Loss and discovery
Reliable information retrieval depends on proper coding, storage, volume management and security. Corporate litigants who can't produce emails, spread sheets, video or other digital media during e-Discovery can face sanctions or summary judgments; their lawyers may take heat from the bar. But withheld evidence is not always the issue: execs and IT specialists often work in distinct branches of information architecture, and can honestly differ on data specifics. And technical foul-ups are ubiquitous. Backups are lost or deleted. Files renamed or relocated. Data is more often hard to find due to human error or routine maintenance than to ill intent.
Realizing the benefits of information risk management
Effective information risk management can save you time and resources. Learn about records retention and data mapping to help your responding attorneys know what they have and where to find it. Enable the entity to preserve and access electronic data that might be crucial in the courtroom or at the settlement table; eliminate inconsistencies and gain better understanding and stronger oversight over your legal hold processes to boost confidence in their effectiveness — from within and outside your company.
PwC can help you exert control over your information management now, positioning you to field the array of data requests that might come your way. Our breadth of experience and deep industry knowledge can help you develop an efficient information risk management approach that agilely answers calls for data and builds resiliency against risk.
