Electronic Discovery: Litigation Goes Hi-Tech
The advent technological innovations have led to business houses and corporate sector moving into the digital age. The use of computers and other electronic devices connected through various corporate networks and the Internet is quite common as is the use of this facility by the mobile workforce working across global offices. The growth of technology has facilitated the access to digital data from any network irrespective of the location and device. An evolving field along the same lines is electronic discovery, which goes beyond technology.
Electronic discovery, e-discovery or ediscovery, refers to the process in which electronic data is searched for, located, and secured as a source of evidence in a legal case. This can be carried out offline as well as online from any network. Ethical hacking of the corporate database or network for obtaining any critical evidence after court or government sanctions is also considered as electronic data discovery and is a form of e-discovery.
As digital data can be available in the form of text files, pdf files, images, spreadsheets, audio files, animations and databases, makes it very suitable for investigation. Further, as compared to the print and paper documents, which require manual scrutinization, the electronic data can be scanned and scrutinized with ease. Elimination or deletion of the data is also not an easy proposition especially from the network, making it safer as evidence. The email is also a valuable source of data for e-discovery for evidence in litigation cases. Computer forensics or cyber forensics is another specialized form of e-discovery, which makes use of the digital copy of the contents of the hard drive for investigation.
Electronic discovery process makes use of every data that is electronically stored. It may be as voicemail or archived electronic messages both from email and instant messaging chat sessions, or from Smart phones or PDA’s. However, this process involves an array of people from forensic investigators, lawyers and IT professionals. A number of organizations have forayed into the field of e-discovery. The leaders in the field transforms the way governments, and enterprises perform e-discovery in response to litigation or any internal investigations, With the e-discovery software as a platform, these service providers streamlines the process of e-discovery for their clientele thus providing them with an end-to-end ediscovery solutions
The e-discovery software with its set of ediscovery tools facilitates for easy collection of suspect data from relevant data sources in a forensically sound manner. The automated process helps to complete the investigation process in hours instead of days and effortlessly uncover all the hidden concepts very early in the investigation lifecycle.
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