About the Forensic Laboratory
The Defense Computer Forensics Laboratory (DCFL) is a world class facility providing comprehensive evidentiary analysis of material. The lab provides services to the Defense Criminal Investigative Organizations and other lab customers and helps efficiently and effectively prove or disprove allegations being investigated.
DCFL has organized digital forensic examinations within an industrial process that is unmatched elsewhere in terms of its scope. It is accredited by the American Society of Crime Lab Directors (ASCLD/LAB), the preeminent authority for accredited crime labs in the United States. The lab’s prime focus is on intrusions, national security cases and Special Access Program support. DCFL is a forensic partner with the National Media Exploitation Center, with a five-person operating location that recovers, reconstructs, and analyzes Global War on Terrorism media for customer exploitation.
In Fiscal Year 2007, the lab processed 171 terabytes of media, the approximate equivalent of 17 Libraries of Congress-worth of information. This media, part of the year’s 758 cases processed, included information from criminal, counterintelligence, data recovery, and trial support cases.