A Framework for Evidence Collection Planning and Assessment
Applying Business Process Improvement Techniques
Inexpensive storage technology, expanding networks, the explosion of data, new data formats, and stricter regulations and tighter timeframes are putting organizations at risk when they are required to respond to electronic discovery requests.
- Networks and data storage have moved beyond corporate walls and desktops.
- Portable storage and communications devices—cell phones, unified messaging devices, thumb drives, iPods, PDAs and even employees' home computers—are all impacting an organizations's data collection and preservation practices.
- More devices and more file types are making data tougher to preserve and extract.
- Stricter regulations, such as Sarbanes-Oxley, are requiring enterprises to store more data.
- Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) have expanded the definition of what is discoverable to include all "electronically stored information" (ESI).
All of these technological and regulatory changes are creating an array of complex technical, process and response issues that mean more cost and more risk for the enterprise.
This white paper illustrates the way organizations can step back and look at the big picture -- and to take a business process approach to plan for electronic discovery.