Cloud Data Protection Offerings for eDiscovery
July 24, 2012
I would have thought that eDiscovery vendors would have stayed away from cloud based storage due to cybercriminals vamping up their attacks, but if you can make the cloud secure enough to protect client data it could work. MarketWatch reports “Lighthouse eDiscovery Deploys Riverbed Whitewater to Improve Cloud-Based Data Protection.” Lighthouse eDiscovey has selected Riverbed Technology and their Whitewater cloud storage gateway to replace its very old tape-based backup disaster recovery system. The change will allow Lighthouse to improve their eDiscovery practices, securely accelerate backup, and recovery options to the public data for better data protection.
As I guessed Lighthouse was a little weary of the cloud, until they could verify its security:
“`While cloud storage was an attractive option for us due to its immediate availability, Riverbed was a critical component of making disaster recovery in the cloud a reality. We were able to configure the Whitewater gateway in about an hour without having to replace our existing backup tool, Symantec Backup Exec,’ said Marc Larkin, System Administrator at Lighthouse. ‘Our data protection strategy is much more reliable than with tape and our backups feel local!’”
Secure data protection is one the most important aspects when researching eDiscovery and litigation support software. If data are not protected and backed-up, clients rights could be violated and evidence could possibly be lost. The fancy math and predictive outputs may be for nought, if the source is compromised.
Stephen E Arnold, July 24, 2012
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