Jim Christy Email & Phone Number

Lithicum, Md

FX the DC3 innovation incubator is responsible for outreach/marketing, and strategic relationships with other government organizations, private sector, and academia for DC3.

Responsible for R&D and Test & Evaluation of Digital forensics tools. Intel and Outreach

Lithicum, Md

As the Dir of Ops for the DCFL he managed four sections with over 40 computer forensic examiners that supported Major Crimes & Safety, Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism, as well as Intrusions and Information Assurance cases for the Department of Defense.

Wash Dc

Assigned to the Defense-wide Information Assurance Program, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control Communications and Intelligence (ASDC3I) as the Law Enforcement & Counterintelligence Coordinator and Infrastructure Protection Liaison.

Fbi Hq, Washington Dc

Served as the DoD Representative to the President’s Infrastructure Protection Task Force (IPTF) from Sep 96 – May 98. The President signed Executive Order, 13010 on 15 Jul 96, creating IPTF to protect the Nation’s critical infrastructure from both physical and cyber attacks.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Detailed to Senator Sam Nunn’s staff on the Senate, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations as a Congressional Fellow, Jan - Aug 96. Senator Nunn specifically requested Jim’s assistance for the Subcommittee to prepare for hearings in May - Jul 1996, on the vulnerability and the threat to National Information Infrastructure from cyberspace. Provided testimony to the subcommittee on two occasions and was responsible for preparing the Senators and their staffs for the hearings

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Directed the AFOSI Computer Crime Investigation ProgramEstablished the first computer forensic lab in DOD which is now the DoD Computer Forensics Lab at DC3.In a murder investigation in 1991, the suspect cut two floppy diskettes into 23 pieces with pinking shears. No agency was able to recover any of the data until Jim and his deputy developed a technique for less then $150. Jim was able to recover 85%-95% of the data from each piece of diskette. The suspect when confronted with the evidence, confessed, pled guilty and was sentenced to life in prison. This case was profiled on the “New Detectives” series on the Discovery Channel, 2 Jan 99 and was on Court TV’s, Forensics Files in 2005.In 1986, Jim obtained some notoriety as the original case agent in the “Hanover Hacker” case. This case involved a group of German hackers who electronically penetrated DOD computer systems all over the world and sold the information to the Soviet KGB. The case was detailed in the best seller, “The Cuckoo’s Egg”, by Dr. Cliff Stoll. The Public Broadcast system has also produced a docu-drama on this case.Some of SA Christy’s notable firsts in Computer Crime Investigations:1st civilian computer crime investigator in the U.S. Government1st computer espionage investigation (Hanover Hacker Case), case agent1st electronic surveillance of a standalone color PC1st DoD investigator to go undercover on pedophile bulletin boards 1st to distribute wanted poster on the Internet (triple homicide case) 1st to develop forensic technique to recover data from cutup diskette (homicide investigation)1st psychological profiling study of computer criminals program (Project Slammer)1st to create a DOD Computer Forensics Lab1st to create a DOD Computer Intrusion Squad