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Cybersecurity Training &
Technical Assistance

The CSL provides technical assistance and Cybersecurity training through seminars, workshops, expos, and webinars for first responders, investigators, forensic examiners, prosecutors, judges and corrections personnel. Training and technical assistance topics include:

  • Data Hiding
  • Phishing Scams
  • Technology Exploitation
  • Wired & Wireless Networks
  • Online Fraud Techniques
  • Computer Forensics
  • Legal Affairs
  • Child Safety Summits

Technology/Tool
Knowledge Transfer

In collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory's Information Directorate (AFRL/IF) Concept Validation Lab, the CSL is capable of providing AFRL technology and tool knowledge to the practitioner community.

CSL Web Environment

The CSL Web Environment, www.cybersciencelab.com, is utilized as an information clearinghouse in the Cybersecurity arena. This clearinghouse features:

  • Over 1,500 links to relevant tool, organization, and informational websites
  • Message Forums and News Feeds
  • Yellow Pages
  • Training Videos and Presentations
  • Functional Analysis Reports and Technical Papers
  • Desktop Reference Cards
  • Calendar

Embedded Intern Program

The CSL's Embedded Intern Program provides a unique opportunity for high school, undergraduate and graduate students to gain hands-on experience in the field of Cybersecurity at various law enforcement agencies nationwide. The foundation of this program is a joint venture between academia and both the public and private sectors in an effort to expose students to a challenging experience in support of Cybersecurity developments. Schools solicited to date include: Utica College, Syracuse University, University of Arizona, Florida Atlantic University, Brooklyn Polytechnic University, Carnegie Mellon University, Dartmouth College, Stanford University, State University of New York Institute of Technology (SUNY IT), Hilbert College, and University of Dayton School of Law.

Coalition Building

The CSL works closely with agencies such as the United States Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Forces (USSS-ECTF) and the Federal Burea of Investigation (FBI) Cyber Division. This coalition of electronic crime experts serves as a gateway for developing and delivering technologies critical to the identification, preservation, collection, and presentation of electronic evidence to the Cybersecurity community. A coalition with the CSL, criminal justice and other organizations exists in order to share forensic tool knowledge base from government and industry with NLECTCs and State & Local law enforcement agencies nationwide. Members of the coalition include:

  • Air Force Research Laboratory/Information Directorate
  • Central New York Computer Crime Coalition
  • Connecticut State Police Crime Laboratory
  • ITT
  • High Tech Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA)
  • International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists (IACIS)
  • Joint Council on Information Age Crime (JCIAC)
  • L-3 Communications, Analytics Corporation
  • Nassau County Police Department
  • National CyberCrime Training Partnership (NCTP)
  • National Institute of Justice - Office of Science & Technology
  • National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C)
  • New Jersey State Police
  • New York State District Attorney Association
  • New York State Office of the Attorney General (NYSOAG)
  • New York State Police
  • Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory - Western NY (RCFL-WNY)
  • United States Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Forces: Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Houston, Kentucky, Los Angeles, Miami, New England, New York, North Texas, San Francisco, and the Washington Field Office
  • University of Dayton: Institute on Law, Technology & Security
  • WetStone Technologies, Inc.