Cyber investigator 🟩 Cyber security profession
A cyber investigator is a specialist officer (police officer, gendarme, sworn civilian expert) in the investigation of digital and cybercrime.
Its role is to collect, analyse and exploit digital evidence in order to identify and prosecute those responsible for offences committed in cyberspace. It also adopts a proactive stance by taking part in monitoring and prevention missions, identifying new emerging threats and helping to improve the overall security of cyberspace.
It has a broad remit, covering a wide range of cybercrimes, from sophisticated hacking to more common forms of cybercrime such as online scams, phishing, ransomware, the distribution of illegal content, cyber-bullying, breaches of information systems and the violation of personal data. It works on both isolated cases and large-scale organised crime cases, often with a transnational dimension.