DENVER, NOVEMBER 6, 2015 — In the first ever public tour of NDCAC (the National Domestic Communications Assistance Center) located in Fredericksburg VA, FBI Assistant Director of Science and Technology Amy Hess tells ABC-TV how NDCAC is helping local law enforcement counter the growing problem of “going dark”: the inability to access vital evidence masked by advances in technology.

Opened in March 2013, NDCAC helps some 18,000 local U.S. law enforcement agencies address the growing challenge of “going dark.” Among the major obstacles faced by law enforcement today: strong encryption measures undertaken by end user equipment manufacturers to prevent access to evidence hidden on mobile devices; and efforts by communications service providers to delete evidence from their networks.

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