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months of training to become computer forensics analysts and participate in
a nine-month field internship in an HSI field office supporting child
exploitation investigations. Upon successful graduation from the program,
many are offered permanent positions with HSI.
• Computer/Mobile/Vehicle/Drone Forensics: HSI is a leader in the field of
digital forensics and has the largest computer forensics program in the
Federal government; with over 400 computer forensics agents and
analysts. HSI CFAs provide training to other federal, state, local and foreign
law enforcement partners in all digital forensics disciplines and provide Tier
1 support to field offices.
• 3-D Printing: 3-D Printing has been used to help identify victims of child
exploitation in cases where human remains have been discovered and were
unidentifiable. In these cases, an MRI image is taken and loaded into the
3D printer. A replica of the skull is printed and provided to a forensics
anthropologist at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for
forensic reconstruction. The reconstruction is then run through facial
recognition and identification is attempted.
• Hard Drive Repair: In many cases, individuals will attempt to destroy
evidence contained on their digital devices, hard drives become damaged at
the scene due to fire or liquid damage, or damaged hardware is discovered
in the course of an investigation. The experts at C3 are trained to repair
these drives and acquire digital evidence for use in prosecutions.
• Encryption/Decryption: Privacy concerns and inexpensive encryption has
led to the ability to obtain evidence from encrypted devices. C3 has a robust
decryption program that is powered by a network of computers placed in
each SAC office which not only allows for the secure/encrypted transfer of
evidence, but also allows investigators to combine the processing power of
these computers to assist in decrypting digital devices.