The
Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch
(
CCRSB
) is a service within the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI). The CCRSB is responsible for investigating
financial crime
,
white-collar crime
,
violent crime
,
organized crime
,
public corruption
, violations of individual
civil rights
, and drug-related crime. In addition, the Branch also oversees all
computer-based crime
related to counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and criminal threats against the United States.
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Operation
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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).
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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 attaches, 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).
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CCRSB maintains overseas legal attache 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
.
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The unit maintains a website called Cyber Shield Alliance (www.leo.gov)
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which provides access to cyber training and information for the public, and the means to report cyber incidents to the FBI.
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The FBI reports that since 2002, they have seen an 80 percent increase in the number of computer intrusion investigations.
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Leadership
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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.
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Organization
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The CCRSB was formed by the unification of the FBI's various traditional crime fighting units.
Future
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It is speculated
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by whom?
]
that the establishment of a National Security Branch and more traditional Criminal Investigations Branch within the FBI this will lead to the formation of "career paths" for FBI
Special Agents
; meaning that once a new agent has completed Special Agent Training at
FBI Academy
in
Quantico, Virginia
, and has completed the mandatory probationary period, that he or she will choose to go into the National Security Branch, or go into the "Criminal" part of the Bureau and focus on crimes such as
organized crime
,
narcotics
,
civil rights violations
,
fraud
, and
violent crime
.
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Some advocates of this new program say that this re-organization will help the fight against terrorism by making it less bureaucratic.
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citation needed
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References
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- ^
a
b
"Timothy Langan"
.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
. Retrieved
August 16,
2022
.
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"Ten Years After: The FBI Since 9/11"
.
FBI.gov
. Federal Bureau of Investigation
. Retrieved
November 20,
2014
.
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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
.
- ^
"Law Enforcement Online"
. September 7, 2014. Archived from
the original
on September 7, 2014.
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