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RSS criminal civilIntrusion Detection Systems as Evidence
White Paper Although the main aim of IDSs is to detect intrusions to prompt evasive measures, a further aim can be to supply evidence in criminal and civil legal proceedings. However the features that make a ID product good at providing early warning may... [09 Jul 2008]
Terrorists turning to tech, warns gov't
News However, civil liberties campaigners greeted this suggestion with caution. This would eventually enable law-enforcement bodies to anticipate potential terrorist behaviour "ideally before the terrorist or criminal has been radicalised or recruited". [04 Jul 2008]
Designing & Implementing Codes of Ethics & Whistleblower Hotlines
White Paper As a result of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ("the Act" or "Sarbanes"), specifically Sections 301 (Procedures for Handling Complaints), 406 (Code of Ethics for Senior Officers) and 806 (Protection for Employees of Publicly Traded Companies Who... [03 Jul 2008]
Homeland Security in Michigan: A Cooperative Network of Local, State, and Federal Action
White Paper Others worry that an excessive focus on criminal justice could detract from the rescue and response mission of government authorities participating in the emergency management system and could threaten civil liberties. [03 Jul 2008]
pdd: Memory Imaging and Forensic Analysis of Palm OS Devices
White Paper Such data can be used by forensic investigators, incident response teams, and criminal and civil prosecutors. This paper introduces pdd or "Palm dd", a Windows-based tool for memory imaging and forensic acquisition of data from the Palm operating... [03 Jul 2008]
SpamCrime: Leveraging the CAN-SPAM Act to Benefit Spam Victims
White Paper The spam is submitted for two purposes, to automatically alert spammers of the recipient's wish not to receive spam and to build a well-documented and historically complete corpus of evidence to support civil and criminal cases against spammers... [03 Jul 2008]
Providing an Electronic Trespass Cause of Action for Computer Hacking Attacks
White Paper With both the growth of the Internet and the explosion of Internet security breaches, it is surprising that criminal and civil remedies have been limited and disjointed. Initially, criminal solutions to the issue of hacking have proven insufficient. [03 Jul 2008]
Fear of Online Crime
White Paper Americans support FBI interception of criminal suspects’ email and new laws to protect online privacy. Civil libertarians and some lawmakers think there should be more oversight when it comes to Internet surveillance, arguing that the government... [03 Jul 2008]
Outlawed: Reckless loss of data
News Liberal Democrat Lady Miller won support of the House of Lords for the proposed amendment to make reckless data loss a criminal offence, but this was changed to a civil offence when the criminal justice bill was approved by the House of Commons on... [12 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.05.08
Round-Up So it's very much chocolate teapot time then, thanks to a classic bit of civil service, red-tape poppycock. And to think, only this week the House of Lords supported a hasty amendment to the criminal justice and immigration bill which would make it... [02 May 2008]
Mergers and Acquisitions: IT Testing Requirements
White Paper In an increasingly regulated corporate environment and a generally more litigious world, corporate directors have to be aware of the potential for criminal and civil proceedings from regulatory bodies or shareholder groups if their corporate... [25 Feb 2008]
State Attorney General's Office Uses New Technology to Improve Constituent Service
White Paper The Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General manages a broad range of law and public safety responsibilities, including conducting criminal investigations and prosecutions, handling civil litigation on behalf of Commonwealth agencies, and... [09 Feb 2008]
silicon.com victory in Full Disclosure data campaign
News The ICO says it is open to the possibility of sanctions other than criminal prosecution, suggesting a civil penalty regime based on the powers of the Financial Services Authority. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is asking that... [31 Jan 2008]
Commons' committee calls for reckless-data-loss laws
News But the parliamentary justice select committee's demands that recklessly or repeatedly mishandling personal information should become a criminal offence received a cautious welcome. The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) welcomed the calls to... [03 Jan 2008]
Lost Revenue CDs 'worth £1.5bn to criminals'
News He said: "We are therefore considering a stock of criminal value of around £1.5bn, which makes the Brinks Mat robbery the equivalent of stealing the church collection. But Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said: "The police inform me... [29 Nov 2007]
