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You are a forensically trained member of a Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) unit and are going to a search warrant where you know there will be computer devices.  The plan is to bring all devices back to the lab for examination.  Space in the cars is limited.  Should you bring your forensic tools and software with you?

To ‘speak the truth’ in the legal process is called:

Efforts by the government to prevent the illegal export of technology and arms to our adversaries is called counter- ________.

When the malicious code (malware) in the TJX hack was initially discovered:

The word ________ means “suitable for court.”

A firewall is a software or hardware mechanism used to inspect data packets on a network and determine, based on its set of rules, whether each packet should be allowed through. The network administrator can set these rules.

BitTorrent is a website that claims to be the world’s largest file sharing tracker. A file sharing tracker is notorious for sharing stolen confidential information.

The USA PATRIOT Act provides law enforcement with some authority to intercept voice communications in computer hacking investigations.

________ is a serial bus interface standard for high-speed data transfer, which provides for higher data transfer speeds than a USB wire, with speeds up to 400 Mbs.

Colonial Pipeline paid millions of dollars in bitcoin to ransomware hackers.  The FBI, DOJ, and other U.S. government agencies were able to trace and recover most of this ransom.