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CLOs Are Prioritizing and Budgeting for Compliance in 2023

Created on March 2, 2023


Founder and CEO

Reprinted with permission from the March 1, 2023, issue of Corporate Counsel. © 2023 Media Properties, LLC. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. All rights reserved. Difficult decisions are being made every day by legal departments and their executives, who continue to face the many legal and business challenges associated with the ongoing pandemic, global crises, and economic challenges and uncertainties. These challenges range beyond legal strategy, to include business operations, data privacy, regulatory compliance, and even cybersecurity response. To make the best possible decisions, chief legal officers and general counsel must... Read More

How I’m Turning My Vision for Legal Technology into Reality: Why Exterro Acquired Zapproved

Created on February 10, 2023


Founder and CEO

This article by Exterro Founder and CEO Bobby Balachandran originally appeared on the EDRM blog here on January 30, 2023 and is republished here for Exterro blog subscribers.  I’m sure you’ve seen the big news from Exterro from last week. We’ve acquired Zapproved, an e-discovery provider and software developer known for its exceptional customer service and outcomes. This is the third major acquisition we’ve made since 2019, and it’s given me an opportunity to reflect on all the amazing achievements we’ve had–and the exciting work that we have ahead of us. In... Read More

How I’m Turning My Vision for Legal Technology into Reality: The Road Ahead

Created on February 10, 2023


Founder and CEO

A few days ago, I shared some of the thoughts I had about Exterro’s acquisition of Zapproved. Reaching a big milestone, like an acquisition, is an achievement to celebrate, but it’s also a good opportunity to look back at the road traveled to get there. In 15 years, we’ve accomplished a lot with Exterro, but as I often tell my team: it’s just the beginning. As an organization, Exterro has far more road ahead of us than behind. We’ve reached a major milepost, to be sure. Our acquisitions of Jordan Lawrence... Read More

Tracking Incidents and Data Breaches with Smart(er) Breach Management

Created on June 7, 2021


Founder and CEO

The following is the eighth post in a new blog series from Exterro CEO Bobby Balachandran, where he shares his thoughts on the issues legal leaders care about and his vision for addressing them. Read Bobby's last blog here. The business landscape today is more fraught with risks from data breaches than ever before. In terms of both the risk of damages from a breach and the corresponding legal risks posed by an incident, organizations are facing an array of external threats and increasingly complex regulatory requirements. Unfortunately, simply discovering an incident... Read More

How Exterro Helps Keep the Bad Guys Off the Streets

Created on May 19, 2021


Founder and CEO

The following is the seventh post in a new blog series from Exterro CEO Bobby Balachandran, where he shares his thoughts on the issues legal leaders care about and his vision for addressing them. Read Bobby's last blog here. In my last blog, I covered the exciting advancements we’re making with the Forensics Toolkit (FTK®)—things like amplifying our current capabilities with new AI to develop a “Smart Investigator” addition to help with internal and criminal investigations. We’re working on making a phenomenal tool even better, and have many fantastic things planned for... Read More

Fortifying the Forensics Toolkit (FTK) Portfolio with Exterro Infrastructure

Created on April 29, 2021


Founder and CEO

The following is the sixth post in a new blog series from Exterro CEO Bobby Balachandran, where he shares his thoughts on the issues legal leaders care about and his vision for addressing them. Read Bobby's last blog here. One of the primary reasons Exterro sought to acquire AccessData was the capabilities and depth of their flagship point solution, the Forensics Toolkit (FTK®). We were also struck by how well those capabilities fit into our own plans for the entire Exterro software platform. As we’ve fortified our platform offerings quite a bit... Read More

Data Integrity, and Why It’s Important

Created on April 14, 2021


Founder and CEO

The following is the fifth post in a new blog series from Exterro CEO Bobby Balachandran, where he shares his thoughts on the issues legal leaders care about and his vision for addressing them. Read Bobby's last blog here.When Exterro’s executive team was first considering acquiring digital forensics firm AccessData, we thought a lot about the concept of data integrity and its increasing importance in today’s enterprise data management processes. For corporations performing data collections and processing the information, validating that a data set is accurate can help ensure defensibility by actually... Read More