Dealing with e-Discovery

New federal rules regarding electronic discovery have changed the game for storage and records retention, as well as for ongoing litigation support within the company. These rules will only make things harder for CIOs, but by understanding both the positive and negative consequences, you can mitigate the fallout. The key is being able to find records requested by the court during a lawsuit quickly; if you can't, your company will be liable for fines or sanctions. To deal with these new rules, create an eDiscovery leader within the organization whose role it is to fully understand how these legal imperatives effect ongoing records retention policies and storage initiatives within the organization; create and publish a records retention policy and enforce it, form a committee comprised of IT, Legal, Finance and Human Resources representatives, whose job it is to audit the holding and elimination of data, and to identify new platforms that extend existing document management, records retention and messaging applications.

To read more about preparing for the new eDiscovery laws:
- read the article at CIO Update

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