Digital Reef (www.digitalreefinc.com), a leading software provider of the first massively scalable and open software for eDiscovery and digital information governance, today announced that the new release of its eDiscovery software brings a totally new approach to identifying, analyzing, collecting, and reviewing electronic documents in place within the enterprise. The new Portable Collections capability enables users to quickly create large case-specific portable matters that can be easily distributed to eDiscovery data centers of legal service providers, enterprise companies and law firms. This gives immediate and direct access to help the entire legal team determine the potential relevancy of electronic documents, and develop litigation strategies earlier in the case assessment process without needing to make costly investments in technology or manpower. Enterprise companies can now partner and collaborate with legal service providers to establish proactive early case assessments (ECA) and establish risk strategies. Law firms benefit by having review-ready collections. Because the software can operate behind an enterprise firewall, it makes the entire process easy to deploy since it does not require data to be copied or moved.
Guidance Software Wins ILTA’s 2010 Distinguished Peer Award for the Innovative Vendor Category – MarketWatch
Guidance Software, Inc. (GUID 5.14, +0.02, +0.39%) today announced that it has been recognized by the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) with a 2010 Distinguished Peer Award for outstanding achievements in the category for innovative vendor based on its EnCase(R) Portable product.
This was the inaugural year of the annual awards program, and ILTA was pleased with the number and diversity of nominees across several categories. ILTA’s Distinguished Peer Award program recognizes premiership and provides a forum for peer-nominated, peer-judged innovations in technology. Guidance Software was one of five companies selected to a short list that was considered by ILTA’s panel of judges for the Innovative Vendor award.
EnCase Portable is a pocket-sized USB digital forensics data collection and triage solution that leverages the powerful capabilities of Guidance Software’s EnCase. Unlike other solutions, EnCase Portable can be used by non-experts such as paralegals, enabling scarce digital forensic or e-discovery specialist resources to focus on case management, processing, detailed analysis and reporting.
Computer hard disk drive sold on eBay ‘had details of top secret U.S. missile defence system’ | Portable Hard Disk Drives
The perils of failing to properly dispose of computer hard drives, raids or other digital storage mediums was brought into sharp focus over the past week after media reports disclosed that a top secret plans for a US military missile was found on a secondhand hard drive.
Computer forensics, the discipline of recovering data from a hard disk drive or other digital medium, has become better known in recent years as highly sensitive data such as photos or personal details have been lifted by the authorities, researchers or criminals. Cyber crime and data misuse has become a real threat to individuals and corporations as their sensitive data is exposed whenever a hard disk drive is improperly disposed of.
In this most recent example of this issue, media reports featured an ongoing research project conducted by three universities â Longwood University in the USA, Glamorgan University in the UK and Edith Cowan University in Western Australia plus BT [British Telecom] and Sims Recycling Solutions.
The project is in its fourth year and the purpose is to create public attention as to the risk to personal and corporate data posed by carelessly discarded computer equipment which often contains massive amounts of unsecured personal and commercial data. The technicians involved in the study used applications and tools that are available from the internet and can be used by someone with simple knowledge of computers to recover the data left on the drives. The technicians often found that the data was readily readable as it had not even been deleted or wiped using basic instructions.
Probably the most startling result from the project was the retrieval of sensitive details of a US military missile air defence system located on a second-hand hard drive bought in an eBay auction. The data related to test launch procedures for the THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defence) ground to air missile defence system, used to shoot down Scud missiles in Iraq. The same disk also apparently had security policies, blueprints of facilities and personnel information belonging to technology company Lockheed Martin â the company which designed and built the system.
Global EDD Group Portable Processing | Litigation Support | Law Technology News
Portable Processing
Ohio’s Global Electronic Discovery & Disclosure Group (www.globaledd.com), a boutique legal technology consulting firm, has added Portable Processing to its Intelligent EDD line of services.
Developed for use at locations with dependable power and internet connectivity, the services combine software and hardware systems that can be transported worldwide within 48 hours, says the company. Offerings include data analytics and dynamic reporting; file culling, deduplication, and data extraction; file exports; first-pass document review; language identification; and more.
via Litigation Support.
Global EDD Group Implements Portable E-Discovery Solution
GLOBAL EDD GROUP IMPLEMENTS PORTABLE E-DISCOVERY SOLUTION
Expands Intelligent EDD℠ Services With Addition Of Portable Processing
Cleveland, Ohio (29 March 2010) – Global Electronic Discovery & Disclosure Group (“Global EDD Group”), a boutique consulting firm that provides innovative legal technology solutions across the globe, today announced the addition of Portable Processing to its Intelligent EDD℠ line of legal technology services. Developed to be utilized at virtually any location with dependable power and connectivity, Portable Processing enables Global EDD to provide a full suite of early case assessment and electronic discovery services at onsite and near site locations across the globe without the cost, time and headaches typically associated with the shipping of servers, workstations and monitors.
“We have worked closely with our technology partners to develop an innovative early case assessment and electronic discovery processing solution that is portable, scalable and cost effective,” stated Brad Mixner, Founder and Managing Principal of Global EDD Group. “This enhancement to our Intelligent EDD Services provides a significant advantage to our clients and alliance partners managing cases with tight deadlines, data privacy, intellectual property or related security concerns. Our mobile teams can be onsite and operational with short notice, with the ability to preserve, analyze, process and review data on the same day.”
The Intelligent EDD Portable Processing service combines industry standard software and purpose-built hardware within a modular system that can be easily transported with the mobile teams to virtually any location in the world within 48 hours. Key highlights of the service include:
- Data Analytics and Dynamic Reporting
- File Culling and Deduplication
- Text, Metadata and Attachment Extraction
- XML, TIFF, TXT and Native File Exports
- First Pass Document Review
- Language Identification
“In essence, it’s a mobile office. ESI processing, review and analysis all within the secure confines of the client’s office. Now, when a client asks if we process data in Asia, Europe, South America or Timbuktu, the answer is ‘Yes.’” noted Joseph Turner, Principal, Global EDD Group.
About Global EDD Group
Global Electronic Discovery & Disclosure Group (“Global EDD Group”) was founded by Mixner with the vision of bridging the wide gap between domestic organizations and their growing national and international legal technology needs. Global EDD Group provides legal technology services for matters with a national or international scope, specializing in remote and onsite services ranging from data identification to document review. Global EDD Group is based in Cleveland, Ohio, USA with regional offices in San Francisco and New York City. Additional information is available by visiting www.GlobalEDD.com.
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