by admin-jon | Dec 10, 2010 | Blog, Collection, Computer Investigations, Definition, Electronic Discovery, ESI Software, Preservation, Tips & Tricks
A hash value results from a calculation (hash algorithm) that can be performed on a string of text, electronic file, or entire hard drive contents. The result is also called a checksum, hash code, or hashes. Hash values are used to identify and filter duplicate files...
by admin-jon | Dec 7, 2010 | Blog, Collection, Definition, Electronic Discovery, ESI Software, Preservation
As our electronically stored information (ESI) data universe continues to grow, we are hearing about increasing storage capacities. The size of a project in terabytes (TB – 1024 Gigabytes) comes up frequently and is often the amount of data that has to be...
by admin-jon | Dec 1, 2010 | Blog, Collection, Definition, Electronic Discovery, ESI Collection, ESI Software, Preservation, Software
ESI (Electronically Stored Information) is the general term for all of the data stored on the hard drives, camera cards, cell phones, GPS devices, digital video recorders, digital answering systems, thumb drives, RAID arrays and any other form of electronic media...
by admin-jon | Nov 30, 2010 | Blog, Collection, Definition, Electronic Discovery, ESI Collection, ESI Software, Preservation
Active File Collection refers to the collection of files that are active (not deleted) and pertain to a legal matter or legal hold. In most civil litigation cases, extensive forensic investigations that look at deleted files are unnecessary or too expensive. Thus,...
by admin-jon | Nov 24, 2010 | Blog, Collection, Electronic Discovery, ESI Collection, ESI Software, Preservation, Software
Each day, corporate IT managers, computer forensic examiners, and litigation support professionals are tasked with performing ESI collections for relevant files which reside in file shares, on client systems, and other popular data sources. The content may include...
by admin-jon | Jan 29, 2009 | Blog, Collection, Computer Investigations, Definition, Electronic Discovery, ESI Collection, ESI Software
‘Imaging a hard drive’ is a phrase that is commonly used for preserving the contents of a custodian hard drive or server. It can also be used to describe when a custodian hard drive is cloned. It is worth taking some time to understand the differences and the...
