Title: Identify laws applicable to cyber.
Course: Cyber Security/Forensics Infusion Units (CYBR) > Section: Unit 3: CYBER FORENSICS: Exploring Ethical and Legal Issues

Identification should include relevant descriptions of the following:

- Fourth Amendment—“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.” This amendment is part of the Bill of Rights and protects an individual’s right to privacy.
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)—protects the privacy of an individual’s health records
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)—protects the privacy of an individual’s educational records and transcripts
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)—protects investors from financial fraud by establishing new financial reporting standards for businesses and accounting firms
- Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)—also known as the Financial Services Modernization Act; removed previous legal barriers to allow banks, insurers, and securities companies to merge; institutes new standards on how consumer information is shared and what is disclosed to the consumer
- Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)—clarifies the definitions of specific cyber crimes and protects users against certain types of fraud
- Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA)—protects privacy by extending telephone wire taps and transmitted computer data surveillance
- Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)—establishes disclosure standards for government controlled information
- USA PATRIOT Act—terrorism obstruction law that allows law enforcement agencies to gather greater intelligence on individuals within the United States, thereby redefining the standard right to privacy
- Code of Virginia—state interpretations and additions to existing federal cyber security acts and privacy protections (e.g., cyber bullying, online gambling, computer-based obscenity, privacy, fraud)