What if the information your team relies on… isn’t as reliable as it looks?

In today’s investigations, it’s never been easier to find information online. Social media, public records, data brokers—answers are everywhere. But in this episode of Data Xposure, we explore a harder question:

Can you actually trust what you find?

Justin Tolman sits down with Jessica Stutzman, an open source intelligence expert and founder of Pangea Research, who has worked across law enforcement, national security, and the private sector helping organizations turn online information into actionable insight.
Together, they unpack how companies are using publicly available data to support investigations—and where it can quietly go wrong.
Because while this kind of research can uncover critical leads, it can also introduce serious risk:

• Drawing the wrong conclusions from incomplete information
• Relying on tools you don’t fully understand
• Using evidence that won’t hold up under scrutiny

And when that happens, the consequences aren’t just technical—they’re business-critical. Cases fall apart. Decisions get challenged. Credibility is on the line.

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Corporate legal departments are under constant pressure to control costs while managing growing workloads across litigation, investigations, and compliance. Yet many organizations still overspend, often because technology, vendors, and operational processes lack centralized ownership.

In this episode of Data Xposure, Alayne Russom, Director of Legal Operations at Thrivent, explains how legal ops can bring structure, visibility, and discipline to the business side of legal.

What listeners will learn:

How legal departments overspend and why fragmented ownership of technology and vendors drives unnecessary costs

Strategies for reducing outside counsel spend by bringing more work in-house

How legal ops leaders can optimize processes so legal teams work more efficiently across the business.

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Litigation risk isn’t just growing. It’s spreading. And too many legal teams are still responding the old way, collect everything remotely related to litigation, ship it out for collection and review, and hope for defensibility later.

In this episode of Data Xposure, brought to you by Exterro, Greg Gruic, a computer science engineer turned Law Operations leader at Marathon Petroleum, explains how in-house teams hope to reclaim more control. His approach: stop exporting risk and start tightening governance before litigation begins.

Listen to this podcast to learn:

• Why data sprawl is leaving legal departments less prepared than ever
• How “evergreen” data maps and intake workflows prevent downstream chaos
• Resetting engagement expectations so outside counsel works inside your controlled environment

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What’s really driving your data retention decisions: policy, or fear?

In this episode of Exterro's Data Xposure podcast, host Fahad Diwan sits down with Ryan Zilm, Director of Information Governance & Privacy at H2O America and former ARMA International President, to confront one of the most common and dangerous cultural defaults inside large enterprises: “What if we need it?” Ryan shares the story of leading a large-scale ROT (redundant, obsolete, trivial) cleanup campaign and the deeper lesson it revealed: organizations don’t struggle with deletion because of technology they struggle because of mindset. What starts as hesitation quickly compounds into expanded discovery scope, unnecessary legal hold complexity, regulatory exposure, and a broader attack surface for security teams.

Through real-world examples of stakeholder resistance, executive alignment, and hard-earned leadership lessons, Ryan explains how to replace fear-based retention with defensible, policy-driven deletion.

For legal, privacy, and security leaders under pressure to reduce risk without increasing resources, this episode reframes deletion as a strategic control, not a reckless act.

What You’ll Walk Away With:

• A clear understanding of how the “What if we need it?” mindset increases litigation, regulatory, and breach exposure.
• Practical strategies for shifting organizational culture from data hoarding to defensible deletion.

Because in today’s enterprise, keeping everything isn’t safe, it’s risky.

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Litigation isn’t slowing down—and the stakes are only getting higher.

In this episode of Data Xposure, host Jenny Hamilton, Exterro’s Chief Legal Officer, is joined by Patrick Butts, Director of Legal Operations and Information Governance at Hilltop Securities, to explore what it really means to be litigation ready in today’s data-driven world.

They go beyond reactive crisis response to reveal why a smart, end-to-end playbook is essential—not just for legal efficiency, but for enterprise risk management. From proactive data governance to streamlined eDiscovery workflows, Patrick shares how leading organizations are building litigation systems that are scalable, defensible, and built to perform under pressure.

Why it Matters:
Litigation readiness is a strategic imperative. Without the right systems in place, organizations face rising legal costs, regulatory exposure, and reputational damage. This episode delivers actionable insights for legal, IT, and compliance professionals ready to lead from the front.

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In this episode of Data Xposure, host Jenny Hamilton sits down with Rasheedah Bilal, a senior litigation and eDiscovery leader at Bill.com, to explore an often-overlooked factor in litigation readiness: your team’s ability to execute under pressure, with the resources and people you already have.

Drawing from Rasheedah’s journey from the military to the classroom to the corporate legal world, this conversation dives deep into what it really means to be "ready." It’s not about chasing the perfect resourcing model, it’s about coaching people toward their strengths, bridging gaps across departments, and leading with trust, especially when expectations don’t match reality.

Jenny and Rasheedah unpack how misaligned roles, unclear responsibilities, and rigid expectations can stall progress in high-stakes matters, and what leaders can do to build cross-functional muscle memory between legal, IT, and security.

Because at the end of the day, litigation success isn’t just about tools or processes. It’s about people and how well they work together when it counts.

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On this episode of Data Xposure, forensic expert Robert Fried joins host Justin Tolman to unpack what true data loss prevention (DLP) requires in today’s volatile environment. This isn’t about box-checking software—it’s about building systems that protect your organization’s most sensitive assets without grinding operations to a halt.

Drawing from decades of frontline investigations, Fried shares why many companies fail to detect—or properly respond to data leaks, and how legal, security, and compliance leaders can better collaborate when the stakes are highest.

You’ll learn:

• Why data loss is escalating across industries and who’s most vulnerable right now
• How forensic readiness gives organizations a crucial edge in crisis response
• When and why outside experts are critical to preserving legal defensibility
• Why communication breakdowns are still the #1 risk amplifier during investigations
• How to balance AI’s efficiency with the irreplaceable nuance of human judgment
• What emotionally intelligent leadership looks like when your company is under scrutiny

Whether you’re navigating new SEC cybersecurity rules, juggling breach notification obligations, or trying to secure a buy-in for DLP tools, this episode will arm you with practical insight and strategic perspective.

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2026 will mark a turning point for organizations managing sensitive data across legal, privacy, security, and forensics. With AI creating new categories of discoverable data, regulators increasing demands for documentation, and courts penalizing manual, inconsistent processes, the old playbook is no longer defensible.

In this webcast, Fahad Diwan, Jenny Hamilton, and Justin Tolman deliver a fast, insightful breakdown of 2025’s biggest trends—and their predictions for what comes next. Expect clear guidance on how to modernize preservation, rationalize data sources, prepare for AI governance, and build a defensible, automated strategy that stands up to both regulators and opposing counsel.

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What does it take to build a privacy program from the ground up in a high-growth, cloud-native tech company? In this episode, host Fahad Diwan sits down with Jamie Massaro, Senior Privacy Analyst at Spectro Cloud—a platform that helps enterprises manage and scale data environments across cloud, on-prem, and edge—to unearth the practical lessons learned from the frontline.

Together, they explore how to set and evolve priorities when moving from manual spreadsheets to a scalable program, the most surprising roadblocks and biggest challenges in building a privacy-first culture, the essential role of technology in enabling—or hindering—compliance at scale, why privacy can't be a silo and must connect to a broader data risk strategy, and what emerging trends in data governance and security other leaders might be missing.

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The Karen Read murder trial gripped the nation with its dramatic allegations—but behind the headlines, it was digital evidence that took center stage. From text metadata to mobile tracking and surveillance video, forensic data shaped both the legal arguments and the media narrative.

In this episode of Data Xposure, host Jenny Hamilton, General Counsel at Exterro sits down with Jeffrey Mayer, Partner at Akerman LLP to unpack what this high-profile case reveals about modern data risk. They explore how preservation missteps, investigative decisions, and public scrutiny can expose gaps—not just in legal teams, but across security and IT as well.

This case is a powerful reminder: when digital evidence goes public, your systems, processes, and people better be in sync.

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