Donald E. Allison

As a Digital Forensic Examiner in Stroz Friedberg’s Washington, DC, office Donald E. Allison is highly engaged in new tools and technologies for the evolving computer forensic and IT environment. He brings more than 25 years experience in critical information management, network and software security, and computer forensic investigations and maintains an active docket of cases, managing complex investigations involving the preservation and harvesting of relevant digital evidence from enterprise-wide computers and servers for use in internal corporate and regulatory investigations; in-depth analysis and tracking of digital files over time within a networked environment; analysis of websites and archived websites; and forensic examination of digital evidence for use in civil, regulatory, bankruptcy, and criminal matters involving the theft of proprietary information and intellectual property, spoliation, securities fraud, and defense contracting abuse.

Qualified as an expert in computer forensics in the Federal District Court of the Eastern District of Virginia, Mr. Allison has performed computer forensic examinations in support of both civil and criminal cases. He has developed methods to forensically evaluate and report the information flow and communications interactions in multinational, multilingual cases involving localized, foreign language versions of operating systems and software. He also has significant experience in the analysis and implementation of computer forensic methodology and protocols in support of complex cases, including the Brian Patrick Regan espionage case and the Zacarias Moussaoui terrorist case.

Mr. Allison authored the Department of Defense (DoD)’s information assurance policy for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Test and Evaluation Directorate and the software assurance policy for the MDA's System Engineering Directorate. He was a member of the MDA Software Advisory Panel and served as the Chairman of the Information Assurance and Software Assurance Subcommittees of the MDA’s Software Advisory Process Group.

Prior to working at the MDA, Mr. Allison participated in the oversight of the DoD's Joint Simulation Training for the U.S. Navy at the U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Simulation and Training Center. He was the lead technical controller for the Navy's joint simulation during large-scale combined and Allied forces war-fighting exercises. As a Research and Development scientist at Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory, he worked with next generation submarine detection and counter-detection technology development. He also participated in the Distributed Interactive Simulation initiative of the DoD. He previously worked for NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, with his principal effort involving satellite data analysis using large-scale super computer models.

Mr. Allison has an M.S. in Meteorology from Florida State University, and a B.S. in Meteorology from Pennsylvania State University. Mr. Allison received a NASA fellowship while at Florida State, one of four awarded in the nation. He is an EnCase Certified Examiner, an X-Ways Certified Forensic Examiner, and Certified in the Governance of the Enterprise Information Technology. Mr. Allison has been the technical reviewer of computer forensics text books and was a guest lecturer on computer forensics at the Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine and the Virginia Commonwealth University.