William J. Long elected Vice President of the Digital Forensics
Certification Board  

Birmingham, Alabama – William J. Long has been elected Vice President of the Digital Forensics Certification Board (DFCB). Founded in 2004, the Digital Forensics Certification Board is a member-driven, non-profit, vendor-independent organization of the National Center for Forensic Science, sponsored in part through a grant from the National Institute of Justice. DFCB was founded to provide, among other things, an objective certification in digital forensics in order to promote trust and confidence in the digital forensics profession. The Board offers professional certification for digital evidence examiners called the Digital Forensics Certified Practitioner (DFCP), which Mr. Long currently holds.

Mr. Long is a Principal of AEA Group; a consulting firm located in Birmingham, Alabama that provides services throughout the US to parties involved in litigation, complex financial transactions and business challenges. Mr. Long specializes in matters involving digital information, electronic discovery and digital forensics.