Discovery Insights is a selection of educational articles, activities, and announcements published monthly by HaystackID to inform, update, and inspire legal, compliance, and cybersecurity professionals operating in the eDiscovery ecosystem. To follow the latest industry and company updates, visit our blog at haystackid.com/insights/.
Press Release
HaystackID™ Named a Worldwide Leader in eDiscovery Services by IDC MarketScape
WASHINGTON – February 23, 2021 – HaystackID announced today that it has been named a worldwide Leader in eDiscovery Services in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide eDiscovery Services 2021 Vendor Assessment (Doc#US46838220, February 2021) report. HaystackID™ is one of only 11 companies to be recognized.
“We are proud to once again be recognized as a worldwide Leader in eDiscovery services,” said Hal Brooks, CEO of HaystackID. “As a pioneer of remote review, HaystackID has been operating remotely even long before the pandemic. We’re honored that our innovation in and vision for remote review has been recognized by the IDC MarketScape.”
Data Breach Preparedness for the Midsize Enterprise CIO
With the prevalence of data breaches in today's business world, organizational Chief Information Officers must take a structured approach to incident responses and breach notifications. With a focus on the delivery of data breach discovery and review services, HaystackID™ and our ReviewRight Protect™ service can help companies quickly identify sensitive data, promptly assess safe and at-risk data, and rapidly respond and report to mitigate data-breach associated risk.
Gartner's recent research report titled Data Breach Preparedness for the Midsize Enterprise CIO provides an overview of data breach impacts and highlights recommendations for midsize enterprise CIOs to ensure they have practical plans to remediate and recover from a data breach.
Challenges and Considerations for Data and Legal Discovery Review Projects
+ Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2021
+ Time: 12:00 PM EDT (11:00 AM CT/9:00 AM PT)
In today's COVID-constrained world, it is estimated by industry analysts that now that more than 90% of all legal reviews are done remotely. This new remote world and its highly decentralized review landscape have introduced more complex security challenges demanding sophisticated security capabilities, all without changing the demanding efficiency and efficacy requirements of audit, investigation, and litigation-driven reviews.
In this expert presentation, enterprise security experts, data and legal document review authorities, and industry-leading technology innovators will share how organizations are preparing and responding to increasing security and privacy challenges in today's remote world where distributed workforces are now the rule, not the exception.
[Webcast Transcript] Only a Matter of Time? From Data Breach Discovery to Defensible Incident Responses
On February 17, 2021, HaystackID shared an educational webcast designed to inform and update legal and data discovery professionals on how organizations should be prepared to respond to cyber-related incidents after a data breach. While the full recorded presentation is available for on-demand viewing, provided for your convenience is a transcript of the presentation for your use.
HaystackID participated in panels and facilitated discussions throughout the February session of Legalweek 2021. The panels presented are now available to view on-demand:
HaystackID regularly records and shares content on topics related to eDiscovery as part of its industry educational programming. To learn more about our portfolio of on-demand presentations visit our chronological overview of webcasts today.
Legalweek 2021 will bring together thousands of legal professionals for a series of five innovative virtual legal events that tackle the changing legal landscape and provide actionable insights to help legal leaders restructure, rebuild and reinvigorate today’s law firms and legal departments.
Join HaystackID’s Facilitated Discussion in our Virtual Booth at these scheduled times during the March session:
8th Annual University of Florida Levin College of Law
E-Discovery Conference
+ Date: March 18, 2021
+ 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM EDT
HaystackID is proud to partner with and continues as a longstanding Friend of the 8th Annual University of Florida Levin College of Law E-Discovery Conference. The conference is completely online and free for all attendees.
HaystackID is a proud supporter of LaTouche Training and looks forward to sponsoring and participating in Legal Tech Ireland 2021.
HaystackID invites you to join us for the panel discussion Socially Distanced Data: The Challenges of Managing Business Data with a Remote Work Force during Legal Tech Ireland on March 25, with Michael Sarlo, HaystackID’s Chief Innovation Officer.
Legal Tech Ireland 2021 gathers law firms, government departments, corporates, general counsel, in-house lawyers, regulatory agencies, eDiscovery providers, advisors, and much more under one roof for an enlightening day focusing on best practices and the latest trends and developments.
HaystackID is proud to partner with The Sedona Conference as a Working Group Annual Sponsor and will have experts participating in the Virtual Working Group 11 Annual Meeting.
The meeting’s primary focus will be on new brainstorming group outlines in need of WG11 member review and comment, including the following topics:
+ Interpreting and applying “risk-of-harm” triggers in breach notification statutes
[Blog Post Extract] Careful and courteous questioning of secure remote review service providers on their specific areas and levels of experience may mean the difference between streamlined success or subsidized learning (by the secure remote review provider) during the implementation and execution of secure remote reviews.
[Blog Post Extract] During the COVID-constrained summer of 2020, HaystackID™ supported a leading global finance platform company and its internationally recognized outside counsel in responding to a Department of Justice (DOJ) Second Request based on a proposed acquisition of a highly regulated company. This Second Request resulted in the need to collect and evaluate 18TB of data, including significant stores of Slack messages and files, from both onsite and remote locations from more than 17 types of data stores. Within a period of 106 days, HaystackID completed approximately 300 collections, developed custom tools and processes, including innovative Slack-specific communications heat maps, predictive coding processes, and private message privilege identification, to enable a compliant response of a complex investigation request, ultimately enabling completion of the proposed acquisition.
HaystackID™ is a specialized eDiscovery services firm that helps corporations and law firms securely find, understand and learn from data when facing complex, data-intensive investigations and litigation. HaystackID mobilizes industry-leading computer forensics, eDiscovery, and attorney document review experts to serve more than 500 of the world's leading corporations and law firms in North America and Europe. Serving nearly half of the Fortune 100, HaystackID is an alternative legal services provider that combines expertise and technical excellence with a culture of white-glove customer service. The company was recently named a worldwide leader in eDiscovery services by IDC MarketScape and was included as a representative provider in Gartner's Market Guide for E-Discovery Solutions. For more information about its suite of services, including programs and solutions for unique legal enterprise needs, go to HaystackID.com.