The Major Organised Crime & Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) Cyber Forensic Lab was formed in 2012 just after the establishment of the then Major Organised Crime Task Force. With every crime having a digital dimension, the lab’s remit was primarily to investigate cybercrimes breaches, and conduct digital forensics investigations. Since the merger of the MOCA Task Force and the Anti-Corruption Branch in August 2014, the remit of MOCA’s cyber lab has grown exponentially, adapting additional responsibilities as a Cyber Forensics and Risk Management Unit.

Following the merger, the branch advanced its capabilities and resources to conduct cyber defence, cybersecurity incident response and post mortem of cyber-attacks such as ransomware, business email compromise (BEC) and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS). The branch also carries out internal and external audits of networks of Government of Jamaica (GOJ) ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) in order to create a security baseline and to implement mitigation measures where anomalies are detected.

Members of the Cyber Forensics and Risk Management Unit are specialists who are cross-trained and can function in various roles. They are also trained to deliver cybersecurity lectures and awareness seminars to academia, as well as private and public organisations.

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With such an increase in the scope of responsibilities for the Cyber Forensics and Risk Management Branch, four (4) areas of focus were integrated to encapsulate the daily operations of the unit, namely; the Cyber Forensics, Security Operations, Malware Investigation, and Big Data Analytics.

Cyber Forensics

• Forensic examination of digital media

• Recovery of deleted or encrypted data/emails, videos, internet sites

• Presentation of expert forensic evidence in court

• Maintenance of inventories of digital evidence as per NIST and ISO standards

• Cyber Research and Development

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