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Legal ramifications—here, we’re not talking about personal penalties, but the
effects on our business of the laws in places where we actually do or are look-
ing to do business. We most certainly want to get the legal department to
help with this, although it has happened that legal’s first indication that there
might be issues came in an awareness briefing delivered by a security person.
Federal, State, Provincial, County, and Municipal laws may all come into
play. Criminal laws are slowly trying to catch up with technology, so our
people need to know about developments in that sphere, too. If applicable
to our firm, economic espionage laws are valid awareness program content.
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