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.
Recent News
[Press Release] Chambers USA Ranks HaystackID® in Its Litigation Support Guide for Fourth Year
Chambers USA has recognized HaystackID, a specialized eDiscovery services firm supporting law firms and corporate legal departments, and a team member for eDiscovery litigation expertise in its 2022 Chambers Litigation Support Guide.
Chambers notes, “They [HaystackID] really help their clients to think about cyber as a program and build a program that is put in place to mitigate risk and help manage incidents when they come.” Chosen as one of only 19 U.S. eDiscovery litigation support providers recognized and ranked in the guide, the company received a Band 3 rating.
Chambers USA also recognized Vice President and General Counsel Ashish Prasad (Band 2) as a top eDiscovery litigation support expert. Prasad is one of only 12 U.S. professionals ranked in the guide as leading eDiscovery practitioners.
“Our firm is honored to be recognized by Chambers USA as a premier litigation support provider for the fourth consecutive year,” HaystackID CEO Hal Brooks said.
[Article] Championing Stellar Women: Anya Korolyov of HaystackID
Inspired by the Relativity podcast, the Innovation Award for Stellar Women by Relativity recognizes a female leader making her mark in technology. According to Relativity, this individual goes above and beyond her job description to make the industry equitable for all genders.
Anya Korolyov – A Stellar Woman with HaystackID
Anya Korolyov, Esq., Vice President of Cyber Incident Response and Custom Solutions at HaystackID, has 17 years of experience in the legal industry as a licensed attorney, including 14 years of experience in eDiscovery, focusing on data mining, integrated complex workflows, and document review. As the Vice President, Anya works on the development and implementation of the strategic direction of Cyber Incident Response, which encompasses implementing existing and planned services and programs; working closely with custom solutions, development, and data science departments; and overseeing projects being executed by the Cyber Discovery group.
Anya studied computer science and started her career as a programmer before heading to law school. Prior to leading the Cyber Breach Discovery group at HaystackID, Anya successfully managed multiple Second Requests, as well as large-scale complex litigations in healthcare, antitrust, and patent infringement.
[Webcast] CFIUS Compliance: Your Organization’s Growth and Investment Strategy May Be a Matter of National Security
+July 27, 2022
+Time: 12:00 PM ET
+Duration: 60 Minutes
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is a U.S. government interagency committee with the responsibility to review foreign investments in U.S. businesses and real estate transactions for national security implications. CFIUS is ultimately concerned with protecting the national security of the U.S. via a National Security Agreement (NSA) with the business. NSAs include particularities around reporting requirements, the security protocols in handling protected data from American nationals, identifying protected data classes, ensuring that only approved screened employees can access protected data, ensuring compliance with data structures, identifying data sources (systems, applications, repositories), performing risk assessments on those data sources, prioritizing mitigation of protected data inside such data sources, and more.
The paramount and most challenging requirements center on the identification and safeguarding of critical information assets. The completeness and accuracy of enterprise-critical asset identification, monitoring, and security are vital for a comprehensive CFIUS compliant cybersecurity program. With a solid understanding of requirements, roles, and responsibilities, IT Security, Compliance, Privacy, Information Governance, and Legal Discovery professionals can successfully navigate the difficulties of CFIUS compliance challenges and fulfill business objectives.
In this informational presentation, our team which is approved by the CFIUS Monitoring Agencies (CMAs) and brings first-hand delivery of CFIUS Third-Party Provider services in areas ranging from data protection and privacy to identity access management and data loss prevention will discuss and explain the best approaches, protocols, and practices for successfully guiding an organization’s data in a world of nation-state bad actors and insider threats.
[Webcast] EDRM – Considerations and Challenges for Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and NFT Investigations
+August 17, 2022
+Time: 1:00 PM ET
+Duration: 60 Minutes
With the increasing importance of privacy and security in today’s business world coupled with the advancement and acceptance of transaction technologies ranging from blockchain and cryptocurrencies to non-fungible tokens (NFTs), today’s digital forensics professionals are behind the proverbial power curve if they do not have a basic understanding of these emerging technologies. They are further behind that curve if they do not understand the investigational considerations and challenges of these technologies as they move from aspirational advancements to accepted and practical business tools.
During this expert session led by two of the world’s leading cybersecurity, information governance, and legal discovery digital forensics experts, presentation attendees learned the foundational basics of blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and NFTs, discussed an examination of raw data on blockchain ledgers, research specific addresses and transactions as part of an investigational process, and considered NFTs from an investigational and eDiscovery perspective.
[Webcast Transcript] You’ve Got to Move It: Data Protection and Privacy with Cross-Border Transfers
On June 22, 2022, HaystackID shared an educational webcast developed to help companies successfully face the accelerating challenges of data protection, privacy, and cross-border transfers. The webcast also highlighted the requirements, roles, and responsibilities that information governance and legal discovery professionals need to successfully navigate the difficulties of cross-border transfers to translate compliance challenges into business opportunities. (Complete Transcript)
Join HaystackID as we partner with The Master’s Conference by sponsoring and presenting during the event on July 21 in the San Francisco office of Reed Smith. The Master’s is the leading legal technology conference that brings together industry experts to share knowledge and explore topics and solutions tailored specifically to their everyday challenges.
Founded in 2006, Master’s is a boutique legal technology educational forum where a select group of speakers, vendors, and attendees convene to engage in a proactive collaboration on current challenges within the legal space including eDiscovery, cybersecurity, and information governance. The team brings the best educational conference to many cities throughout the year.
HaystackID is pleased to partner with the ABA by sponsoring the Cross-Border Institute 2022 in Amsterdam on July 21-22, 2022. Join international privacy, cybersecurity, and eDiscovery thought leaders for:
+Discussions with European privacy regulators with interactive sessions that give everyone an opportunity to ask questions
+An update on the review of data privacy considerations as the world returns to “normal”
+ Robust ethics discussions
This Institute was created for attorneys and privacy professionals to understand the complex interplay between eDiscovery, cyber security, and privacy across and among jurisdictions with an emphasis on the difficulties and tensions for organizations doing business in the U.S., the E.U., and the U.K. This year continues our emphasis on making the Institute more global by including a panel on privacy developments in China.
HaystackID will have experts in attendance at ILTACON on August 21-25, 2022 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor Maryland. ILTACON is the only peer-created and led conference for legal technology professionals. The educational program includes a variety of topics and trends developed by co-chairs and experienced ILTA members in formats to meet a variety of learning styles that include learning pathways, panel discussions, hands-on training and attendee-driven sessions.
From Discovery to Data Centers and Cryptocurrency Investigations to International Offices, HaystackID regularly shares updates on its offerings and awards to highlight how the company can help organizations with cybersecurity, information governance, and legal discovery.
Our snapshot overview provides a concise yet complete description of the depth and breadth of HaystackID capabilities. These capabilities have allowed the company to become a trusted partner to corporations, law firms, and governmental agencies, supporting targeted audits, complex investigations, and civil litigation matters. With a dedicated global team of cybersecurity, information governance, and legal discovery experts supported by artificial intelligence, data science, machine learning, and managed reviewer experts, HaystackID provides clients with secure, defensible, and flexible capabilities to address the most complex and time-sensitive eDiscovery-centric challenges.
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 cyber discovery services, enterprise solutions, and legal discovery offerings 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 cyber and legal services provider that combines expertise and technical excellence with a culture of white-glove customer service. In addition to consistently being ranked by Chambers USA, the company was recently named a worldwide leader in eDiscovery Services by IDC MarketScape, a representative vendor in the Gartner Market Guide for E-Discovery Solutions, and a Legal Technology Trailblazer by The National Law Journal. Further, HaystackID has achieved SOC 2 Type II attestation in the five trust service areas of security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy. For more information about its suite of services, including programs and solutions for unique legal enterprise needs, go to HaystackID.com.