[ale] Computer forensics

Greg Freemyer greg.freemyer at gmail.com
Wed Apr 26 12:03:40 EDT 2006


On 4/26/06, Sean Kilpatrick <drifter at oppositelock.org> wrote:
> An article on The Register this morning starts this way:
>
> "A new law in Georgia on private investigators now extends to computer
> forensics and computer incident response, meaning that forensics experts
> who testify in court without a PI license may be committing a felony."
>
> The full (and interesting) article can be found at
>
> <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/26/law_change_for_pis/>
>
> Fortunately, Sonny _may_ not have signed this wonder -- yet.
>
> Sean

This potential new GA law is getting lots of high-level interest in
the Comp. Forensic and CPA fields.

If Sonny signs it (or has signed it) then a lot of common activities
become a felony.

ie. Your a consultant and your client is attacked by a hacker.  Your
called in to respond.  As part of that you collect evidence that may
be used in a criminal prosecution, or in a civil suit.  If you don't
have your PI license, you just committed a felony.

CPAs care because theri reports are often performed in support of a
civil suit.  Per the potential new law, they would have to have a PI
license to do that.

Greg
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Greg Freemyer
The Norcross Group
Forensics for the 21st Century



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