EDEN Standard No. 4: E-Discovery Chain of Custody

EDEN announces the release of its fourth Standard: EDEN Standard No. 4: E-Discovery Chain of Custody, requiring EDEN members providing e-discovery services to maintain strict, documented chain of custody protocols to ensure the integrity of evidence placed under their control.

EDEN members are encouraged to submit comments and suggestions regarding EDEN Standard No. 4 to:standards@edenhub.com.

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EDEN is developing its EDEN Standards to provide members and electronic discovery vendors best-practices guidance in the identification, extraction, preservation, processing, search, review and production of electronically stored information.  The EDEN Standards are presented from the viewpoint of the technical personnel supporting electronic discovery in litigation.  They are designed to be practical in nature, and include forms, templates and record-keeping details.  EDEN Standardsare properly crafted if EDEN members perceive them to be sensible – even obvious – and in line with what most of our community would consider reasonable practices.

Ultimately, EDEN Standards will help EDEN members and others in the computer forensics and electronic discovery communities to produce defensible, industry-supported work product and documentation – securing the functions and processes of electronic discovery.  We hope that you will join us in their development.

Please submit comments, suggestions, and inquiries regarding the EDEN Standards to:standards@edenhub.com.