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Partha Alwar

Director, Stroz Friedberg

Partha Alwar is a Director at Stroz Friedberg, a specialized risk management firm built to help clients solve the complex challenges prevalent in today’s digital, connected, and regulated business world. In this role, Mr. Alwar serves as a technical lead in investigations related to Digital Forensics and Incident Response. Mr. Alwar’s expertise primarily lies in host based forensics, log analysis and malware reverse engineering. He also holds the GCFE and GREM certifications.

 

Mr. Alwar has lead incident response teams in a number of significant matters including the investigation of data breaches within large financial networks, ransomware attacks, theft of crypto-currency, theft of intellectual property, and state-sponsored intrusions. He regularly conducts digital forensic preservations, examinations and analyses in support of a variety of contexts including civil litigations, criminal matters, internal investigations, data breach investigations, and incident response efforts. Mr. Alwar is also deeply passionate about innovation within the field of incident response. He has developed custom tools for Aon Cyber Solutions that effectively triages data from infected systems in a scalable approach. Before joining Stroz Friedberg in 2015, Mr. Alwar received his Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity focusing on trusted systems and digital forensics. Before that, Mr. Alwar received his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering.