Exterro Announces Launch of Groundbreaking Data Source Discovery™ Solution
PORTLAND, Ore., September 15, 2020 – Exterro Inc., the preferred provider of Legal GRC software and the Association of Corporate Counsel’s exclusive Alliance Partner for Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Compliance and E-Discovery, announced the launch of Exterro Data Source Discovery. This innovative addition to the Exterro Legal GRC Suite allows legal teams to easily obtain a comprehensive list of data sources automatically, without the need to involve IT.
Legal teams often face challenges when trying to find data quickly—whether it is needed for litigation, a data subject access request, an internal investigation, or another business process. Adding to the complexity is the ease with which different business units—and even employee groups within those units—can create new data sources, such as a new Slack channel or a new Microsoft Teams or SharePoint site, that may be unknown to the legal team. Relying on IT to locate these new data sources and collect relevant information can often create critical delays.
“For many years we’ve heard our clients describe the countless hours it takes between in-house professionals, outside counsel, and IT to scope discovery,” said Bill Piwonka, Chief Marketing Officer. “Custodian interviews, follow-up questions, conference calls, data collection and recollection, surprise data sources, and more interviews create a time-consuming and expensive process. A large company handling a significant matter can spend hundreds of hours simply preparing to identify where potentially relevant data exists. Exterro Data Source Discovery eliminates this wasted effort and dramatically reduces the time required to create—while increasing the accuracy of—your data source catalog.”
Designed specifically for legal professionals, Exterro Data Source Discovery addresses these challenges by:
- Automatically discovering data sources, updating the data source catalog, and associating data sources with employees who store data within them
- Quickly and accurately scoping data sources for potential litigation, internal investigations, or other use cases
- Detailing critical aspects of the data, such as identification by custodian or specific source through integration with Exterro Data Inventory and Exterro File Analysis
- Seamlessly integrating with more than 40 enterprise data sources, including Microsoft Office 365, Slack, and Google, ensuring legal professionals can locate data across multiple platforms
- Simplifying the e-discovery process through integrations with Exterro Legal Hold, In-Place Preservation, and E-Discovery Data Management
In addition, Exterro Data Source Discovery supports complex IT infrastructures—including multi-tenant environments where data is segregated by region—helping to close potential gaps, risks, or communication issues between IT and Legal teams.
“The burden on Legal and IT teams to effectively identify and preserve new sources of information within their organizations has increased tremendously over the past few years, with the current work-from-home environment further intensifying the challenge,” said Ross Dubinsky, Director of Legal Management Consulting at Stout, a global advisory firm. “Technology that enables legal professionals to systematically address these challenges—like Exterro Data Source Discovery—can play a major role in helping organizations mitigate risk while increasing productivity.”
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