[ale] Computer forensics

James P. Kinney III jkinney at localnetsolutions.com
Wed Apr 26 12:46:49 EDT 2006


On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 12:03 -0400, Greg Freemyer wrote:

> 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.
> 

Ugh. Once again the clueless write laws they don't understand.

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