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eDiscovery

What is eDiscovery?

The process of identifying, collecting, and producing electronically stored information for use in legal proceedings or regulatory investigations. eDiscovery requires organisations to preserve and produce relevant electronic data.

Compliance

Terms that appear alongside ediscovery

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as ediscovery. The number is how many controls name both.

Frameworks that govern ediscovery

ISO 27001:2022View framework →NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0View framework →

What the standards actually require on ediscovery

Requirements naming ediscovery across 2 standards, quoted from the control text.

ISO/IEC 27050 - Electronic Discovery (Parts 1-4)8 controls

Assess organisational ICT readiness to support eDiscovery activities efficiently and defensibly.

27050-4.1 · ICT Readiness Assessment for eDiscovery →
NIST SP 800-921 control

Operate log retention per NIST SP 800-92 Chapter 4 (Planning) Section 4.5 + Chapter 5 Operational Processes. Retention policy aligned to legal and regulatory requirements: document retention period per log category (security event logs + audit logs + access lo...

NISTSP92-6 · Log Retention: Policy, Tiered Storage, Backup, Secure Disposal, Legal Hold →

Questions people ask about ediscovery

What is eDiscovery?
The process of identifying, collecting, and producing electronically stored information for use in legal proceedings or regulatory investigations. eDiscovery requires organisations to preserve and produce relevant electronic data.
Why is eDiscovery important for compliance?
eDiscovery is a key concept in Compliance. Understanding ediscovery helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address eDiscovery?
eDiscovery appears in the requirement text of ISO/IEC 27050 - Electronic Discovery (Parts 1-4), NIST SP 800-92. Across these standards we have identified 9 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about eDiscovery?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how ediscovery applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.