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Detail Application - EnCase eDiscovery


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Company Name - Guidance Software
Web Address - http://www.guidancesoftware.com/
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Primary EDRM Phase: Processing
Application Function Description -

Known License Methods:

Software Yes No
Appliance Yes No
Software-As-A-Service/Hosted Yes No
Service Offering Yes No

Customer Market Areas:

Corporate Yes No
Law Firm Yes No
Government Yes No
Vendor Yes No

Current Application Features and Phases

NameDescriptionRMIDHDColProcRevAnlProdPresPMOth
Audit Trail System securely logs and reports on actions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Foreign Language Support Application is capable of processing or searching foreign languages and uncommon character sets such as double-byte characters. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
File Type Identification Identifies file type by content, not just by file extention. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No
Desktop Search Search across live network to remote user desktop and laptop devices Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No
Network Search Search across live enterprise network data sources Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No
Crawl Search Use of GREP or other search that actively checks files without creation of index. This is a point in time search. Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No
User Map Master list of users; usually from Active Directory Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No
Content Culling Removal and suppression of ESI based on search terms and item content rules Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No
Metadata Culling Removal and suppression of ESI by type, date and other metadata properties Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No
Generate Load Files Creation of load files for specific applications to aid the transmission of ESI Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No
Communication De-Duplication Metadata level deduplication of email, IM and other communication format ESI Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No No No
Hash De-Duplication File and container level deduplication by Hash value Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No No No
ESI Sampling System for random sampling that can be used to establish ESI characteristics or in quality control or assurance. No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Inventory Generates a file inventory or catalogue of the targeted data sources No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No
Response Workflow Tracking and workflow system that documents event response actions No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No
Non-text File Detection Detects image, audio, animation and other non-textual file types and attachments. May have workflow capabilities No Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No No
Chain of Custody Automated creation of Chain of Custody documentation that tracks collection and transmission of ESI. No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No
Forensic Image Physical level forensic copy of the media that includes all slack space, deleted files, fragments and other content. No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No
Forensically Sound Copy Verified content, file metadata and system metadata by Hash and properties check. Many applications also generate a Chain of Custody log No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No
Legal Hold Notices Create, transmit and track Legal Hold notices No No Yes No No No No No No No No
Preservation Repository System designed to preserve ESI by holding and tracking a copy No No Yes No No No No No No No No
Unpack Container Files Unpack, explode or extract all container files such as ZIP, CAB and email containers such as NSF and PST files along with extraction of attachments from emails. No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No
Chronological Analysis Analysis of ESI chronology No No No No Yes No Yes No No No No
Electronic File Numbering Assign bates numbers and rename or embed metadata tag for native ESI productions No No No No Yes No No Yes No No No
Text Extraction Extract raw or formatted text from ESI No No No No Yes No No Yes No No No
Decryption Decrypts files either with known master and user keys or actually cracking encrypted files. No No No No Yes No No No No No No
Metadata Extraction Extracts file and system metadata from files and communication systems. No No No No Yes No No No No No No
Phase Columns:
RMInformation (Record) Management
IDIdentification
HDPreservation (Hold)
ColCollection
ProcProcessing
AnlAnalysis
PresPresentation
PMProject Management
OthOther (just because)


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