From the course: Cybersecurity Foundations: Computer Forensics

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Compliance and forensics

Compliance and forensics

From the course: Cybersecurity Foundations: Computer Forensics

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Compliance and forensics

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- [Narrator] Computer forensics is essential to meeting compliance requirements. Organizations must comply with different rules and regulations, depending on the industry. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA of 1996, stipulates protecting personally identifiable information, or PII, in the healthcare and insurance industries. The National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, is a non-regulatory agency of the US Department of Commerce. NIST SP 800-66 is a publication designed to help implement the HIPAA security rule. SP here stands for special publication. The NIST Guide clearly specifies computer forensics requirements and regulations. In particular, it discusses establishing an audit trail, supporting a forensics investigation after an incident. An audit trail is a chronological record that documents security-relevant events. Various log messages generated by software and hardware…

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