Virginia Law Signed Exempting Computer Forensics from Private Investigator Licensing

Bravo! to Sharon Nelson and company for getting this bill off the ground. This is HUGE for the forensics community, as several states have been requiring computer forensics professionals to obtain (an often impossible) Private Investigator's license to operate.

Summary of the bill as introduced: "Computer and digital forensic services; exempt from regulation as a private security service business. Exempts from regulation as a private security service business any individual engaged in (i) computer or digital forensic services or in the acquisition, review, or analysis of digital or computer-based information, whether for purposes of obtaining or furnishing information for evidentiary or other purposes or for providing expert testimony before a court, or (ii) network or system vulnerability testing, including network scans and risk assessment and analysis of computers connected to a network."