Cyber Discovery can be defined as the application of a combination of data discovery and legal discovery approaches to enable the exploration of patterns, trends, and relationships within unstructured and structured data with the objective of uncovering insight and intelligence to proactively or reactively respond to cybersecurity-centric challenges. The presented definition and framework, based on high-level artificial intelligence lifecycle stages as developed by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) and modified through the lens of traditional eDiscovery planning and practices grounded within the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), represents one potential methodology for describing and framing the stages and tasks of cyber discovery.

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According to the most recent Russian Offensive Campaign update from the Institute for the Study of War, Russian General Officers are reportedly instructing commanders to severely restrict internet access among Russian personnel in an attempt to combat low morale.

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According to Nicolas Anderson, CEO of ArcherHall, “With this acquisition, we're excited to strengthen our ability to serve clients coast to coast. As an attorney and digital forensics & eDiscovery expert, Todd Cooper brings the unique ability to deeply understand the client perspective. Our combined organization will offer additional expertise and services as we strive to provide a frictionless client experience.”

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According to the announcement, as more people use Apple and Android smartphones to communicate both professionally and personally, the Mobile Phone Discovery (MPD) industry has grown materially. It was estimated that in 2018 over $10B was spent on eDiscovery software and services, and by the year 2023 this number is expected to exceed $23B. This dramatic sector growth is expected from several sources, including the rising cost of developing new technologies, global market expansion, and the proliferation of mobile communication devices in use.

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According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the proposed incident disclosure amendments are intended to better inform investors about a registrant's risk management, strategy, and governance and to provide timely notification to investors of material cybersecurity incidents.

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According to the most recent Russian Offensive Campaign update from the Institute for the Study of War, Ukraine has won the Battle of Kyiv. Russian forces are completing their withdrawal, but not in good order. Ukrainian forces are continuing to clear Kyiv Oblast of isolated Russian troops left behind in the retreat, which some Ukrainian officials describe as “lost orcs.” 

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In the spring of 2022, 36.5% of respondents viewed increasing types of data as potentially having the greatest impact on their business in the next six months. This percentage is the highest of all concerns represented in the spring 2022 survey. This percentage is also the highest rating in the area of increasing types of data concerns since the inception of the survey in the winter of 2016.

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From DISCO and Epiq to Mitratech and Empire Technologies Risk Management Group, the following findings, data points, and tracking charts highlight information that may be useful for understanding M&A+I activity patterns in the eDiscovery ecosystem from January 1, 2022, through March 31, 2022. During 1Q22 there were at least 7 M&A+I events, a pulse rate that appears to be the lowest Q1 investment pulse rate since 2015.

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According to ISW's Nataliya Bugayova, Ukraine may soon face a new threat in this war—Russia’s ceasefire offer. It seems odd to say that a ceasefire is a threat. Once war begins, the default position in the West is to seize the earliest opportunity to “stop the fighting.” But while some ceasefires lead to peace, others lead to more war—as the Russians have repeatedly shown.

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According to a recent publication from ENISA ("Deploying Pseudonymisation Techniques - The Case of the Health Sector"), pseudonymization aims to protect personal data by hiding the identity of individuals (data subjects) in a dataset, e.g. by replacing one or more personal data identifiers with the so-called pseudonyms and appropriately protecting the link between the pseudonyms and the initial identifiers.

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