Electronic Discovery E-Discovery or Electronic Discovery refers to the method, via which electronic data is searched for, discovered and secured and saved for the purpose of facilitating the evidence is being recorded as the evidence in a civil or criminal court case. The Electronic Discovery software allows the recoding of both online as well as offline information. You can also use this software for hacking of systems in order to get access to some vital information but you should get it approved form the court. The advantages of electronic discovery over paper documents include: 1. This software simplifies the search of required data and information from the electronic database. This database is constantly updated to facilitate the collection of useful information for any civil or criminal case. 2. It is less time consuming than searching for paper data. Also, data in hard copy has to be manually interpreted and analyzed, and such analysis cannot be completely validated as compared to the electronic data received through E- Discovery software. 3. Data obtained through E-Discovery has lesser chances of being lost as it is in a digital format. There is also less chances of the data being stolen or deleted as it is saved on multiple destinations. This software also ensures that the data that the user finally gets is 100% reliable. 4. The usage of E- Discovery software has led to development of cyber forensics which is completely a new field of study and includes the investigation of digital data in the social, legal and political spheres of life. Thereafter, the pc is secured to prevent distortion of important data or information by isolating the pc from the network. The process of E-Discovery is starts with information management. The various risks and costs involved need to be identified and ascertained in order to be carefully mitigated or reduced. The next stage involves identification or location of various sources of Electronically Source Information (ESI). It, also, involves ascertaining the relevance of the obtained information and its various details. This is followed by the preservation and collection of the ESI. This includes the securing of useful information by ensuring that it is adequately protected and not subject to deletion by any unauthorized source. All the information that is collected from various sources for further processes that include processing of the data is termed collectively as collection. After the collection, processing and review and analysis of the data is done. Here, the ESI is compressed to make it easier for reviewers and approvers to sift through data. Then the ESI is evaluated in terms of its content, applicability, important patterns, etc. The delivery of ESI to the final clients or the concerned parties is the last and final step of the whole process of Electronic Discovery. Presentation or display of ESI in front of the court trials,
etc. in order to extort further information to facilitate the case at hand. This entire process is encapsulated by E-Discovery.