WGU D431 DIGITAL FORENSICS IN
CYBERSECURITY TASK 2 COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY NOTES
◉ Cell-phone forensics.
Answer: - the process of searching the contents of cell phones
◉ Daubert Standard.
Answer: - standard used by a trial judge to make a preliminary
assessment of whether an expert's scientific testimony is based on
reasoning or methodology that is scientifically valid and can
properly be applied to the facts at issue
◉ The federal privacy act of 1974.
Answer: - establishes a code of information handling practices that
governs the collection, maintenance,use, and dissemination of
information about individuals that is maintained in systems of
records by us federal agencies
◉ System of record.
Answer: - a group of records under the control of an agency from
which information is retrieved by the name of the individual or by
some identifier assigned to the individual
,◉ The privacy protection act of 1980.
Answer: - protects journalists from being required to turn over to
law enforcement any work product and documentary materials,
including sources, before it is disseminated to the public
- journalists who need this protection are those who are working on
stories that are highly controversial or that describe criminal acts,
because the info they gathered may also be useful to law
enforcement
◉ The communications assistance to law enforcement act of 1994
(CALEA).
Answer: - a federal wiretap law for traditional wired telephony
- expanded in 2004 to include wireless , Voice over packets and
other forms of electronic communications including signaling traffic
and metadata
◉ Unlawful access to stored communications 18 U.S.C 2701.
Answer: - covers access to a facility through which electronic
communication is provided or exceeding the access that was
authorized
, - it is broadly written to apply to a range of offenses
- punishment can be up to 5 years in prison and fines for the first
offense
◉ The electronic communications privacy act of 1986.
Answer: - governs the privacy and disclosure, access, and
interception of content and traffic data related to electronic
communications
◉ The computer security act of 1987 (CSA).
Answer: - was passed to improve the security and privacy of
sensitive information in federal computer systems
- law requires the establishment of minimum acceptable security
practices, creation of computer security plans, and training of
system users or owners of facilities that house sensitive information
◉ The foreign intelligence surveillance act of 1978.
Answer: - allows for collection of foreign intelligence information
between foreign powers and agents of foreign powers using physical
and electronic surveillance
◉ The child protection and sexual predator punishment act of 1998.
CYBERSECURITY TASK 2 COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY NOTES
◉ Cell-phone forensics.
Answer: - the process of searching the contents of cell phones
◉ Daubert Standard.
Answer: - standard used by a trial judge to make a preliminary
assessment of whether an expert's scientific testimony is based on
reasoning or methodology that is scientifically valid and can
properly be applied to the facts at issue
◉ The federal privacy act of 1974.
Answer: - establishes a code of information handling practices that
governs the collection, maintenance,use, and dissemination of
information about individuals that is maintained in systems of
records by us federal agencies
◉ System of record.
Answer: - a group of records under the control of an agency from
which information is retrieved by the name of the individual or by
some identifier assigned to the individual
,◉ The privacy protection act of 1980.
Answer: - protects journalists from being required to turn over to
law enforcement any work product and documentary materials,
including sources, before it is disseminated to the public
- journalists who need this protection are those who are working on
stories that are highly controversial or that describe criminal acts,
because the info they gathered may also be useful to law
enforcement
◉ The communications assistance to law enforcement act of 1994
(CALEA).
Answer: - a federal wiretap law for traditional wired telephony
- expanded in 2004 to include wireless , Voice over packets and
other forms of electronic communications including signaling traffic
and metadata
◉ Unlawful access to stored communications 18 U.S.C 2701.
Answer: - covers access to a facility through which electronic
communication is provided or exceeding the access that was
authorized
, - it is broadly written to apply to a range of offenses
- punishment can be up to 5 years in prison and fines for the first
offense
◉ The electronic communications privacy act of 1986.
Answer: - governs the privacy and disclosure, access, and
interception of content and traffic data related to electronic
communications
◉ The computer security act of 1987 (CSA).
Answer: - was passed to improve the security and privacy of
sensitive information in federal computer systems
- law requires the establishment of minimum acceptable security
practices, creation of computer security plans, and training of
system users or owners of facilities that house sensitive information
◉ The foreign intelligence surveillance act of 1978.
Answer: - allows for collection of foreign intelligence information
between foreign powers and agents of foreign powers using physical
and electronic surveillance
◉ The child protection and sexual predator punishment act of 1998.
