1. CASE STUDY – CYBER INVESTIGATIONS
Timothy J. Nolan
218 Brown Lane  Shelbyville, TN 37160  931-842-0273  tim.nolan@charter.net
The Sylint Group, Inc.
 Various Financial Services Industry Oriented Investigations
Manager of Intrusion Detection, Incident
Response, and Cyber Investigations
Bridgestone Americas, Inc.
I was the dedicated manager directly responsible for information security
monitoring and intrusion detection, incident response, and cyber
investigations for Bridgestone Americas, Inc.
Bridgestone Americas, Inc. is the Americas entity of a $35B “Fortune Global
500” company.
Incident Response and Cyber Investigations
 Computer Hacking
 New Zero-Day Malware Attacks
 Computer Worms
 Virus, Trojan Horse,
Keyloggers
 Theft of Intellectual Property
 Extortion / Threats
 Leakage of Internal
Information to 3rd
Parties
 Cellular Fraud
 Data Theft
 Botnet Client Malware
 Rootkits, MBR Infections
 Phishing / Targeted Phishing
 System Damage/Disruption
 Financial Theft
 Toll Fraud
 Employee Harassment
 Misuse of Company Assets
 Pornography / CP
 Violations of Company Policy
 Violations of Law
Experience
I have e xtensive e xperience le ading and performing countless cyber
inve stigations. Over the course of 17 + ye ars, I have pe rformed
incident re sponse and have le d incident re sponse teams in re sponse
to information security incidents and e vents and cyber-crimes.
Many of these were and remain sensitive items that cannot be disclosed due to Non-
Disclosure Agreements (NDA) and commitments made in employee agreements,
though some details have been made public in newspaper accounts, etc..
The se include violations of policy and law and have re sulted in
e mployee and contractor te rminations, civil lawsuits, and criminal
inve stigation and prosecution.
Some investigations have been global in nature; others have occurred
across the Ame ricas. I have w orked w ith local, state, and U.S. Fede ral
law e nforcement agencies. Internally, my w ork has supported our
Corporate Se curity, Internal Audit, and Human Re sources
de partments, and top e xecutive o fficers of the company.
I have been described as a ve ry te nacious and persistent investigator
and am quite diligent to look hard to find e vidence and uncover the
facts. The se facts often are irrefutable and describe w hat happened,
w ho did it, w hen, how, w here, e tc. Evidence has both convicted and
e xonerated individuals subject to investigation.
I am familiar w ith computer forensics and investigation tools and
me thods, and I have w orked w ith e xternal investigators, polygraph
e xaminers, surveillance teams, forensics e xperts, te lephone company
fraud e xperts, malware re versers, top se curity re searchers, e tc.
What others say…
“Tim has gained the
reputation as a diligent
and tenacious security
specialist, and has
saved our company
from disaster many
times - both in the
United States and
abroad.” – RT
“His dedication to
following all possible
leads in a case is
something that most
people don't have the
patience or dedication
to do. He is one of the
most detail-oriented
and dedicated
individuals I have ever
worked with.” – JH
“Tim's obvious
experience,
background, and talent
make him a formidable
foe for anyone
attempting to steal or
misuse assets he is
charged to protect.” –SJ
“Timothy accurately
bears focus on the small
ripples in the heartbeat
of the network that
could signify threats to
the organization, but to
many others, would go
unnoticed. Timothy is
the right man to be in
charge of managing and
responding to threats to
this expansive, diverse
and complex system.”
- DM
“In the several years I
have worked with Tim, I
have come to admire his
personal integrity. He is
able to keep up with the
latest threats and
handle sensitive
incidents while
balancing the needs of
the business”. - KK