Paul Sternal, SA DCIS Special Agent Sternal is the cyber crimes program manager for the Defense Criminal Investigative Service. He began his law enforcement career in 1993 as a special agent with the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI), and was assigned to Yakota AB, Japan. During that time, he served as a computer crime investigator operating throughout the Pacific Rim at bases in Guam and Korea as well as Japan. In 1995, Paul entered the Air Force communications field, holding assignments at the Air Intelligence Agency in San Antonio, Texas and the White House Communications Agency in Washington, D.C. As a Reservist, he is currently a Lieutenant Colonel assigned to the Defense Information Systems Agency. In 2002, Paul joined DCIS as a computer crime investigator in the Mid-Atlantic Field Office. Since joining DCIS, he has specialized in high technology crime investigations and computer forensics. He has been intricately involved in several high-profile intrusion investigations. In 2004, he served a three month tour as a DCIS Special Agent with the Middle East Task Force - Baghdad, Iraq, Coalition Provisional Authority. SA Sternal is a graduate of George Washington University and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computers and Information Systems. He holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration from Rutgers University and a Master of Public Policy degree from Georgetown University.