This course will be an overview of: Foundational cybercrime and data privacy statutes that shape digital investigations, including the CFAA, SOX, GDPR, and ECPA Courtroom requirements for digital evidence—Federal Rules of Evidence, authentication, and chain-of-custody standards Sector-specific and international compliance frameworks such as HIPAA, GLBA, national security laws, and the Budapest Convention The six-phase digital-forensic methodology—Identification through Reporting—and the best-practice safeguards that ensure forensic integrity