Keeping it legal and ethical

Wouldn't it be great if our testing processes kept us out of jail and reduced the risk for us and our customers? There is an exponentially growing body of laws at the national, provincial, state, and local levels in most countries. The many news stories we are all bombarded with make it clear that government bodies at all levels throughout the world are still trying to determine how to find the right balance of privacy, confidentiality, and accountability for cyber-security related events. It turns out that, in the vast majority of government bodies, those making the laws might be ill-suited to understand the complexities and form effective regulations. One Complication for us is the fact that we are very rarely operating in a single jurisdiction: interstate and international entanglements are perilous and dynamic. How can we save ourselves from...