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Chapter 6
Standard Operating
Procedures: Digital Forensic
Laboratory Accreditation
Standards
Introduction
In 2005, the Texas State Legislature was going to require that all digital forensics labs be
accredited if they were going to continue to present computer evidence in Texas criminal
court cases. At that time, the only accreditation process available was through the American
Society of Crime Laboratory Directors Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD or LAB),
which was cost prohibitive for most digital forensic labs. In response to the Texas Department
of Public Safety Special Crimes Division’s request for an accreditation process that a