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WGU C840 Digital Forensics in Cybersecurity
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Passed to improve the security and privacy of
sensitive information in federal computer systems.
The Computer Security The law requires the establishment of minimum
Act of 1987 acceptable security practices, creation of computer
security plans, and training of system users or
owners of facilities that house sensitive information.
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A law that allows for collection of "foreign
intelligence information" between foreign powers
The Foreign Intelligence
and agents of foreign powers using physical and
Surveillance Act of 1978
electronic surveillance. A warrant is issued by a
(FISA)
special court created by this Act for actions under
this Act.
The Child Protection and Requires service providers that become aware of
Sexual Predator the storage or transmission of child pornography to
Punishment Act of 1998 report it to law enforcement.
Protects children 13 years of age and under from the
The Children's Online collection and use of their personal information by
Privacy Protection Act of Web sites. This act replaces the Child Online
1998 (COPPA) Protection Act of 1988 (COPA), which was
determined to be unconstitutional.
Designed to protect persons 18 years of age and
under from downloading or viewing material
The Communications
considered indecent. This act has been subject to
Decency Act of 1996
court cases that subsequently changed some
definitions and penalties
Includes many provisions relative to the privacy and
The Telecommunications
disclosure of information in motion through and
Act of 1996
across telephony and computer networks.
The Wireless Allows for collection and use of "empty"
Communications and communications, which means nonverbal and
Public Safety Act of 1999 nontext communications, such as GPS information.
The primary law under which a wide variety of
Internet and communications information content
The USA Patriot Act and metadata is currently collected. Provisions exist
within the Act to protect the identity and privacy of
U.S. citizens
Contains many provisions about record-keeping
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and destruction of electronic records relating to the
of 2002 (SOX) management and operation of publicly held
companies.
The actions that perpetrators take to conceal their
Anti-forensics
locations, activities, or identities.
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The process of searching the contents of cell
Cell-phone forensics
phones.
The continuity of control of evidence that makes it
possible to account for all that has happened to
Chain of custody
evidence between its original collection and its
appearance in court, preferably unaltered
The use of analytical and investigative techniques to
identify, collect, examine and preserve computer-
Computer forensics
based material for presentation as evidence in a
court of law
An extensive document expounding one's
experience and qualifications for a position, similar
Curriculum Vitae (CV) to a resume but with more detail. In academia and
expert work, a CV is usually used rather than a
resume
The standard holding that only methods and tools
Daubert Standard widely accepted in the scientific community can be
used in court.
Information that helps explain other evidence. And
Demonstrative Evidence example is a chart that explains a technical concept
to the judge and jury
Information that has been processed and
Digital Evidence assembled so that it is relevant to an investigation
and supports a specific finding or determination
The process of acquiring and analyzing information
Disk Forensics stored on physical storage media, such as computer
hard drives or smartphones
Data stored in written form, on paper or in
electronic files, such as email messages and
Documentary Evidence
telephone call-detail records. Investigators must
authenticate documentary evidence.
The study of the source and content of email as
evidence, including the identification of the sender,
Email Forensics
recipient, date, time, and origination location of an
email message.
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