Cyber Forensics Laboratory

Cyber Forensics Laboratory

The Cyber Forensics Laboratory supports DC3 customers through comprehensive forensic examinations, damaged device recovery, expert testimony, and technical coordination for complex digital evidence needs.

The Cyber Forensics Laboratory performs Digital and Multimedia (D/MM) forensic examinations, repairs damaged devices and expertly extracts otherwise inaccessible data from them, and provides expert testimony in legal proceedings for DC3 customers. The lab also analyzes system and network intrusions and reverse-engineers malware to support law enforcement, counterintelligence, and Defense Industrial Base activities.

Additionally, the Cyber Forensics Laboratory also collaborates with the Defense Criminal Investigative Organizations Chartered Action Group for Digital Forensics and Cyber Activities (DFCA) to develop requirements and set standards for digital investigations as new technologies emerge and evolve.

The Cyber Forensics Laboratory’s main and Southwest locations are accredited to ISO 17025 by the ANSI National Accreditation Board for their acquisition/extraction and content analysis activities, which are subject to strict quality-control and peer-review procedures. The Cyber Forensics Laboratory produces results that are valid, reliable, and based on conditions and methods that are repeatable and verifiable.

Seeking immediate response?

Please indicate what information you require sooner than the end of a final exam on your Service Request form.

Please be advised that triage results documented in an interim laboratory report are not final, are not intended to be used as evidence in a court of law, and do not replace a comprehensive forensic examination.