Re: e-discovery software and outsourcing insights?

[Eric Case <ecase () EMAIL ARIZONA EDU>]

Steve,



Check out Guidance Software's EnCase eDiscovery product.  They have a
pay-per-use model.  The cost per use will depend on the amount of data
processed.  My contact there is Michael Welch
michael.welch () guidancesoftware com.

-Eric





Eric Case, CISSP

eric (at) ericcase (dot) com

http://www.linkedin.com/in/ericcase



From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Steve Werby
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 9:11 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] e-discovery software and outsourcing insights?



My team's experience with digital forensics is largely related to security
incident handling, but we've seen an uptick in requests related to
e-discovery and I expect such requests to grow significantly over at least
the next few years.  The work required to honor the requests has been
extremely time-intensive.  I'm interested in feedback about alternatives
that may reduce the burden on my team while allowing the university to more
effectively handle e-discovery requests.  Internal legal counsel are really
the owners of the process, but since there are currently no viable
alternatives in place, Information Security is heavily involved.

Do you have experience or insights about e-discovery platforms that cover
all phases of the process after data collection (processing, searching,
analysis, reviewing, production, etc.)?

Do you have experience or insights about any third-party providers who offer
services that cover all phases of the process after data collection?

*Any* feedback is appreciated.  And though cost isn't the only thing I'm
interested in finding out about, *any* ballpark information about cost would
be helpful.

I searched my educause-security archives over the last year and didn't see
any relevant discussion.  I'd prefer replies on-list so others can benefit
from the discussion, but off-list feedback is more than welcome.  In case
it's relevant, my university has 32k students, 10k employees and IT as it
relates to data storage and device management is split fairly evenly between
central and distributed management.

--
Steve Werby
Information Security Officer
Virginia Commonwealth University
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