Bits&Bytes wrote:
True...but she doesn't come in contact with social security numbers or bankk information and my hair will grow back. ID theft is hard and expensive to recover from.

1. This rule change has nothing to do with identity theft.

2. Any common computer consultant, such as a DBA or systems administrator, would have just as much access to personal information as a computer forensics person. These people are not licensed, by this rule or any other rule.

3. Computer forensics people are generally called in after a breakin has taken place. At that point any personal information on the computer is already compromised.

4. Licensing computer forensics people wouldn't prevent them from commiting identity theft. The reason that we license private investigators is to ensure that they are properly trained with regard to the rules about wiretapping and the use of deadly force. The point isn't to prevent them from intentionally commiting crimes, the point is to ensure that they don't unintentionally commit crimes by being overzealous in their duties. These issues do not usually apply in computer forensics cases.

RE: Georgia Law to put Computer Forensics experts in Jail -- HB 1259