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Impacts of Georgia's New Law on Computer Forensics and Licensing

A new law in Georgia on private investigators now extends to computer forensics and computer incident response, meaning that forensics experts who testify in court without a PI license may be committing a felony. In the U.S. television show "Medium," Patricia Arquette's character uses her "special psychic skills" to help solve crimes. If a new law passed by the Georgia legislature but not yet signed by the Governor goes into effect, not only could Miss Arquette's character face legal troubles, but thousands of computer security consultants would face the very real threat of jail time - simply for plying their trade. . The link for this article located at is no longer available. . The link for this article located at is no longer available.. computer, georgia, private, investigators, extends, forensics, inciden. . Benjamin D. Thomas

Calendar%202 Apr 25, 2006 User Avatar Benjamin D. Thomas Government
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Ntru CryptoSystems: New Strategy Amid Encryption Challenges

New leadership at security developer Ntru CryptoSystems Inc. is hoping a new services and consulting strategy will help mitigate the damage caused by problems with the company's core encryption algorithm. Once one of the premier cryptography companies in the United States, . . . . New leadership at security developer Ntru CryptoSystems Inc. is hoping a new services and consulting strategy will help mitigate the damage caused by problems with the company's core encryption algorithm. Once one of the premier cryptography companies in the United States, Ntru in the past six months has undergone a nearly complete face lift, replacing its CEO, moving away from its main business of licensing its cryptographic algorithms, slashing its staff by a third and placing many of the remaining employees on part-time status. The changes at Ntru stem from issues surrounding the company's main intellectual property, the NtruEncrypt algorithm. The algorithm is the heart of the company's Neo security tool kit line and is the basis for the Ntru public-key cryptosystem. Last fall, the company discovered there were problems with the parameters it had been recommending to customers to improve bandwidth when using the algorithm. Specifically, the problems caused random messages to fail to decrypt. As a result, someone could mount what's known as a chosen ciphertext attack, which gleans small amounts of information from each failed decryption. Over time, the attacker would be able to amass enough data to decrypt an entire message, which would call into question the security of every other message encrypted using that key. The link for this article located at eWeek is no longer available. . Ntru CryptoSystems is altering its approach due to challenges faced with its cryptographic algorithms and advisory services.. Ntru Crypto,Cybersecurity Consulting,Algorithm Security,Chosen Ciphertext Attack,Crypto Solutions. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar%202 Jun 02, 2003 User Avatar LinuxSecurity.com Team Cryptography
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Linuxcare and Windward Consulting Form Strategic Alliance for Linux

"Technical services and support provider Linuxcare, Inc. has struck a strategic alliance with e-commerce consulting firm Windward Consulting Group, Inc. to push Linux-based solutions to application, Internet and telecommunications service providers." [Found on LinuxToday] . . .. "Technical services and support provider Linuxcare, Inc. has struck a strategic alliance with e-commerce consulting firm Windward Consulting Group, Inc. to push Linux-based solutions to application, Internet and telecommunications service providers." [Found on LinuxToday] The link for this article located at E-Commerce Times is no longer available. The link for this article located at E-Commerce Times is no longer available. The link for this article located at E-Commerce Times is no longer available. The link for this article located at E-Commerce Times is no longer available. The link for this article located at E-Commerce Times is no longer available. . 'Technical services and support provider Linuxcare, Inc. has struck a strategic alliance with e-comm. 'technical, services, support, provider, linuxcare, struck, strategic, alliance, e-comm. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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