Don't forget about the Structure in the EDRM
The advent of more sophisticated technology tools and cheap storage has led to organizations amassing large amounts of electronic data as part of their ongoing operational and financial responsibilities. When a dispute or investigation arises, the ability to scope, acquire and analyze the relevant data can be extremely complex and burdensome on both the law firm and the corporation.
Though it has been stated 80% of total business information is unstructured (email, individual files, etc.), it can also be argued that structured data, and the ability to properly identify and acquire it, is rapidly becoming an art that few are learning. Over the past several years the focus of electronic discovery and records management has been around the development of technology, tools and processes to handle the explosion of unstructured data. What is often ignored, however, are the structured database systems that contain the transactional information for an organization. In a dispute or litigation, you are required to know and understand what relevant electronic documents/information you maintain. From a RIM perspective, managing and understanding these ignored database systems, or "black boxes" are just as essential as a file share or an employees desktop.
Summary: We will discuss the relevance and importance of these transactional database systems and what role they play from a RIM and ultimately a risk and compliance based perspective.
Courtney Fletcher, Mesirow Financial ConsultingMr. Fletcher has extensive experience providing litigation consulting services. His experience includes data analytics, litigation preparedness, computer forensics, and electronic... more...
Liam Ferguson, Mesirow Financial ConsultingMr. Ferguson is a managing director at Mesirow Financial Consulting. He serves as the national co-leader of the firms Technology... more...
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