorities are vital to moving quickly on OSINT investigations in the Dark Web and elsewhere. Our panel of experts from the DOD and DOJ will share their experiences leveraging OSINT data. The discussion will feature expert guests Tim Farmer (Lead Trainer of Bluestone Analytics), Lili Infante (CEO of CAT Labs), and Jon Cook (Royal Canadian Mounted Police).

About Tim Farmer

Tim has served as a US Army All-Source Intelligence Analyst for more than ten years. Having been certified as an OSINT instructor by the Army OSINT Office, he has taught service members, employees, and contractors. He is currently the training lead at Bluestone Analytics, a CACI company.

Tim Farmer

About Lili Infante

Lili Infante is the CEO of CAT Labs building digital asset recovery and cybersecurity tools to fight crypto crime. She spent the last decade as a Special Agent at the US Department of Justice, DEA chasing crypto criminals, and leading some of the most prolific crypto cases in history, to include the takedown of Hydra Market - the largest and longest dark web market in the world accounting for over 80% of all dark web cryptocurrency transactions.

Lili Infante

About Jon Cook

Constable Jon Cook is a Police Officer with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police with 15 years service in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is the RCMP Alberta Provincial Cybercrime Co-ordinator within the fairly new RCMP Federal Policing - Cybercrime Investigative Team [Edmonton] which was formed two years ago. The Team takes on investigations of all kinds across Alberta including ransomware, business email compromise, hacking, and other cybercrimes.

Jon Cook