Acronym | Name | Notes |
CFAA | Computer Fraud and Abuse Act | First major cyber crime legislation |
| Federal Sentencing Guidelines (1991) | Responsibility on senior management |
ECPA | Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 | Made it a crime to invade the electronic privacy of an individual |
CALEA | Comm Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994 | Amended ECPA. Made wiretaps possible for law enforcement with a court order. |
| Economic Espionage Act of 1996 | Made theft no longer tied to something physical |
FISMA | Federal Information Security Management Act | Cyber security requirements for government agencies |
DMCA | Digital Millennium Copyright Act | Copyright protection is 70 years + 1st major revision added CD/DVD protections |
USA PATRIOT | USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 | Gave law enforcement and intelligence agencies broader wiretapping authorizations |
| Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act (1998) | Made identity theft a crime. Up to 15 years in prison and $250,000 fine. |
HIPPA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (1996) | Regulations for security measures for hospitals, physicians, and insurance companies |
HITEC | Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 | Amended HIPPA. Updated privacy/security requirements for Business Associates (BAs), requires a written contract known as a business associate agreement (BAA). BAs are directly subject to HIPPA and enforcement actions like a covered entity. HITECH also introduced new data breach notifications. |
GLBA | Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act | Limits services that banks, lenders, and insurance agencies can provide and information they can share with each other |
COPPA | Child Online Privacy Protection Act | Seeks to protects children (<13 years old) online |
FERPA | Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act | Gives students certain privacy rights. Deals with adults >18, and Children in school <18 |
ITAR | International Traffic in Arms Regulation | Regulates the export of military and defense related technologies |
EAR | Export Administration Regulations | For commercial use, but may have military applications. |