The Investigative
Computer Training Unit (ICTU) located at the FBI Academy, Quantico,
Virginia provides investigative computer instruction, training,
and curriculum development to FBI and other law enforcement personnel
throughout the world. Primarily, ICTU trains FBI agent recruits,
FBI field agents, FBI professional support staff, domestic and
international law enforcement officers attending the National
Academy, and other law enforcement officers. Training covers
a variety of computer topics including how to use the computer
as an investigative tool, communications device, research platform,
and a tool for examining and/or analyzing digital evidence.
ICTU staff including FBI agents, professional training technicians,
and former police officers teach and/or support in-services for
law enforcement in its six computer classrooms located at the
FBI Academy as well as a mobile classroom in a variety of computer
topics ranging from Basic Internet Investigations to Advanced
UNIX intrusion investigations.
ICTU staff have
developed partnerships with other divisions of the FBI and law
enforcement agencies to provide training to regional computer
crime squads; Evidence Response Team members (ERT); undercover
investigators working crimes against children; National Infrastructure
Protection Center (NIPC) personnel; and technically trained,
white collar crime, and National Security Division agents on
subjects including best practices for search and seizure of computers;
how criminals utilize computers to facilitate their criminal
acts; and how to investigate cyber crime.
ICTU staff also
liaisons with public safety agencies, academia, and the private
sector domestically and internationally. Such alliances help
all parties concerned benchmark the latest and best investigative
methods, as well as establish some standardization of training
protocols. ICTU has provided investigative computer training
internationally including participation in law enforcement schools
in Europe, Africa, and Asia.
ICTU can be contacted
by calling 703-632-1939 or by writing to ICTU, FBI Academy, Quantico,
Virginia, 22135.