| March - April 2003 Volume 3 Edition 9
Note from the Editor:
We have been pleased to provide you with this periodic newsletter
concerning Information Technology issues that relate to Computer Forensics,
Internet Investigations, Best Practices within the Legal Field, Rules of
Digital Evidence other relevant topics which concern industry today. Please
feel free to send your comments or article submissions to the editor here .
Deciphering the Value of Open Digital Rights Management (DRM)
By Andrew C. Frank
The ongoing debate as to whether the cause of Internet security is better served by open
or proprietary standards opened on a new front in January when Microsoft,
in a characteristically subtle but potentially far-reaching move,
introduced a new music CD toolkit for record labels.
Part of the Windows Media DRM 9 Framework, the toolkit enables labels to include a
second session on a protected audio CD containing Windows Media Audio
format tracks that can be played on a computer or compliant portable player,
but are protected by Microsoft’s digital rights management (DRM) technology.
This enables labels to specify copy and usage restrictions, in particular to prevent
the sharing of the files over the Internet.
The deal for record labels sounds hard to resist: the
toolkit is supported by the number one media player in the world, and it’s free.
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The Evolving Standard of Corporate Security
By Glen Hastings
In a world threatened by terrorism and on the precipice of war, security seems to be on
everyone’s mind. We take our shoes off before getting on a plane, we receive
updates on the current level of terrorism on the nightly news,
and we stockpile duct tape to create safe rooms reminiscent of fall out
shelters from the 1950s. Businesses are not immune to the heightened sensitivity
to security; many of us work in high rises which require us to open
our briefcases and pass through metal detectors just to go to work.
In boardrooms around the country and across the globe,
CEOs and senior executives have been grilled about their corporation’s
security and their related leadership.
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