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Category Archives: AccessData
AccessData webinar on 22 August: Accelerate incident response through automation
AccessData is giving a webinar on 22 August called Accelerate incident response through automation. Its subject is the need to react very quickly to data breaches, and the ability to do so by the automation of incident response using AccessData’s … Continue reading
Hot crime scenes, Snowballs and the cloud – AccessData on the collection of evidence anywhere
AccessData has been collecting data for criminal and civil purposes for decades. A lot has changed over that time – not just volumes, and the types and sources of data, but the urgency with which it must be collected and … Continue reading
Drone drugs gang film themselves and deliver the results to the police
I wrote recently about the recovery of data from drones, using an example found on the AccessData website. That article, as you would expect from a leading forensics company, focused on the use of AccessData’s technology to recover and analyse … Continue reading
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AccessData: retrieving data from drones
An article by Sam Holt on the AccessData website is headed Drone attacks. How can we fight back? Its context is the growing threat of drones being used for criminal purposes – the transport of drugs, sending material into prisons … Continue reading
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AccessData announces AD eDiscovery for Relativity
AccessData has announced the launch of AD eDiscovery for Relativity, integrating AD’s data collection, preservation and forensic tools with Relativity’s review capabilities. The integration involves a new direct export option. AccessData users can manage collection, search, preservation, legal hold and … Continue reading
Free 30 day trial of Quin-C from AccessData
Earlier this year, AccessData launched Quin-C, its new solution for data access, processing, and analysis, designed to enable investigators of every skill level to conduct more accurate and advanced investigations in shorter timescales. One of its strengths is its ability … Continue reading
ACEDS and AccessData webinar on 11 April: ensuring defensible preservation and collection
The US Federal Rule of Evidence 902 (14) allows a forensic investigator to confirm that electronic evidence is authentic without having to appear in person to testify to that effect. AccessData, makers of AD eDiscovery and other forensic tools, is … Continue reading
AccessData introduces Quin-C for forensic investigations
AccessData has been in the business of producing forensic investigation software for decades. Its latest development in digital investigation technology is called Quin-C which is designed to speed up data access, processing and analysis and to offer a customisable user … Continue reading
AccessData: a webinar, a conference, ACEDS affiliation and more
I generally stick to single subjects in these blog posts, but AccessData has been busy announcing things and it is convenient to combine them in a single post. Webinar on 17 January I have written before about the current series … Continue reading
AccessData webinar on 19 December: how to identify, assess and eliminate risk with AD RTK
AccessData has for many years been a leader in the field of forensic software, designed to identify and retrieve information from all kinds of digital devices and resources. Its range of software for these purposes is called FTK. Originally developed … Continue reading
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AccessData webinar series: navigating information risk, investigations and privacy
AccessData is running a series of webinars under the umbrella title Information Overload: Navigating information risk, investigations and privacy in today’s regulatory environment. The overall theme is one of preparation – devising policies and techniques for investigating data and facing … Continue reading
Posted in AccessData, Discovery, GDPR, Information Governance, Information Governance Initiative
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A wide range of topics at the AccessData User Summit
I went last month to the AccessData User Summit at an attractive resort in San Diego. I moderated or took part in four panels, learnt a lot, met up with old acquaintances and made new ones. It was an extremely … Continue reading
AccessData 2017 European Tour
AccessData has recently released Version 6.2 of its discovery software and is organising a tour of major European cities to introduce the new functionality. The tour starts in London on 15 May and then goes to 7 other European cities … Continue reading
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AccessData webinar on 26 April: taking your investigations to new heights with AccessData 6.2
AccessData is presenting a webinar on 26 April at 11.00am PDT / 2:00pm EDT to talk about the newest features in its flagship eDiscovery product AccessData 6.2. The main changes relate to the speed of processing, to scalability and to … Continue reading
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Doing a keynote with Judge Peck at the AccessData 2017 User Summit in San Diego
There is of course much more to the AccessData 2017 User Summit than the keynote referred to in my heading, but that is what I am chiefly going there for, so I will put it at the top. The AccessData … Continue reading
Posted in AccessData, Cross-border eDiscovery, Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure
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INsig2 LawTech Europe Congress in Brussels on 7-8 November
I am looking forward to taking part once again in the INsig2 LawTech Europe Congress on 7-8 November 2016. This event, originally set up in Prague by the engaging Frederick Gyebi-Ababio, is taking place in Brussels for the second year … Continue reading
AccessData webinar series: Privacy and security in the age of global investigations
AccessData is presenting a series of three webinars under the heading Privacy and security in the age of global investigations. Two of them are about EU requirements, the first on data security and data protection and the second on EU … Continue reading
Reviewing the year so far: June – into Europe with Sedona and AccessData
This is my third consecutive post about the eDiscovery events which I have attended so far in 2016 (you can find the earlier ones here and here). The point, to reiterate, is not to suggest that my travels are of … Continue reading
Posted in AccessData, Data privacy, Data Protection, Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, EU, EU Safe Harbor, GDPR, Sedona Conference
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AccessData webinar on 3 August: Law firm best practices for simplifying eDiscovery
On Wednesday 3 August at 2.00pm ET, AccessData joins forces with Oklahoma law firm Crowe & Dunlevy to present a webinar called Law firm best practices for simplifying eDiscovery. Crowe & Dunlevy has recently implemented AccessData’s eDiscovery product Summation to … Continue reading
eBook from AccessData to help CIOs and CISOs plan to meet changing demands
AccessData has published a guide to help corporate information technology executives with the strategic technology planning needed for legal, compliance, human resources and investigative teams across the organisation. The eBook is called CIO and CISO Guide to Digital Discovery Technology … Continue reading
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eDiscovery opportunities in the Brexit difficulty
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty”. Winston Churchill I spent last week doing a mini-tour of European cities, organised (and excellently) by AccessData. The theme was the collision between data … Continue reading
AccessData European tour: When data transfer collides with data privacy
I am just back from the Sedona Conference Programme on Cross-Border Discovery and Data Protection in Berlin, on which I will write shortly. I won’t put my suitcase away just yet, however, nor my notes from Berlin, because next week … Continue reading
Posted in AccessData, Data privacy, Data Protection, Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure
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Customers, products and people: Keith James, CEO of AccessData, talks about changes at the company
From the outside, we are seeing a lot of changes at AccessData. We are seeing developments in product, we are seeing new initiatives with clients, we are seeing new people. I asked CEO Keith James to give me an overview … Continue reading
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In London, Amsterdam and Frankfurt in June with AccessData and Judge Peck
AccessData has organised a short speaking tour in June when US Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck and I will speak in London, Amsterdam and Frankfurt over the week beginning 20 June. In each city, we will be joined by a panel … Continue reading
AccessData webinar series: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the FRCP Amendments
AccessData is running an eDiscovery webinar series in conjunction with Adam Smith, Esq., with the title The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the FRCP Amendments. There are three parts to the webinar, to be broadcast on 23 February, … Continue reading
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Victor Limongelli elected chairman of AccessData
The Board of AccessData, long-established provider of digital forensics and eDiscovery software, has elected Victor Limongelli as chairman of the board. Victor Limongelli brings long experience, including seven years as President and CEO of Guidance Software, to the post. I … Continue reading
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AccessData webinar on 9 December: new product features for FTK 6.0
As I recently recorded, AccessData has released new versions of both its review application Summation and its forensic application FTK. Both are now at Version 6.0. On Wednesday 9 December at 12:00pm Mountain Standard Time, AccessData is presenting a webinar … Continue reading
AccessData webinar on 10 November: eDiscovery, mobile devices and ESI – what every firm needs to know
AccessData is presenting a webinar on 10 November at 2.00pm ET with the title eDiscovery, mobile devices and ESI: what every firm needs to know. The reference to “firm” in the title implies that the target audience for the webinar … Continue reading
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AccessData launches Summation 6.0 and FTK 6.0 simultaneously
Summation is AccessData’s long-standing eDiscovery tool combining predictive coding, advanced analytics, data processing, early case assessment, case management, final review and transcript management. FTK is its Forensic Toolkit, well known for many years as an industry-standard tool for collecting data … Continue reading
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FTK and Summation: AccessData US and international world tour
AccessData’s Chief Evangelist, Tim Leehealey, is undertaking a tour of cities in the US and around the world to bring users and prospective users up to date with developments in FTK and Summation 6.0. The sessions will cover the state … Continue reading
AccessData webinar on 21 August: Summation and FTK: streamline your eDiscovery and investigation needs
AccessData is producing a webinar on Friday 21 August at 10.00am Mountain Daylight Time with the title Summation and FTK: streamline your eDiscovery and investigation needs. You can read about Summation here and about FTK here. An article published recently … Continue reading
EDiscovery leaders and career opportunities highlighted by US legal publications
Electronic Discovery / eDisclosure is a new discipline. It has passed the Wild West stage but it is still new enough and small enough that the contribution of its founding members can be recognised with the perspective of time. Three … Continue reading
Speeding up police forensic investigations and reducing bail periods
AccessData has been working with the UK’s Royal Military Police Service Police Crime Bureau to speed up their forensic investigations. In addition to the obvious benefits in efficiency and reputation, there are pure cost gains. The UK government has recently … Continue reading
Huron Legal hosts post-LegalTech discussion in London
Nigel Murray, managing director of Huron Legal in London, was the host this week of a discussion and dinner at the Cavalry and Guards club whose purpose was a roundup of LegalTech from a UK perspective. This has become a … Continue reading
Short eDiscovery Updates to end November 2012
This post summarises the posts on my Google Plus page during November 2012. I gave up on Google Plus after that for reasons given in my post here, and set up a new updates blog. A different form of index … Continue reading
Short eDiscovery updates to 27 October 2012
This is a summary of the posts about eDiscovery / eDisclosure on my Google Plus page between 21 and 28 October 2012. Those which relate to webinars etc which have now passed may lead to blind links. Where I know … Continue reading
7th eDisclosure Forum in London on 15 November. Are you ready to benefit from the new eDisclosure rules?
The reforms consequent on Lord Justice Jackson’s recommendations will take effect in April 2013. A conference taking place in London on 15 November will focus on those which relate to eDisclosure, stressing the benefits which will flow to lawyers and … Continue reading
Short eDiscovery updates to 13 October
Most of these updates on my Google Plus site are from the week ending 6 October. After that, I was at the Masters Conference in Washington and at an event given by Symantec-Clearwell at Tower Bridge, with no time to write. … Continue reading
Short eDiscovery Updates to 9 September 2012
This adopts my experimental new format which bundles my Google Plus posts for a period (not necessarily a fixed period) and makes their text available here, together with links to the G+ posts, to the source and to some of … Continue reading
LawTech Europe Congress in Prague on 12 November
My series of articles on future eDisclosure/eDiscovery conferences keeps being interrupted by my attendance at current conferences, most recently by a week at ILTA 2012 in Washington D.C. The conference season now seems to last all year, at least for … Continue reading
Taking time to think about Proportionality and Preservation in eDiscovery
The demos, the cases and the formal meetings are an important part of gathering information, but it is good, occasionally, to lift one’s head from the hard-edged material which flows around you and just kick ideas around without an agenda. … Continue reading
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Early Data Assessment – a webinar with AccessData and Apersee
I took part in a webinar yesterday with Caitlin Murphy of AccessData, Tom Gelbmann and George Socha of Apersee, and Chad Papenfuss of the Federal Trade Commission. Our subject was Early Data Assessment and the title we gave to it … Continue reading
Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong claiming eDiscovery attention
Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong only look close together when viewed from a long way away. They all have a common law eDiscovery tradition, but it is coincidence of timing rather than any specific commonality which groups them together … Continue reading
LawTech Futures 2012 – the Future of Legal Conference Marketing
I did not attend LawTech Futures 2012 – the Future of Legal Technology, the conference organised by Netlaw Media and the Orange Rag’s Charles Christian last week. There is enough to do on my own patch without straying into the … Continue reading
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1 March on Google Plus
There is no doubt that the hot topic at the moment is predictive coding following Judge Peck’s written Opinion of last week. The rest of the eDiscovery world does not, alas, take time out to clear the stage for any … Continue reading
AccessData releases all-new version of Summation
AccessData was not in a hurry to bring out its all-new version of the Summation line of eDiscovery products. The company already had a 20-year history in digital investigations when it bought Summation iBlaze, Enterprise and CaseVantage towards the end … Continue reading
LDM Global launches processing and hosting managed services
LDM Global is offering legal discovery processing, hosting and support services in fixed-price blocks payable by monthly, quarterly or annual subscriptions. The press release is here. The scheme allows access to LDM Global’s processing, storage, and backup, together with project … Continue reading
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Three new sponsors and HP buys Autonomy – all in a week’s work
This was never going to be a relaxing week, sandwiched as it was between a conference in Singapore and ILTA 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee. At least I had written all my Singapore articles by the time I landed at Heathrow … Continue reading
The Value of eDiscovery Self-Collection Tools
I mentioned in a recent post that membership of Guidance Software’s Strategic Advisory Board brought the pleasure of seeing developments work through from concept to production to adoption. One of the most exciting of these was Guidance’s EnCase Portable. The … Continue reading
LDM Global and AccessData announce strategic partnership
I was going to say that the strategic partnership recently announced by LDM Global and AccessData is like a wedding announcement – two people you know publish their intention to tie the knot and you think “Ahh, made for each … Continue reading
eDiscovery in Germany: moderating a conference for AccessData in Frankfurt
It was a dark and stormy night, and as he watched the lightning split the clouds and heard the thunder rolling across the castle’s turrets and towers, he thought sod this for a game of soldiers. With six unbroken hours … Continue reading
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Nigel Murray takes to his wheels again for Help the Heroes
It is that time of year again. Nigel Murray of Huron Legal sets off this weekend for another arduous cycle ride across Northern France in aid of the charity Help for Heroes. His blog page is suspiciously light on training … Continue reading
Final Reminder: AccessData EDiscovery Seminar in Frankfurt on 7 June
This is a final reminder of an event taking place in Frankfurt on Tuesday 7 June at which I am moderating a conference on ediscovery for EU, and specifically German, companies. The conference, which is organised by AccessData, includes a … Continue reading
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AccessData EDiscovery Conference in Frankfurt on 7 June
I am very much looking forward to speaking at and moderating an EDiscovery conference run by AccessData at the impressive Schlosshotel Kronberg near Frankfurt on 7 June. The programme is here. The speakers come from Siemens AG, from a US … Continue reading
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Getting on with the basics at CEIC as the eDiscovery world spins a little faster
I could sit here all morning trying to come up with a succinct heading which captures everything which is going on in eDiscovery / eDisclosure at the moment. The big things happening at a corporate level have greater long-term significance … Continue reading
UK and US EDisclosure / EDiscovery and Compliance Commonality at IQPC London
There was something for everyone at the IQPC Document Retention and EDisclosure Management Summit in London this week. The Bribery Act gave added incentive for those responsible for information management within organisations; at the other end of the process, prosecutors … Continue reading
All set for the IQPC London Document Retention and e-Disclosure Summit
I do not see much point in describing in detail which sessions look interesting over the three days of IQPC’s Information Retention and e-Disclosure Management Summit, which starts at the Brewery in Chiswell Street on Monday. It is a packed … Continue reading
AccessData conference carries electronic discovery message to Germany
I am very much looking forward to moderating an electronic discovery conference in Frankfurt on 22 March. The hosts are AccessData and the speakers are drawn from a broad range of legal, technical and compliance backgrounds, and from well-known firms … Continue reading
Metadata and Data Exchange Formats in Electronic Disclosure – a US model for a common-sense approach in the UK
UK lawyers are rightly sceptical about the relevance of US e-discovery rulings to their own cases. Occasionally, however, one comes along which is grounded in universally-applicable common sense or which throws light on some basic technological point which has not … Continue reading
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Levelling out after LegalTech
LegalTech, UK educational sessions and calls from law firms, an LPO conference, Irish eDiscovery, litigation as an invisible export, legal blogging in New York and eDiscovery in Germany all help to pass the time. By and large, I find that … Continue reading
6th Annual eDisclosure Forum on 15 November
I am co-chairman, with Browning Marean and George Socha, of the Thomson Reuters / Sweet & Maxwell Sixth Annual eDisclosure Forum on 15 November at Canary Wharf in London. Speakers include Senior Master Whitaker, HHJ Simon Brown QC, Mark Surguy … Continue reading
A useful guide to sources on EU Data Privacy Laws
The Guidance Software Newsroom carries a new article by Denise Backhouse of the eData Practice of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP headed Master European Data Privacy Laws. I refer you to it because it is expressly intended as a guide … Continue reading
Getting back to the e-Disclosure day job
Although it may seem that I spend most of my time in the departure lounges of the world, travel is a relatively small element of a typical month’s work. I am back to the meetings, the platform and media opportunities … Continue reading
Another London doorway to Equivio technology
Legastat is the latest London-based e-disclosure services provider to offer Equivio’s technology for speeding up the identification of redundant data and enabling early case assessment. It is not the only such provider, and the same technology is available as integrated … Continue reading
Roundup of The Masters Conference 2010
“We have been travelling since we saw you last. We have been in America, entertaining the Americans whose need, let’s face it, is greater even than yours. Of course when we’re over there we say that the other way round” … Continue reading
Turning e-discovery news and views into a community of interest
Those of us who work in e-discovery / e-disclosure get better and better at passing information and views between ourselves. Web sites, blogs and Twitter allow us to keep up with developments – new products, company news and cases – … Continue reading
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AccessData joins the e-Disclosure Information Project
It is a great pleasure to welcome AccessData as the latest sponsor of the e-Disclosure Information Project. AccessData has been involved in digital investigations for more than 20 years and its Forensic Toolkit®, cyber security and eDiscovery software solutions allow … Continue reading
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