David J. Scott was named Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI’s Cyber Division in June 2021.  In his current role, he has oversight of the division’s Cyber Operations Branch and serves as the Director of the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force. 

Mr. Scott entered on duty with the FBI in 2003 and was initially assigned to the Louisville Field Office, working a variety of criminal matters and serving as a member of the SWAT team.  In 2006, Mr. Scott transferred to the Washington Field Office, where he investigated organized crime, Counterterrorism, public corruption and white collar crime matters.  Mr. Scott was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent within the FBI’s International Terrorism Operations Section in 2012, and in 2014 was promoted to Unit Chief of the International Terrorism Operations Section’s CONUS 1, where he provided program management for all International Terrorism investigations in the Northeastern United States.  In 2016, Mr. Scott was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent with the FBI Washington Field Office.

In 2018, Mr. Scott was selected as Assistant Special Agent in Charge for the Washington Field Office Counterterrorism Division, overseeing all International Terrorism threats to the National Capitol Region.  In March 2020, Mr. Scott was promoted to the Senior Executive Service as the Section Chief for the Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section, where he was responsible for oversight of the FBI’s Public Corruption, International Corruption, Civil Rights, and International Human Rights programs. 

Mr. Scott earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Master’s in Administration of Justice from the University of Louisville.  Prior to joining the FBI, Mr. Scott was an Infantry officer in the United States Army.