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Current and Future Trends in Digital Investigative Analysis

Ovie Carroll | Director for the Department of Justice

Bio: Ovie Carroll has 25-years law enforcement experience and is currently the Director for the Department of Justice, Cybercrime Lab at the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) and a Digital Forensics Certified Examiner (DFCE). The Cybercrime lab provides advanced computer forensics, cybercrime investigative and other technical support to DOJ prosecutors as it applies to implement the Department's national strategies in digital evidence, combating electronic penetrations, data thefts, and cyber attacks on critical information systems.

Mr. Carroll is also an adjunct professor with George Washington University, teaching two classes, Cyber Crime/Internet Investigations, and Interview and Interrogation, in the Masters of Forensic Science program. Mr. Carroll is also a course author and instructor with the SANS Institute where he teaches Digital Forensics.

Prior to joining the Department of Justice, Mr. Carroll was the Special Agent in Charge of the Technical Crimes Unit at the Postal Inspector General's Office, responsible for all computer intrusion investigations within the postal service network infrastructure and for providing all digital forensic analysis in support of criminal investigations and audits. Within the Technical Crimes Unit, Mr. Carroll was also responsible for managing the Technical Surveillance Section whose mission included the deployment, installation, and monitoring of technical surveillance equipment and tracking devices that were used to track people and devices in support of criminal investigations.

Mr. Carroll has also served as the Special Agent in Charge of the Computer Investigations and Operations Branch, Air Force Office of Special Investigations, where he was responsible for coordinating all national level computer intrusions occurring within the United States Air Force. He has extensive field experience applying his training to a broad variety of investigations and operations. As a special agent with the AFOSI, Mr. Carroll worked both general crimes and counterintelligence, and has conducted investigations into a variety of offenses including murder, rape, fraud, bribery, theft, and gangs and narcotics.