Defense Cyber Crime Center

established as an entity within the department of the air force in 1998, dc3 provides digital and multimedia (d/mm) forensics, specialized cyber training, technical solutions development, and cyber analytics for the following dod mission areas: cybersecurity (cs) and critical infrastructure protection (cip), law enforcement and counterintelligence (le/ci), document and media exploitation (domex), and counterterrorism (ct). dc3 delivers capability via six functional organizations which create synergies and enable considerable capability for its size. dc3 is designated as a federal cyber center by national security presidential directive 54 / homeland security presidential directive 23, as a dod center of excellence for d/mm forensics by dod directive 5505.13e, and serves as the operational focal point for the defense industrial base cybersecurity program (dib cs program; 32 cfr part 236). dc3 delivers capability with a team of approximately 430 people, comprised of department of the