Many companies and organizations are increasingly being faced with having to collect digital evidence in response to situations like fraud, child pornography, intellectual property theft, sexual harassment...etc. These are all examples of cyber-crimes that are happening inside, as well as outside corporate walls. This means system administrators are finding themselves having to be constantly educated on current legal issues and laws concerning the reporting and collection of evidence concerning cyber-crimes in their companies. Not only do system administrators need to preserve and collect digital evidence in these situations, but they also have to recover quickly from an incident to minimize losses.
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