and sophisticated criminals that constitute the most significant economic and homeland security threats to the Nation. Sub-Objectives: a. Develop DHS investigative priorities related to illicit cyber activity. b. Identify and conduct high-impact investigations of cyber crimes and illicit uses of cyberspace by transnational criminal organizations. c. Disrupt the ability to use online marketplaces and tools for illicit trafficking, money laundering, and malicious cyber activity. d. Develop options to appropriately disrupt, counter, and deter transnational criminal organizations to augment arrest and prosecution of individual criminals. Outcomes: DHS law enforcement investigations effectively counter significant illicit cyber activities and the ability of transnational criminal organizations to operate online. Objective 4.2: Prevent, disrupt, and counter cybersecurity threats to protected persons, special security events, and critical infrastructure. DHS must fully leverage its law enforcement and protective capabilities to provide appropriate security for protected persons, special security events, federal facilities, and other high-risk critical infrastructure against cyber threats. DHS has been a leader in integrating traditional law enforcement methods and protective measures to strengthen security. Such efforts include working with national and international partners through electronic crimes task forces to prevent, detect, and investigate various cyber crimes, including potential terrorist attacks against critical infrastructure and financial payment systems, as well as improving the security of federal facilities. DHS must strengthen its ability to apply its full range of authorities in an integrated manner to counter cyber threats to protected persons, special security events, federal facilities, and other critical infrastructure. Sub-Objectives: a. Identify and investigate cyber threats to protected persons, special events, federal facilities, and other critical infrastructure. b. Implement detection and protection measures to appropriately secure key systems and assets. Outcomes: DHS timely and thoroughly investigates key cyber threats to protected persons, events, and assets, and applies protective measures based on insight regarding such cyber threats. 16