Jim Christy
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Jim Christy is the Director of Futures Exploration (FX) for the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center
(DC3). FX is in charge of establishing strategic relationships between the US Government and private agencies and academia. Christy was the Director of the Defense Cyber Crime Institute from 2003–2006, and Director of Operations of the Defense Computer Forensics Laboratory from 2001-2003.
Christy was chief of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations
computer crime investigations unit from 1989-1996. As the founder of the world's largest digital forensics shop, he is notable for his involvement in high priority government computer security
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Christy joined the Air Force when he was 19. From there he became a computer operator at the Pentagon
, and got a job as a computer crime investigator at the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI) in 1986.
In 1986 Christy investigated the notorious Hanover Hackers, a band of West German digital delinquents who stole information from United States Defense Department computers and sold it to the KGB
. It was his first hacker case as an OSI agent. In 1991, Christy founded the Pentagon's first digital forensics lab for the Air Force. In 1998 the Air Force Lab became the Department of Defense Computer Forensics Laboratory, supporting all of the investigative agencies of the Department of Defense.
Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center
The Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center is an United States Department of Defense agency that provides digital forensics support to the DoD and to other law enforcement agencies...
(DC3). FX is in charge of establishing strategic relationships between the US Government and private agencies and academia. Christy was the Director of the Defense Cyber Crime Institute from 2003–2006, and Director of Operations of the Defense Computer Forensics Laboratory from 2001-2003.
Christy was chief of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations
Air Force Office of Special Investigations
The Air Force Office of Special Investigations , is a Field Operating Agency of the United States Air Force that provides professional investigative services to commanders throughout the Air Force...
computer crime investigations unit from 1989-1996. As the founder of the world's largest digital forensics shop, he is notable for his involvement in high priority government computer security
Computer security
Computer security is a branch of computer technology known as information security as applied to computers and networks. The objective of computer security includes protection of information and property from theft, corruption, or natural disaster, while allowing the information and property to...
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Christy joined the Air Force when he was 19. From there he became a computer operator at the Pentagon
The Pentagon
The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia. As a symbol of the U.S. military, "the Pentagon" is often used metonymically to refer to the Department of Defense rather than the building itself.Designed by the American architect...
, and got a job as a computer crime investigator at the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI) in 1986.
In 1986 Christy investigated the notorious Hanover Hackers, a band of West German digital delinquents who stole information from United States Defense Department computers and sold it to the KGB
KGB
The KGB was the commonly used acronym for the . It was the national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and was the premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time.The State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus currently uses the...
. It was his first hacker case as an OSI agent. In 1991, Christy founded the Pentagon's first digital forensics lab for the Air Force. In 1998 the Air Force Lab became the Department of Defense Computer Forensics Laboratory, supporting all of the investigative agencies of the Department of Defense.