Digital Forensics & Electronic Discovery

Diligently Mitigating Risks

Information Security Assessments; Computer Forensics; e-Discovery; Open Source Intelligence; Computer Monitoring

Due to the commonality of electronic records and increased raw data in the workplace, changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in December 2006 increased pressure for companies to manage electronically-stored information (ESI) in support of the electronic discovery process.  Not only is it mandatory that companies adhere to e-records retention and data destruction policies, organizations must also assure compliance of its policies regarding retention of hard drives and backup tapes of its applications servers, especially email servers.

Increasingly, companies and outside counsel are being held accountable for deficient collection and production efforts during the discovery process, and discovery of ESI is now part of routine civil cases.

GBI assists corporate IT departments and counsel throughout the discovery phase.  Through a partner firm, we offer Information Security Assessments, including the review of computer systems to identify vulnerabilities to prevent data loss or theft; Computer Forensics, including the use of investigative techniques to examine computers for evidence; and e-Discovery solutions, including assessing networks, collection, filtering, analysis, and hosting.  The GBI partnership also provides Open Source Intelligence and Computer Monitoring.