National Security Division

The Office’s National Security Division is singular in the nation among US Attorney’s Offices: a standalone division with the Office that complements the Criminal Division, but with its own specialized mandates.  The Division is responsible for combatting evolving national security and cyber threats facing our region and our nation.  Protecting national security is the highest priority of the Department of Justice and the United States Attorney’s Office, and AUSAs in the Division handle some of the most complex cases in the Office, working closely with other components within the Department of Justice and with other government agencies to meet this challenge.

The National Security Division comprises two sections: the Terrorism and Export Crimes Section and the Cyber and Intellectual Property Crimes Section.  AUSAs in these sections perform all of the functions of AUSAs in the Criminal Division, but their mandate includes prevention and disruption as well as prosecution.  Prosecutors within the Terrorism and Export Crime Section are responsible for matters involving foreign and domestic terrorism, foreign intelligence and malign influence activities, and violations of export control laws and sanctions.  AUSAs in the Cyber and Intellectual Property Crimes section focus on prosecution and deterrence of sophisticated computer network intrusions and attacks, dismantlement of infrastructure used by malicious cyber actors, detection and disruption of nation-state sponsored cyber activity, prosecution of cyberstalkers, and protection of significant intellectual property.

Sections:

Cyber & Intellectual Property Crimes Section

The Cyber & Intellectual Property Crimes Section is part of the US Attorney’s Office National Security Division, and combats a wide range of sophisticated crimes.  The Cyber section focuses on investigating and prosecuting nation state cybercrime, providers of cybercriminal infrastructure, wide-scale organized crime involving virtual assets, economic espionage, and cyberstalking.  In addition to traditional prosecution, the Cyber section also works with U.S. and international partners to identify and disrupt significant networks of cybercriminals and the digital infrastructure that they use to perpetuate and enable criminal activity.

Terrorism and Export Crimes Section

The Terrorism and Export Crimes Section is part of the US Attorney’s Office National Security Division.  Prosecutors in the Terrorism and Export Crimes Section work with federal law enforcement partners to investigate, disrupt, and prosecute federal criminal violations involving international and domestic terrorism, espionage, foreign malign influence, and transnational repression, as well as violations of United States export control laws and economic sanctions.