With high-visibility breaches in the news impacting such well-known companies as RSA and Sony, the board of directors of Mega Corp has directed the CEO to establish incident response and forensics capabilities that will ensure they are prepared to meet any potential challenges that might come the way of the organization. The CEO wants an independent perspective and has recruited you to be his highly paid consultant. You will provide him with a set of recommendations that he can use to meet the board's request.

The recommendations you will be expected to provide as the deliverables for this project are:

Properly differentiate forensics and incident response activities.

Review the details about the MegaCorp organization in the Overview section of the Forensics and Incident Response Recommendations course project description. Using this information and the Internet, identify the external forensics resources available to MegaCorp as part of a proactive plan for forensics and incident response management.

Computer forensics specialization firms appropriate for MegaCorp to consider, including the potential impact of considering overseas partners on the global, national, state, local, individuals, and organizational levels of risk.

Documentation as to what qualities or characteristics make these firms appropriate partners.

Legal and regulatory agencies that may impact MegaCorp in the event of a computer crime.

Recommendations for how to connect with these agencies prior to an incident.

Professional development and associations available to forensics and incident response staff and managers