PI licensing

All in all, I think the forensic community has a few choices, either swallow the bitter pill of PI licensing (and other future similar issues), or come up with our own federated self regulation and then "force" states to acknowledge and it.

I agree. I also believe that this should not be undertaken by any organization that has a financial interest in the training or qualification of investigators or is in the business of such investigations, itself.

There are good (though not perfect) models in the medical and legal professions.

All in all, I think the forensic community has a few choices, either swallow the bitter pill of PI licensing (and other future similar issues), or come up with our own federated self regulation and then "force" states to acknowledge and it.

I agree. I also believe that this should not be undertaken by any organization that has a financial interest in the training or qualification of investigators or is in the business of such investigations, itself.

There are good (though not perfect) models in the medical and legal professions.

Right now there are to many alphabet soup organizations that have overlapping interests and certifications. It would great to see consolidation of some of these groups to make a stronger presence. And please keep the acronyms down to 2 letters!

Anyone know how the SANS Digital Forensic Groups Form Council of Digital Forensic Specialists (CDFS) initiative is going?

http//blogs.sans.org/computer-forensics/2009/08/25/press-release-digital-forensic-groups-form-council-of-digital-forensic-specialists-cdfs/

Last I heard from Mr. Lee, it is still moving forward, but they just haven't made any announcements yet.

I will see him next week, I could ask him then. )

Tom