NETWORK INTEGRATION AND MOBILE COMPUTING SOLUTIONS
NETWORK INTEGRATION AND MOBILE COMPUTING SOLUTIONS
It's a fact that nearly 80% of employees admit to sharing confidential information via email, and email is regularly used as evidence in court. In the last year, 17% of Fortune 1000 companies have had to disclose the content of corporate email as part of ongoing litigation.
While email is undoubtedly an indispensable business communication tool, it also represents a potential risk for your organization. Implementing an email archiving policy is no longer optional. Recently the United States Supreme Court approved the entire package of proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure concerning the discovery of "electronically stored information".
What does this mean for you? Very broadly, this means that enterprise litigants in the 'discovery' phase of a lawsuit will be expected to know what e-records they possess quickly, where they are, what format they're in, how accessible they are, how voluminous they are, what it will take and cost to compile them, and more. They will need to produce relevant records, including the specific emails (out of possibly billions housed in the firm's archives and backups) touching on the topic of the lawsuit. Inability to comply risks sanctions by the courts "absent exceptional circumstances" and only in the presence of "good faith".
These new amended rules of civil procedure unfortunately offer no more than vague guidance on what an IT manager really needs to do to comply with the new amendments. Prismworks Technology partners with companies who are experts in email archiving and email risk management, and will help you develop and understand email archiving and email policies that enable your enterprise to navigate the complexities of electronically stored information storage and compliance.
