Laws, Standards, and Regulations

Laws, Standards, and Regulations Currently, the law is adapting to the new circumstances produced by the existence of the Internet. One challenging issue is determining which courts have jurisdiction over disputes and what codes of law should apply. The global nature of the Internet makes it difficult for countries to enforce differing national laws.

The first information technology laws involved securing the information on the computer systems of the federal government.

Federal Information Securities Act of 2002: Required federal agencies to monitor and record the information on its computer networks and enact security measures to protect it according to the guidelines of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act: Financial companies must maintain security procedures to protect information of customers that is not publicly available.

Counterfeit Access Device and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1984: Criminalized the unauthorized use or access to protected computers, which include computers of the federal government, financial companies, or those used for business or communication between states or countries.

http://www.fas.org/irp/crs/RL32357.pdf