2026 Speaker – Lauren Spokes

The Forensic War on Privacy Advances: Mobile Phones

Speaker card with photo of Lauren Spokes and the text 'I'm speaking on Track 2, Sat 13th June'

Track 101 – 11:25am

Your name as you wish to be identified in the programme and announcements Lauren Spokes

Your title and company name if you want this to be advertised. N/A

Your social media handles, including Twitter, Bluesky and LinkedIN

BlueSky & X – @LaurenSpokes4 LI – https://uk.linkedin.com/in/lauren-spokes

Bio

Lauren has worked in Digital Forensics across both the public and private sector with roles of data retrieval from digital devices and data analysis.

Outside of work Lauren enjoys dancing, socialising and is slowly learning Italian.

Talk Abstract

With every software and hardware update released, security improvements are introduced, whether it’s because of a new or known vulnerability or just for personal security. This talk will discuss the effect those security improvements have on the digital forensic ability to obtain data and the mitigations taken to navigate the challenges they bring.

Intended Audience

This talk is aimed at anyone regardless of working in or out of cyber. No previous knowledge is required.

How NSFW is this talk?

(How spicy is your talk in chilli's?)

🌶️ – infrequent mild anger fuelled swearing

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