Analysis of Fbi's Virtual Case File

The problems that surrounded this Spy Satellite case appeared to be a direct result of a lack of oversight in all aspects of the project. Some of the pronounced facts were:

Throughout its more than hundred year history, the Federal Bureau of Investigations has been a very important agency to the United States. As a threat-based and intelligence-driven national security organization, the mission of the FBI is to protect and defend the United States against terrorist and foreign intelligence threats, to enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and to provide leadership to federal, state, and international agencies (“A Brief History of the FBI”). The Bureau’s success has always depended on its agility, its willingness to adapt, and the ongoing dedication of its personnel. But in the years since

I feel that this case was somewhat representative of what was discussed in the textbook. The forensics aspects of this case were generally different from the impression of forensics I received from reading the textbook. Despite this fact, I feel that the investigative techniques of this case were similar to what was discussed in the textbook, as well as what has been discussed during lecture.

What I think the real reasons why the VCF system failed was first due to a system change. Most agents handled reports, field notes and other evidence in hard copy form, not electronic. There was a long history of keeping the information confidential and “close to the vest”, so sharing with others (especially those not in their organization or office) was a huge change. Going from a system where everything is kept secret, to everything is to be put out there for others to read is a complete change of procedure. For some, the adaption of the new practice would take time; or in this case, another country to let them know how it could work better if they would all work better.

The mission and values of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is up held with strong Constitutional values. Over the years since the FBI was created in 1908 by Attorney General Charles Bonaparte during the Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. As a progressive during this time period Bonaparte applied his philosophy to forming the FBI with several corps of agents. His thought was that these men should have expertise and not political connections. With the U.S. Constitution based on “federalism” a national government with jurisdiction over matters that cross boundaries, such as interstate and foreign affairs.

While participating the FBI’s 2017 Honors Internship program I was assigned to the Counterterrorism Division at FBI Headquarters, in the Counterterrorism Internet Operations Section (CIOS). I worked primarily with three of the internal units of CIOS, the Computer Internet Operations Unit I (CIOU I), the Computer Internet Operations Unit II (CIOU II), and the Net Talon National Intuitive (NTNI). Both of the CIOU units primarily serve at the headquarters program managers for online based terrorist investigations, located both overseas and domestically. The units provided support for the online operations run under the NTNI in their assigned CONUS areas. NTNI trains and manages the Bureaus Online Covert Employees (OCE) under their directives

In the 1900’s and early 2000’s a series of events would bring a change in priorities for Federal Law Enforcement, namely the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), which was on the brink of being dissolved. “The Inspector General’s 2003 report stated that prior to 9/11, ‘the Bureau devoted significantly more special agent resources to traditional law enforcement activities such as white collar crime,

This report from the investigation by the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) concerned allegations of wrongdoing and improper practices within certain sections of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Laboratory. Those allegations involved some of the most significant prosecutions in the recent history of the Department of Justice, including the World Trade Center bombing, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the mail bomb assassination of U.S. Circuit Judge Robert Vance (which was referred to within the FBI as the VANPAC case). The allegations implicated fundamental aspects of law enforcement: the reliability of the procedures employed by the FBI Laboratory to analyze evidence, the integrity of the persons engaging in

In the 21st century, the world as we know it suffers from psychotic, demented, treacherous and, sophisticated crimes. This world would be corrupt without a tunnel of light if it was not for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, also known as the FBI, is a corporation that seeks fidelity, bravery and, integrity for the United States of America. The FBI researches shocking and concerning crimes the news reports about politics, war and, safety that we hear on the television about issues that are being reported to the people. These cases of transgression are missions the FBI analyzes, such as hacking information from double spies, locating terrorists, seeking pedophiles, cracking down unknown mobsters,

The early 1900’s gave rise to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Founded in appalling times filled with tension, the FBI would slowly transform American law to apprehend the nation’s most notorious criminals, and become one of the vital agencies that protect American sovereignty.

When was the last time she accessed her computer? What is her background in computers, what is her skill level? I need some background on the former employee, her computer habits and activities prior to the files being found on her computer. I must collect digital evidence while keeping the data unaltered, first thing. This data will be used later in the prosecution of the case. This can be done through calculating and recording an evidence file. Next is imaging of the computer media with a write-blocking tool. I must keep the chain of custody. The computer's RAM is examined for evidence. During the examination step, verify and catalog the presence and integrity of the original evidence and any copies. An analysis is made with specialized equipment to find out exactly what's stored on the digital media. This includes a manual review of all materials found on the media, a review of the Windows registry, techniques to crack passwords and retrieve protected data, keyword searches and extraction of email and pictures for further review.

In this current generation, technology is steadily becoming a major asset to our future in a wide range of areas, and has been embedded in our lives currently to the point of being close to a necessity. In Criminal Justice, the use of technology has proven to be of tremendous help in many areas of the field. The incorporation of the computer systems in criminal justice tremendously has improved the general communication between agencies as the new methods of transferring information among departments. In addition, it has become much more resourceful and efficient in that it is much simpler to acquire the data at a more rapid rate, hence, speeding up the time it takes to prevent or solve crimes. The intent of this paper is to deliver an

In the case study “Who Killed the Virtual Case File”, the author, Harry Goldstein divulges the downfall that the FBI had when they tried to implement a custom build case-management software that they were never able to use. The FBI was using many different systems and were trying to create a system that would combine all current programs/systems together to easy accessibility for all agencies in the US. Goldstein interviewed many key players within the process to gain their points of view as to why the project failed. Our team has comprised a top five risks analysis as to why the project failed in the order of importance. These are:

In as much, a lot of consideration is necessary when deciding which product, software, and system to choose. For example, the current system used by the debt management section of the Team uses an Oracle Business product that relies on dashboards to compile, sort, and analyze data. However, the victim correspondence system uses a web-based system that relates case summary and detailed information as well as downloads and links to system and case related inquiries and information.

Software Engineering has become an integral part of everyone’s life. People need software for various activities such as paying electricity or mobile bills through automated systems and so on which make their work easier. Software Engineering is a tedious task. Software Engineering involves steps such as planning, gathering requirements, designing and analysis(whether it fits the requirements of the user or not), implementation(turning the design into machine executable code),testing and maintenance activities. Each step has to be carefully planned and executed because they involve a lot of money, time, and effort. In the same way, the FBI wanted to build an automated system which provides a transition from their daily paper-based work to carry out their tasks electronically. Therefore, they wanted to build a project called Sentinel. Sentinel Project had setbacks right from the start. When the request for proposal was published, only two companies came forward to take up the project which is really shocking for any organization. The CIA’s new approach to break the entire project into smaller pieces and working on them incrementally did not seem difficult in the beginning, but as the time goes on the real hardships are faced. The main reasons for the failure of Sentinel Project are lack of proper scoping, no proper planning(repetitive increments in each phase and no proper estimates are done on time, money and for prototyping which is essential for the project to check its