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{{Short description|United States defense organization}}
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{{Infobox government agency
|agency_name   = DoD Cyber Crime Center
|formed        = 1998
|seal=Color_Transparent_-_smaller.png
|headquarters  = [[Linthicum, Maryland]]
|parent_agency = [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]]
|child1_agency =
|website       = [http://www.dc3.mil www.dc3.mil]
|footnotes     =
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The '''Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center''' ('''DC3''') is designated as a Federal Cyber Center by National Security [[Presidential directive|Presidential Directive]] 54/Homeland Security [[Presidential directive|Presidential Directive]] 23,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defense.gov/dodreform/drids/drid27.htm|title=DoD Computer Forensics Laboratory and Training Program|work=defense.gov|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219235652/http://www.defense.gov/dodreform/drids/drid27.htm|archive-date=2014-12-19}}</ref> as a [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] (DoD) [[center of excellence|Center Of Excellence]] for Digital and Multimedia (D/MM) forensics by DoD Directive 5505.13E,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/550513E.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-06-30 |archive-date=2011-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026062557/http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/550513E.pdf }}</ref> and serves as the operational focal point for the [[defense industrial base|Defense Industrial Base]] (DIB) [[Cybersecurity]] program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/CFR-2013-title32-vol2/CFR-2013-title32-vol2-part236|title=32 CFR 236 - DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD)-DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE (DIB) VOLUNTARY CYBER SECURITY AND INFORMATION ASSURANCE (CS/IA) ACTIVITIES|work=gpo.gov}}</ref> DC3 operates as a [[Field Operating Agency]] (FOA) under the [[Inspector General of the Department of the Air Force]].<ref name="dc3.mil">{{cite web |url=http://www.dc3.mil/index/about-dc3 |title=About DC3 < Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3) |access-date=2015-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206071903/http://www.dc3.mil/index/about-dc3 |archive-date=2015-02-06 }}</ref>