Hybrid work causing major data collection headaches for eDiscovery professionals- Cellebrite

Hybrid work causing major data collection headaches for eDiscovery professionals- Cellebrite

Hybrid work is creating major data collection problems for eDiscovery professionals and corporate investigators and is slowing down corporate fraud, IP theft and sexual harassment investigations, a study commissioned by digital intelligence company Cellebrite (NASDAQ: CLBT) revealed.

Both in-house and agency investigators are facing new challenges caused by the pandemic-induced rise in hybrid and remote working, with 70 percent of eDiscovery professionals saying that accessing data from offsite mobile devices is a major endpoint collection problem.

Some 63 percent of eDiscovery professionals claim that accessing data from WhatsApp, WeChat and Telegram is a major endpoint collection problem, while 56 percent say collecting data from employees working remotely is a major endpoint collection problem.

The data, gathered from 550 eDiscovery professionals and corporate investigators in 45 countries, also illustrates how the abundance of chat and collaboration tools – again accelerated by the pandemic – is spreading digital evidence across a broadening range of platforms., Cellebrite said.

“This study clearly shows that the rise in hybrid working is creating new challenges for investigators such as remote data extraction and the splintering of data across emerging collaboration tools. Organizations must equip professionals with the people, skills and technology required to extract, analyze, manage and store remote digital evidence. If these investments aren’t made, there will be real world consequences including rising cases of business fraud, growing, exposure to civil litigation, possible adverse judgments, unrecoverable financial losses and victims of workplace crimes that do not get the justice they need,” Ken Basore, General Manager at Cellebrite Enterprise Solutions, said.

Israel-based Cellebrite is a digital intelligence company providing tools for federal, state, and local law enforcement as well as enterprise companies and service providers to collect, review, analyze and manage digital data. Its technology has been purchased by 6,700 public safety agencies, enterprises in over 140 countries.

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