Electronic Discovery 2.0

Electronic Discovery, or “e-discovery” refers to the discovery of data from electronic storage and other electronic media for example e-mails, Hard Disk Drives, Databases, CAD/CAM files, websites and any other electronically-stored information which can be used as an evidence in a law suit. Electronic Discovery 2.0, or “e-discovery 2.0” refers to the next generation of…

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part 4 of the four part series about Electronic data Discovery

To do truly useful monitoring and analysis of data access requires understanding who the users are and what permissions they have, Summers says, so he expects electronic data discovery tools to begin monitoring policy servers and directory services in the next year. That requires a cohesive strategy for compliance and security, one that requires coordinating…

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part 3 Electronic data Discovery

CIOs should be sure they don’t approach ELECTRONIC DATA DISCOVERY solely as an IT issue. “Let your general counsel manage this,” advises Matt Curtin, founder of the forensic computing consultancy Interhack. An attorney can best decide what records would be needed for legal proceedings. And he can set guidelines on cleansing transaction histories: “The longer…

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part two of the four part series Electronic data Discovery

Here is the second post on the four part series Electronic data Discovery Beware the Forensics Label Many sales people attach the label “forensics” to their security and compliance analysis tools, and that can be very misleading. In law enforcement circles, “forensics” means a well-defined set of discovery and investigative processes that hold up in…

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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Implications for Nonprofit Organizations

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Implications for Nonprofit Organizations A collaboration between BoardSource and independent sector has produced the following report on the effects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on nonprofits. BoardSource and INDEPENDENT SECTOR wish to thank Dan Moore, Vice President for Public Affairs, GuideStar; Tom Hyatt, Principal, Ober Kaler; and Paul Nelson, President, Evangelical Council…

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four part series on electronic data discovery Tools & Your Enterprises

Here is a four part series i found on the internet about Electronic data Discovery (EDD) TOOLS. Michael Osborne has been getting a lot of vendor calls lately pitching a new breed of products, typically called electronic data discovery (EDD) tools. These tools promise to investigate historical data to uncover security breaches, compliance failures and…

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