Vermont Security and Incident Response Resources

This page is provided as a convenience to the community to offer guidance to Vermont network and computer users who are the victim of some information security incident, be it a computer-based crime or network "hack." Inclusion on this list should not be considered an endorsement or a reference. Questions, comments, additions, etc. can be sent to Gary Kessler (kumquat@sover.net).

National Response Agencies

CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Phone: 412-268-7090 (24-hour hotline) Fax: 412-268-6989 E-mail: cert@cert.org (Incident and vulnerability reporting)

Internet Storm Center SANS Institute 5401 Westbard Ave Suite 1501 Bethesda, MD 20816 Phone: 904-632-8148 E-mail: handler@incidents.org (Active incident reporting)

US-CERT Department of Homeland Security Mail Stop 8500 245 Murray Lane, SW, Building 410 Washington, D.C. 20528 Phone: 1-888-282-0870 E-mail: soc@us-cert.gov (PGP/GPG key) (Cyber threats to infrastructure)

Vermont Law Enforcement and Response Agencies

Special Agent Thomas P. Leene Federal Bureau of Investigation Federal Building P.O. Box 544 Burlington, Vermont 05402 Phone: 802-863-6316 E-mail: tleene@leo.gov	Thomas D. Anderson Office of the U.S. Attorney U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building Post Office Box 570 11 Elmwood Avenue, 3rd Floor Burlington, VT 05402-0570 Phone: 802-951-6725 Fax: 802-951-6540 E-mail: usavt.ContactUs1@usdoj.gov	William H. Sorrell Vermont Office of the Attorney General 109 State Street Montpelier VT 05609-1001 Phone: 802-828-5512 Fax: 802-828-2154 E-mail: atginfo@atg.state.vt.us
Vermont Internet Crimes Against Children / Vermont Internet Crimes Task Force
Sgt. Kris Carlson Burlington Police Department 1 North Ave. Burlington, VT 05401 Phone: 802-658-2704, Ext 252 E-mail: kcarlson@bpdvt.org	Lt. Mark Lauer Sgt. Brian Penders Vermont State Police Williston, VT Phone: 802-872-6111 E-mail: mlauer@dps.state.vt.us             bpenders@dps.state.vt.us	Gary Kessler Champlain College Center for Digital Investigation 163 So. Willard Street Burlington, VT 05401 Phone: 802-865-6460 Fax: 802-865-6446 E-mail: gary.kessler@champlain.edu
Lt. Rick P. Garey Essex Police Department 81 Main Street Essex Jct., VT 05452 Phone: 802-857-0087 Fax: 802-878-1340 E-mail: rgarey@essex.org	Senior Resident Agent Keith Saunders U.S. Secret Service Burlington, Vermont 05401 Phone: 802-651-4091

Vermont Consultants

Craig Cantwell C.E. Cantwell & Associates, Inc. Southern Vermont Digital Forensics Laboratory 36 Chickering Drive Brattleboro, VT 05301-8861 Phone: 802-451-1098 or 802-251-3064 Fax: 802-302-6709 E-mail: info@DataForensics.us (Digital evidence seizure, analysis of electronic discovery to law firms, data recovery)	Zach Chambers Sam Hooker ClearBearing, Inc. 208 Flynn Avenue, Suite 2E Burlington, VT 05401 Phone: 802-846-1855 Fax: 802-846-1812 E-mail: tech@clearbearing.com (Internet engineering, contract systems administration, information security)	David Gadway, MCSA, CISSP Senior Manager, IT Consulting Gallagher, Flynn & Company, PLC 77 College Street, PO Box 447 Burlington, VT 05402-0447 Phone: 802-651-7220 Fax: 802-651-7305 E-mail: dgadway@gfc.com (Security audit and network design/implementation services)
Gary C. Kessler, CCE, CISSP GKS Digital Services P.O. Box 8471 Essex, VT 05451 Phone: 802-238-8913 E-mail: GKS@gksdigitalservices.com (PGP key) (Computer forensics [civil only], e-discovery, policy development, training)

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