Defense inks deal to train more cybercrime fighters

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By Joshua Dean
jdean () govexec com 
December 13, 2001 

The Defense Department renewed its commitment to investigate
cybercrime this week by extending a contract with Computer Sciences
Corp. (CSC) to operate the Defense Computer Investigations Training
Program.

Under the eight-year, $86 million contract, CSC will help train
cybercrime fighters from the Defense Department's numerous criminal
investigation commands.

It's technology training for cops, said Chris Steinbach, director of
defense group service delivery at CSC. We've put 1,400 new law
enforcement officials within Defense on the street who know how to
deal with crime scenes where there might be digital evidence.

The crime fighters have been trained how to disassemble computers,
configure networks, search for electronic data and seize electronic
equipment without destroying vital evidence. They are also trained to
analyze computers for hidden information. Finally, the cybercops
practice testifying about computer evidence in the school's mock
courtroom,

We train them from beginning to end in how to handle cybercrime,
Steinbach said.

Cybercrime is divided into two categories. In one category, computers
are the instrument of crime. Hackers and other cybercriminals use
computers to attack or take advantage of networks and other computers.  
In the other category, computers are passive devices used to store
information pertaining to criminal activities, such as child
pornography.

Because so many criminals own computers that can be taken as evidence,
Steinbach believes all investigators must be trained in how to handle
electronic forensic evidence. More often than not, the chances are
that investigators will be walking into a digital crime scene, he
said.

CSC has 35 instructors in the training program, each with extensive
experience investigating cybercrimes. The instructors work in the same
building as the Defense Computer Forensics Laboratory in Linthicum,
Md.

CSC has trained law enforcement officials from other federal agencies
and state and local governments in the past. Steinbach expects to
train more non-Defense students in the future.




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