Ovie Carroll is the Director of the U.S. Department of Justice Cybercrime Lab in the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section. With more than 40 years of law enforcement experience, Mr. Carroll leads a national technical capability dedicated to meeting the needs of prosecutors in matters where investigative agency resources, timelines, or technical capabilities are insufficient to support the demands of litigation.
Mr. Carroll designed and created the DOJ Cybercrime Lab to provide advanced digital investigative analysis, cybercrime investigative support, technical consultation, forensic methodology guidance, and litigation support to DOJ prosecutors across the country. Under his leadership, the Lab helps prosecutors address complex questions involving digital evidence, user attribution, forensic reliability, cybercrime investigations, AI-related evidentiary issues, and the courtroom presentation of technical findings.
His work focuses on translating complex digital artifacts into reliable, explainable, and legally useful evidence. He has helped shape how prosecutors and investigators evaluate digital evidence, understand forensic limitations, develop sound investigative strategies, and present technical conclusions in court.
For his sustained superior accomplishments, Mr. Carroll received the 2017 Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Senior Professional for sustained superior accomplishments. He is a published author on digital investigative analysis and forensic methodology, and his writings have been used within the legal and law enforcement communities. In addition to his DOJ role, Mr. Carroll is a Principal Instructor with the SANS Institute and co-author of FOR500: Windows Forensic Analysis. Before joining DOJ, he served as the Special Agent in Charge for the Computer Investigative Operations branch with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations and the Postal Inspector General’s Office and was an adjunct professor with George Washington University for the Master of Forensic Science program..
Mr. Carroll has extensive field experience conducting investigations into a variety of offenses including computer intrusions, murder, rape, fraud, bribery, theft, child sexual assault, counterintelligence, and gangs and narcotics.
