Question

• How does the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 pertain to computer forensics? What aspects of the field are covered in the act? In what ways is the act beneficial?
• What does the act not address with regard to computer forensics? What loopholes do you see?
• What parts of the act do you believe are unnecessary or overreaching concerning digital evidence?

Answer 1

Answer -

1. The USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 does pertain to the computer forensics as this act was made to detect the terrorism and try to deter them. So, the provisions were made that officials can intercept the communications of the trespassers on the computer.
   1. It allows the officials to monitor the internet activity of the suspected people on the emails and websites.
   2. It has also authorized the cybersecurity forensics and has given up to $50 million for developments of this sector.
   3. It also states that to train the federal state and the officials about the computer forensics to help with the investigation.

The act is beneficial as:

• The act is beneficial as now there is more improves labs for the computer forensics and more officials are trained.
• Now the ability to detect the trespassers is also improved with the law.
• The act provides more security on the internet with the integrity of the data.
• The act help in detetcting the communication between the suspected terrorists in the country.