Management Of Information Security
Management Of Information Security
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ISBN: 9781337405713
Author: WHITMAN, Michael.
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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Laws passed by the state to prosecute computer crime:

The laws which are formulated by the state to prosecute computer crimes are as follows:

  • The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1996 (CFA Act)
    • It is the basis of numerous computer associated federal rules and enforcement attempt.
    • This law was revised by the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996.
    • After revising the act, there were a lot of changes in various sections and the punishments were increased for a certain number of crimes...

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