Josh Brunty

Brunty earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Criminal Justice and Criminology from [[Marshall University]].<ref name="marshall-moments" /> He later received his Ph.D. in Information Technology from [[Middle Georgia State University]].<ref name="marshall-moments" /><ref>{{cite web |title=MGA IT Alumnus Named US Cyber Team Head Coach |url=https://inside.mga.edu/2023/08/it-alumnus-named-us-cyber-team-head-coach.php |website=Middle Georgia State University |access-date=2025-06-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=DSCIT Graduates |url=https://www.mga.edu/computing/dscit-graduates.php |website=Middle Georgia State University |access-date=2025-06-27}}</ref>

Brunty earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Criminal Justice and Criminology from [[Marshall University]].<ref name="marshall-moments" /> He later received his Ph.D. in Information Technology from [[Middle Georgia State University]].<ref name="marshall-moments" /><ref>{{cite web |title=MGA IT Alumnus Named US Cyber Team Head Coach |url=https://inside.mga.edu/2023/08/it-alumnus-named-us-cyber-team-head-coach.php |website=Middle Georgia State University |access-date=2025-06-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=DSCIT Graduates |url=https://www.mga.edu/computing/dscit-graduates.php |website=Middle Georgia State University |access-date=2025-06-27}}</ref>

Brunty’s early research as a graduate student involved the automatic verification and validation of tools.<ref>Brunty, Josh (16 November 2022). “Validation of forensic tools and methods: A primer for the digital forensics examiner”. WIREs Forensic Science. 5 (2): e1474. doi:10.1002/wfs2.1474.</ref> These validation practices are commonplace in many modern [[digital forensic]] tools and lab practices.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​.<ref>{{cite web |title=Article in DFI by our own Josh Brunty |url=https://www.marshall.edu/forensics/news/article-in-dfi-by-our-own-josh-brunty |website=Marshall University Forensic Science Center |date=2015-12-08 |access-date=2025-06-27}}</ref>

Brunty’s early research as a graduate student involved the automatic verification and validation of tools. {{cite journal |last=Brunty |first=Josh |date=2022-11-16 |title=Validation of forensic tools and methods: A primer for the digital forensics examiner |journal=WIREs Forensic Science |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=e1474 |doi=10.1002/wfs2.1474}}​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ These validation practices are commonplace in many modern [[digital forensic]] tools and lab practices.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​.<ref>{{cite web |title=Article in DFI by our own Josh Brunty |url=https://www.marshall.edu/forensics/news/article-in-dfi-by-our-own-josh-brunty |website=Marshall University Forensic Science Center |date=2015-12-08 |access-date=2025-06-27}}</ref>

==Career==

==Career==