What is the National Infrastructure Protection Center?
On May 22, 1998, President Clinton signed into policy, Presidential
Decision Directive 63, which mandates that the National
Infrastructure Protection Center, also known as NIPC,
assures the continuity and viability of our country's Critical
Infrastructures. Thereby, establishing that the United
States will take all necessary measures to swiftly eliminate
any significant vulnerability to both physical and cyber attacks
on our nation's critical infrastructures, especially our nation's
cyber-based systems.
Consequently, the FBI's Miami Office Cyber Crimes Investigation Team in conjunction with the National Infrastructure
Protection Center, and
with the concurrence of the United States Attorney's Office,
investigates violations of:
- 18 U.S.C.
§1030 - Fraud and related activity in connection with computer
systems
- 18 U.S.C.
§1029 - Fraud and related activities in connection with
access devices
- 18 U.S.C.
§1362 - Malicious mischief as it relates to communication
lines, stations, or systems
- 18 U.S.C.
§1366 - Malicious mischief as it relates to the damage or
destruction of energy facilities
- 18 U.S.C.
§2319 - Criminal infringement of copyright
- 18 U.S.C.
§2320 - Trafficking in counterfeit goods or services
- The Federal
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986
- The National
Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996
Examples of such a violation could include, but are not limited
to, the impairment, intrusion or theft of a governmental, financial,
or most medical and federal interest computer
system, by traditional criminal means, or by a foreign power
or terrorist groups. Other types of computer violations
which the FBI investigates include:
- Intrusions of public switched networks (telephonic
systems)
- Network integrity violations
- Industrial espionage
- Crimes where the computer is a major factor in committing
a criminal offense
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Miami's Computer Analysis Response Team (CART)
The Miami Computer Analysis Response Team
is made up of some of the finest computer forensic professionals
in the country. This team is responsible for the collection,
processing and the preservation of computer and computer related
evidence related to both FBI and other law enforcement agency
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I n f r a G a r d
The National InfraGard
Program began as a pilot project in 1996, when the Cleveland
FBI Field Office asked local computer security professionals
to assist the FBI in determining how to better protect critical
information systems in the public and private sectors. From this
new partnership, the first InfraGard Chapter was formed to address
both cyber and physical threats. Thus, InfraGard is a membership
organization which enhances relationships, trust, and two way
information sharing between industry and law enforcement through
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Benefits of participating in the InfraGard Program are:
- Forum for members to communicate
- Prompt dissemination of threat warnings
- Help in protecting computer systems
- Education and training on infrastructure vulnerabilities
- A community that shares information in a trusted environment
Click
here to lean more about InfraGard.
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What can you do. . .?
If you have information concerning:
- an instance where a computer was the target of
an apparent criminal act?
- an instance in which someone accessed or damaged a computer,
or stole information from a computer?
- an instance where a computer was used as a tool to commit
a crime (i.e. bank fraud, interstate transportation of obscene
material, or espionage)?
or any other matter related to knowledge of computer fraud and
abuse, please contact the Miami Office of the FBI by calling
(305) 944-9101 or (954)-463-9111 and ask to speak to a computer
crimes investigator.
Terms and Definitions
- Critical
Infrastructures:
- Those physical and cyber-based systems essential to the minimum
operation of the economy and government of the United States
of America. These include, but are not limited to the following:
- Telecommunication
- Electric Energy
- Banking and Finance
- Transportation
- Water Supply Systems
- Emergency Services
- Governmental Operations
- Gas and Oil Storage and Delivery
Return to the section containing the
term: "Critical Infrastructures"
- Federal
Interest:
- Those computers defined by law as; two or more computers,
each located in different states, utilized in a criminal offense.
Return to the section containing the term:
"Federal Interest"
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