Chapter 2. Ethical Hacking and the Legal System

  • Laws dealing with computer crimes and what they address

  • Malware and insider threats companies face today

  • Mechanisms of enforcement of relevant laws

  • Federal and state laws and their application

We are currently in a very interesting time where information security and the legal system are being slammed together in a way that is straining the resources of both systems. The information security world uses terms and concepts like “bits,” “packets,” and “bandwidth,” and the legal community uses words like “jurisdiction,” “liability,” and “statutory interpretation.” In the past, these two very different sectors had their own focus, goals, and procedures that did not collide with one another. But as computers ...

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