The NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCoE) is committed to improving the practice and strengthening the impact of forensic science through rigorous technology corroboration, evaluation, and adoption; effective knowledge transfer and education; and comprehensive dissemination of best practices and guidelines to agencies dedicated to combating crime.
Lab capability: Research
RTI International – Cyber Security
RTI researchers devlope methods and tools for sharing large-scale data sets of varying degrees of senstivity with members of the cyber security resesarch community. In addition, RTI is capable of economic analysis and modeling for critical infrastructure and cyber security investment decisions . RTI staff also performs data mining for hostile surveillance patterns, terrorist profiling, and other homeland security studies.
High Tech Crime Consortium
The High Tech Crime Consortium is a nonprofit organization that assists law enforcement and corporate investigators to obtain the knowledge and skills needed to combat 21st Century crime where the use or abuse of digital technology is an element of an offense.
Qualys
The Qualys Cloud Platform and integrated suite of solutions helps organizations simplify security operations and lower the cost of compliance by delivering critical security intelligence on demand and automating the full spectrum of auditing, compliance and protection for IT systems and web applications.
eGuardian
The FBI’s eGuardian database is a sensitive but unclassified threat tracking system. The eGuardian system allows state, local, tribal, and campus law enforcement partners to record threat information or cyber incidents, in a standardized format. The information is then reviewed and analyzed at the state and local levels to assist in assessing terrorism related threats, cyber incidents, and suspicious activities, thereby enabling links, relationships, and encouraging the sharing of vetted information within the law enforcement ocmmunity.
National Association of Attorneys General
NAAGÕs mission is to facilitate interaction among Attorneys General as peers and to facilitate the enhanced performance of Attorneys General and their staffs. The Association fosters interstate cooperation on legal and law enforcement issues, conducts policy research and analysis of issues, conducts training, and facilitates communication between the statesÕ chief legal officers and all levels of government.
SciLaw Forensics, Ltd
SciLawForensics provide onsite or online training and education on forensic DNA, crime scene investigation, evidence identification, preservation and collection, ethics, and ocurtroom testimony to law enforcement, attorneys, forensic scientists, and other criminal justice professionals.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, the NIST is one of the nation’s oldest physical science laboratories. The Computer Security Resource Center, in particular, facilitates broad sharing of information security tools and practices, provides a resource for information security standards and guidelines, and identifies key security web resources to support users in industry, government, and academia. The CSRC provides a publication database that is accessible to the public.
National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC)
The NLECTC is the conduit between researchers and criminal justice professionals in the field for technology issues. NLECTC works with criminal justice professionals to identify urgent and emerging technology needs. NIJ sponsors research and development or identifies best practices to address those needs. NLECTC centers demonstrate new technologies, test commercially available technologies and publish results Ñ linking research with practice.
National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC)
The NLECTC is the conduit between researchers and criminal justice professionals in the field for technology issues. NLECTC works with criminal justice professionals to identify urgent and emerging technology needs. NIJ sponsors research and development or identifies best practices to address those needs. NLECTC centers demonstrate new technologies, test commercially available technologies and publish results Ñ linking research with practice.
