FBI Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch

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Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch
CountryUnited States
AgencyFederal Bureau of Investigation
HeadquartersJ. Edgar Hoover Building
Washington, D.C.
AbbreviationCCRSB
Structure
Subunits
  • Criminal Investigative Division
  • Critical Incident Response Group
  • Cyber Division
  • International Operations Division
  • Victim Services Division
Commanders
Current
commander		Executive Assistant Director Timothy Langan[1]

The Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch (CCRSB) is a service within the

computer-based crime related to counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and criminal threats against the United States.[2][failed verification
]

Operation

The CCRSB deploys FBI agents, analysts, and computer scientists and uses traditional investigative techniques such as sources and wiretaps, surveillance, and forensics. CCRSB works in conjunction with other federal, state, and regional agencies from 56 field offices and at the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force (NCIJTF).[3]

CCRSB operates a 24-hour cyber command center (CyWatch) where they combine the resources of the FBI and NCIJTF. In the event of a significant cyber intrusion, they provide connectivity to federal cyber centers, government agencies, FBI field offices, legal attachés, and the private sector. They also exchange information about cyber threats with the private sector through partnerships such as the Domestic Security Alliance Council, InfraGard, and the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA).[3]

CCRSB maintains overseas legal attaché offices to coordinate cyber investigations and address jurisdictional hurdles and differences in law with other countries while collaborating with cyber crime centers at Interpol and Europol.[3]

The unit maintains a website called Cyber Shield Alliance (www.leo.gov)[4] which provides access to cyber training and information for the public, and the means to report cyber incidents to the FBI.[3]

The FBI reports that since 2002, they have seen an 80 percent increase in the number of computer intrusion investigations.[3]

Leadership

Headed by an FBI executive assistant director, the CCRSB is responsible to the

FBI Director through the Deputy Director
.

The current CCRSB executive assistant director is Timothy Langan.[1]

Organization

The CCRSB was formed by the unification of the FBI's various traditional crime fighting units.

Future

It is speculated[

civil rights violations, fraud, and violent crime.[citation needed] Some advocates of this new program say that this re-organization will help the fight against terrorism by making it less bureaucratic.[citation needed
]

References

  1. ^ a b "Timothy Langan". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  2. ^ "Ten Years After: The FBI Since 9/11". FBI.gov. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e Anderson, Jr, Robert. "Cybersecurity, Terrorism, and Beyond: Addressing Evolving Threats to the Homeland". Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs. U.S. Senate, 113th Congress, Second Session. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  4. ^ "Law Enforcement Online". September 7, 2014. Archived from the original on September 7, 2014.

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