E-Discovery

Email systems are the primary communications tools used by the majority of information workers and the most important data repository that organizations possess. Email is increasingly used to send, receive and store corporate records - basically any content that must be preserved for long periods of time because of statutory obligations, legal requirements or best practice.

However, most organizations are not storing critical email information adequately. They recycle their backup tapes on a quarterly or more frequent basis, while many organizations permit users to store critical business records on local message stores or other locations that are inaccessible to the organization at large.

Reflecting the above, the Federal Rules on Civil Procedure - the laws that govern court procedures for civil suits - changed on December 1, 2006. Effective immediately, both sides of the litigation will be required to turn over electronic evidence or prove why they cannot. Failure to produce requested documents has already lead to record fines and legal losses. It is critical that any organization faced with such a requirement be able to extract the required information quickly and with a minimum of disruption to the IT staff.

SECCAS gives you the toolset to be "Litigation Ready". Answers that used to take days can be obtained in minutes.

The security, simplicity and effectiveness of the SECCAS solution make supervising, discovery and archiving of electronic communications achievable by all companies. With no hardware or software to install, SECCAS can be up and running in minutes.

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/digitaldiscovery/digdisc_library_4.html