Editing National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force

== Overview ==

On January 8, 2008, the President signed Presidential Directive [[NSPD-54]]/[[HSPD-23]]. It mandated the '''[http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/cyber/ncijtf National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force]''' ('''NCIJTF''' or '''NCI-JTF''') to be the focal point for all government agencies and to coordinate, integrate, and [[share information]] related to all domestic [[cyber threat]] investigations. The [[FBI]] is responsible for developing and supporting the joint task force, which includes 18 [[intelligence]] agencies and law enforcement, working side-by-side to identify key players and schemes. Its goal is to predict and prevent what will happen in the future and to pursue the enterprises behind [[cyber attack]]s.

The NCIJTF currently has signed [[memoranda of understanding]] ([[MOU]]s) with approximately 24 member agency representatives, which allow for sharing of [[cyber threat information]] &mdash; to include [[classified]] [[CTI]]s &mdash; with the NCIJTF.

The NCIJTF has several existing mechanisms for sharing [[classified]] [[CTI]]s to the appropriate federal entities, as members of the NCIJTF. [[CyWatch]], the NCIJTF's [[24/7]] watch floor, serves as the primary mechanism for sharing [[classified]] [[CTI]]s with federal entities that are NCIJTF members. In addition, the NCIJTF's [[Office of Threat Pursuit]] analyzes collected [[cyber threat]] [[data]] and provides reports on [[exfiltrated]] [[data]], which are shared with member agencies. Lastly, the Office of Campaign Coordination facilitates the sharing of [[classified]] [[CTI]]s and [[DM]]s related to campaign missions among participating agencies.

The NCIJTF also provides [[classified]] [[threat]] briefings to both federal entities and non-federal entities, to include cleared [[private sector]] representatives. Briefings are determined on an [[ad-hoc]] basis.

Instead of focusing on reducing [[cyber]] [[vulnerabilities]], the NCIJTF focuses on making the [[Internet]] safer by pursuing the [[terrorist]]s, spies, and criminals who seek to [[exploit]] it. Because they act globally across many jurisdictions, the collaboration at the NCIJTF is critical to ensure all legal means and resources available are used to track, attribute, and take action against these [[cyber threat]]s and to ultimately place international [[cybercriminal]]s behind bars and off our global [[network]]s.

The NCIJTF also ensures that the [[privacy]] rights of all Americans are protected during the course of any [[cyber]] investigation it conducts.

The NCIJTF contributes heavily to tracking down [[cyber threat]]s domestically &mdash; whether the perpetrators physically reside in the United States or [[attack]] [[computers]] inside our country from abroad. The NCIJTF maintains extensive partnerships with industry and the private sector to raise [[threat]] awareness and proactively identify emerging dangers. The NCIJTF establishes predication to work with [[cybercrime]] victims or to obtain court orders to [[access]] [[information]] needed to track [[threat]]s. The unique functions of the NCIJTF allow the U.S. to leverage technology, tactics, and partnerships to best address the global [[cyber threat]].
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