Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3)

The DoD Cyber Crime Center (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), counterterrorism (CT) and safety inquiries. 

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 DoD’s Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Program (DIB CS Program; 32 CFR Part 236). DC3 delivers capability with a team comprised of Department of the Air Force civilians, Air Force and Navy military personnel, and contractors for specialized support.