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News | Feb. 19, 2020

Specht Biography

Jeffrey D. Specht

MR. JEFFREY D. SPECHT


Jeffrey D. Specht is Executive Director, Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3), Linthicum, Maryland. Operating under Secretary of the Air Force executive agency, DC3 functions as a designated Federal Cyber Center and as a DoD Center of Excellence for digital and multimedia forensics. Mr. Specht directs a business and technology support directorate and six functional directorates to deliver capabilities DoD-wide. These include developing and delivering digital forensic lab services and technical solutions to DoD law enforcement and counterintelligence (LE/CI) organizations; training LE/CI cyber specialists as well as Enterprise and Cyber Mission Forces; and performing sharply focused technical analyses for DoD LE/CI cyber operations. As the operational focal point for the voluntary Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Cybersecurity (CS) Program, DC3 delivers actionable threat products and analyses for DIB CS participants. DC3 is also the single DoD repository to receive and analyze mandatory cyber incident reporting from 100K DIB companies incident to statute or DoD policy; and notify Combatant Commands, Services and Agencies, as well as deconflicting response activities with DoD and federal mission partners.

A career special agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI), he directed and led LE/CI investigations and operations at every Air Force level, with career broadening opportunities as a Legislative Fellow and as Deputy Director, Office of Security and Counterintelligence, National Reconnaissance Office. Prior to assuming his current position, Mr. Specht was the AFOSI Executive Director, serving as principal deputy of the US Air Force’s worldwide federal LE/CI agency; a force of 2,200 federally credentialed special agents and 1,000 professional staff operating at 254 locations around the globe. He oversaw the headquarters staff, field operations, and the AFOSI Special Investigations Career Program. He was also responsible for executive level policy coordination, liaison, and representation to national and international organizations.


EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

1993  -  Bachelor of Arts, Criminal Justice, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
1995  -  Master of Public Administration, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
2003  -  Air Command and Staff College, Capitol Hill Seminar, Washington DC
2011  -  Master of National Security Strategy, National War College, Fort McNair, Washington DC
2015  -  DoD APEX, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, DC
2017  -  Federal Bureau of Investigation National Executive Institute, Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA
2018  -  Senior Executives in National & International Security, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA


CAREER CHRONOLOGY

1. April 1995 - July 1997, Criminal Investigator, AFOSI Detachment 104, Eglin AFB, FL
2. July 1997 - July 2000, Chief, Fraud Investigations Division, AFOSI Detachment 515, Ramstein AB, Germany UNITED STATES AIR FORCE 3. July 2000 - June 2001, Chief, Counterintelligence Requirements, HQ AFOSI, Andrews AFB, MD
4. June 2001 - October 2002, Chief, Commander's Action Group, HQ AFOSI, Andrews AFB, MD
5. October 2002 - August 2003, Congressional Fellow, Secretary of the Air Force Legislative Liaison Directorate, Pentagon, VA
6. August 2003 - July 2005, Special Agent in Charge, AFOSI Detachment 703, Eglin AFB, FL
7. July 2005 - June 2008, Special Agent in Charge, AFOSI Detachment 340, MacDill AFB, FL
8. June 2008 to April 2009, Deputy Director, Air Force Special Investigations Academy, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Glynco, GA 9. April 2009 to August 2010, Director, Air Force Special Investigations Academy, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Glynco, GA
10. August 2010 to June 2011, student, National War College, Ft McNair, DC
11. June 2011 to November 2012, Deputy Director, Office of Security and Counterintelligence, National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly, VA 12. November 2012 to November 2018, Executive Director, HQ AFOSI, Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA
13. November 2018 to present, Executive Director, DC3, Linthicum, MD


AWARDS AND HONORS

Air Force Exemplary Civilian Service Award Medal
AFOSI Civilian Special Agent of the Year, 1998
AFOSI Senior Civilian Special Agent of the Year, 2009
Air Force Meritorious Civilian Service Award Medal (x5)


PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS

International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
Chair, IACP Global Policing Division Steering Committee - Advisory Committee (GPDSC-AC)
Law Enforcement and Security Liaison Officers Association
National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)

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Special Agent Jeff Polanco, forensic science consultant, shows attendees at a training session on crime scene response, documentation, and handling of evidence, how to process a scene at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Oct. 21, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kara Carrier)

Nov. 1, 2022

Special agents, investigators share forensic skills at JBSA

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — When crimes occur on Joint Base San Antonio, multiple law enforcement and investigative agencies stand ready on a regular basis during incidents and for specialized training sessions, like the one held at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Oct. 21, 2022, hosted by OSI Detachment 404.

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Feb. 19, 2020

Specht Biography

MR. JEFFREY D. SPECHTJeffrey D. Specht is Executive Director, Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3), Linthicum, Maryland. Operating under Secretary of the Air Force executive agency, DC3 functions as a designated Federal Cyber Center and as a DoD Center of Excellence for digital and multimedia forensics. Mr. Specht directs a business and

Feb. 18, 2020

UMUC Lauds DC3 Executive Director

The University of Maryland University College is commending DC3's Executive Director's team-first leadership style with its Leadership Award in Cybersecurity. Since 2011, at two year intervals UMUC has conferred the Leadership and Pioneer Awards in Cybersecurity.

Feb. 18, 2020

DC3 Framework Expedites Malware Analysis

The Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3) released the DC3 Malware Configuration Parser (DC3-MWCP) framework to the open source community on May 6, 2015.