Many of the cyber agents at the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) field offices do not have the training, skills, and support to investigate national security-related cyberattacks, the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General (IG) found.
Infosecurity.Com - The IG conducted interviews with 36 field agents in 10 of the FBI's 56 field offices nationwide, all of which have at least one cyber squad. The cyber squads consist of special agencies, intelligence officers, and in some cases linguists and computer scientist. The squads are responsible for combating national security-related cyber intrusion threats.The audit found that 36% of the agents interviewed “reported that they lacked the networking and counterintelligence expertise to investigate national security [computer] intrusion cases.” Five of the agents told investigators “they did not think they were able or qualified” to investigate such cases, the audit said. Read More
