eDiscovery with EnCase® Enterprise

COMPUTER FORENSIC RESOURCES
Real eDiscovery Magazine (Fall 2008) The latest developments, challenges and achievements in electronic discovery.
EnCase® Legal Journal Reviews the latest legal standings and issues related to forensics.
State v. Anderson Ohio Court of Appeals Affirms Conviction Based on Evidence Acquired and Analyzed by EnCase® software.
State v. Williford The Court of Appeals of Texas explicitly validated the reliability of EnCase® software in Williford v. State
Internal Computer Investigations As a Critical Control Activity Under Sarbanes-Oxley Webinar transcript
Kucala Enterprises, Ltd. v. Auto Wax Co., Inc. Court Sanctions Plaintiff for Trying to Defeat EnCase® with Evidence Eliminator.
State v. Cook Ohio Appellate court decision expressly validating the EnCase® software.
State v. Leavell (Frye Hearing on Computer Forensics) State of Washington versus Leavell Telephonic suppression case in which the use of EnCase® software was challenged and validated
People v. Rodriguez (Legal Hearing on EnCase/Computer Forensics) State of California versus Rodriguez where EnCase® software is used to authenticate incriminating emails involving the defendant. This further validates the use of EnCase® software .

ONLINE SEMINARS
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Enterprise Strategies for eDiscovery, Retention Management, and Data Loss Prevention June 4, 2008	WEBINAR	PRESENTATION
Bringing order to Chaos: Combining best-of-breed search and collection and archiving solutions to control unstructured and unmanaged data April 3, 2008	WEBINAR	PRESENTATION
Using Technology to Eliminate Processing Fees February 20, 2008	WEBINAR	PRESENTATION
The Unchartered Territory: Update on Recent eDiscovery Law November 7, 2007	WEBINAR	PRESENTATION
The Untamed Risk: Unstructured Data in Your Organization September 5, 2007	WEBINAR	PRESENTATION
Best Practices for eDisclosure: Defensible In-House Collection and Preservation of Electronic Records March 11, 2008	WEBINAR	PRESENTATION
Using Technology to Eliminate Processing Fees February 20, 2008	WEBINAR	PRESENTATION
The Untamed Risk: Unstructured Data in Your Organization September 5, 2007	WEBINAR	PRESENTATION
Importance of a Defensible eDiscovery Preservation and Collection Process March 27, 2007	WEBINAR	PRESENTATION
Top Ten Common eDiscovery Pitfalls July 5, 2006	WEBINAR	PRESENTATION
The New Federal eDiscovery Rules: Overview Practical Tips for Compliance October 17, 2006	WEBINAR	PRESENTATION
The New Federal eDiscovery Rules and Their Impact June 6, 2006	WEBINAR	PRESENTATION
Impact of Data Protection in the EU December 7, 2005	WEBINAR	PRESENTATION
Sarbanes-Oxley Revisited: Internal Computer Investigations as a Critical Control Activity November 17, 2005	WEBINAR	PRESENTATION
Enterprise eDiscovery: What Every Corporate Counsel and IT Executive Need to Know June 16, 2005	WEBINAR	PRESENTATION

LEGAL WHITE PAPERS
Auditing for Personally Identifiable Information (PII) with a Comprehensive Data Audit and Computer Forensics Solution The Office of Management and Budget requires federal agencies implement policies and technology to address PII. Best practices for this are embodied by a comprehensive data audit and completer forensics solution. This whitepaper will demonstrate how.
Bringing eDiscovery In-House for Australian Corporations Amendments to the Federal Court of Australia's Practice Note 17 are driving companies to assess and plan their discovery practice to become litigation ready. An effective eDiscovery response should outline the management and handling of all eDiscovery and should govern the entire life cycle from the identification of potentially relevant electronic documents to production.
Enhancing Compliance with UK and EU Data Protection Laws when Collecting Employees E-mail and Electronic Documents This paper addresses the requirements of the EU Data Protection Directive and the UK Data Protection Act 1998 pertinent to the investigation, review, and/or collection of employees’ personal data..
Obtaining German Works Council Approval UK Companies that seek to collect German employee E-mails and electronic documents all confront the same hurdle: obtaining permission from their company’s works council. This white paper will address several questions that arise in dealing with German works councils.
eDiscovery Collection Best Practices for the Enterprise The vast majority of risk associated with electronic discovery centers around the effectiveness of a litigant’s preservation and collection efforts.
Defending Your eRecords Retention Policies This paper addresses the failure to consistently enforce their eRecords retention policies, execute timely and effective litigation preservation efforts and to document the execution of and the parameters for the actual purging or preservation of ESI..
Systemizing eDiscovery for Compliance with the New Federal Rules In perhaps the most important development in civil litigation in the past twenty years, the Federal Civil Rules of Civil Procedure are amended effective December 1, 2006 to specifically address the unique challenges of electronic discovery (The eDiscovery Rules).
New Incident Response Mandates under Gramm-Leach-Bliley This brief provides an overview of the new incident response, investigation and incident notification mandates issued by the banking regulatory agencies.
Effective and Cost-Efficient Enterprise eDiscovery This paper examines the current electronic evidence discovery landscape and the challenges companies face in dealing with a broken eDiscovery process.
NIST Computer Security Incident Handling Guide Guidance Software comments on the recently released NIST Computer Security Incident Handling Guide
Sarbanes-Oxley This paper discusses internal computer investigations as a critical control activity under Sarbanes-Oxley.
Basel Committee Incident Response Standards This paper discusses the report that sets 14 risk management principles for electronic banking.
Evidentiary Authentication within the EnCase® Enterprise Process This paper reviews how EnCase® Enterprise fits into the legal framework of information investigations.
Digital Privacy Considerations with the Introduction of EnCase® Enterprise Review what is pertinent and what isn’t, regarding privacy EnCase® Enterprise
Computer Forensics as an Integral Component of the Information Security Enterprise Forensics is not for just law enforcement; information security professionals should consider forensics part of their standard security repertoire.

The following reported decisions address EnCase software extensively:

>Williford v. State of Texas, 127 S.W.3d 309 (Tex. App. 2004)

>United States v. Shirazi, 2006 WL 1155

>Sanders v. State (Texas), 2006 WL 561853 at *3 (Tex.App., Mar. 8, 2006). 945 (N.D.Ill., May 1, 2006)

>State (Ohio) v. Cook, 777 N.E.2d

"Enterprise legal and risk officers must define eDiscovery requirements so that CIOs can drive the implementation of an enterprise eDiscovery platform. To do this, IT should partner with viable vendors, such as Guidance Software"
— eDiscovery Bursts onto the Scene, Forrester Research