e-discovery Solutions and Services

Solutions and Services Kiersted offers services and solutions to law firms and corporate legal departments that are facing the ongoing challenges of electronic discovery. Rely on our 30 + year record of responsiveness, proven expertise, and best practice methodologies to deliver your electronic discovery project on time and on budget. Quickly, easily and efficiently cull unwanted documents from your data. Run, refine and qualify simple and complex search terms. Hone in on what really needs to be processed for review without breaking a sweat or the bank. Simple. Effective. And Radically Efficient. Document review can be the most expensive component of e-discovery. But with Kiersted Direct, you can improve efficiency, and better manage costs. Kiersted Direct puts you in direct control of the culling process, so that you can efficiently search and cull data before initiating a document review, saving time and money. Culling Made Easy Identify and remove unwanted documents at once with easy-to-use, industry-proven and accepted culling techniques that are immediately available after data pre-processing. With a 30-minute tutorial, users will be able to safely, confidently and accurately peruse and remove unwanted documents. Advanced culling is available for the following fields: Sender Domain Sender Address Sender Name File Type Location Snippets

Solutions and Services Location Culling Kiersted Direct s Location Culling tool allows you to quickly identify and exclude data en masse by location. Browse folder trees taken from network drives, user hard drives, and even email containers. When a nested folder structure is found containing non-relevant material, a single click quickly excludes the entire tree. Location Culling makes it easy to narrow your focus to pertinent data only. Domain/Sender Address/Sender Name Culling Avoid costly review by finding and removing large groups of non-responsive documents. Identify spam, alerts, and general mass advertising emails, among other things. Review documents using the integrated viewer prior to exclusion, to ensure that no potentially responsive documents are inadvertently culled. Statistical Sampling Take the guesswork out of analyzing your search results with the industry s easiest-to-use statistical sampling workflow. Simply enter the categories for which you would like to review and the accuracy rate desired, and get started. With Kiersted Direct s Statistical Sampling feature, random documents will be presented for review through our simple and efficient review interface. From there, the results of your review will be analyzed so that you will know with accuracy, predictability and confidence that your terms are returning the results you want and leaving behind those you don t want. Key Features No math skills required. Simply select the number of documents to sample from the table provided. Easy to use, worry-free setup and workflow. Instantly access responsive documents that were not returned by your terms. Review the effectiveness of each term, allowing for individual term adjustment.

Solutions and Services Search Create and maintain your own search lists. Reduce communication lags and opportunities for error. And run hundreds even thousands of searches, in record time. You can quickly make smart decisions about what material to include, and what to exclude from further processing, reducing your document review to a manageable size. Using Direct s real-time, innovative search analysis form, users can immediately review results. Important search hit information such as documents returned, related non-hits (such as email attachments), unique documents and total size are displayed. Is a problematic search term skewing your results? No worries, turn it off and immediately see how removal of terms will impact the number of total documents returned. Snippets All too often, search terms yield documents that do contain the words you are looking for, but have nothing to do with what you want to find. This problem is especially common with repetitive strings of text, such as standard verbiage in email disclaimers and signature lines. Kiersted Direct s Snippet feature allows you to remove these unwanted results by collecting, aggregating and presenting Snippets, which show a preview of the search result text. Using Snippets, you can quickly ignore the results you don t want, for greater accuracy and a more efficient search.

Processing Services As a leader in electronic discovery, Kiersted provides 24/7 responsiveness and thorough quality assurance every step of the way. We process vast amounts of information, search and cull it rapidly, provide the tools needed to thoroughly review it, and produce it in the required format within the mandated timeline while keeping your company s sensitive information completely secure. Our processes include the following: Sweep / Validate Thoroughness from the start. Using our proprietary KEPS engine, Kiersted sweeps (ingests) raw data and processes it fully and completely. Our second-to-none validation process is driven by over 50 data processing validation rules. Validation rules are run recursively until all are satisfied. Have a PST file archived in a zip file embedded in a Word document attached to an email? We ll find it. All data processing exceptions are found, logged and reported. Filtering Lessen the review and production load. Utilize filters to either include or exclude documents for further processing. Identify and remove unwanted system files by comparison to the NIST list or by file signature analysis. Remove entire categories of files, such as audio and video. Filter documents in or out based on date ranges and directory structures. De-Duplication With advanced de-duplication options, our KEPS engine can accommodate most if not all de-duplication scenarios. Minimize redundancy with the ability to run a custodianoriented search on a globally de-duplicated population. Do away with vertical de-duplication. Near Dupe & Threading Kiersted s Near De-duplication and Email Threading technology can boost review speeds and accuracy up to 50%. By identifying documents with similar content and grouping threaded email documents, it amps up review speeds to 70 documents per hour. Distributed Searching Kiersted s armada of more than 300 processing machines, all with searching and indexing capabilities, enables our team to run thousands of searches against millions of documents in unheard-of time. With full Boolean, proximity and NOT support, searches can be as simple or complex as necessary. Multi-threaded indexing ensures that data is ready to search as soon as it has been processed. Native File Processing Processing in native format at the outset can minimize your TIFF conversion costs, as it reduces the amount of data that you ultimately need to convert to images and produce. Converting only responsive documents into TIFF format will likely be the most affordable option. You can also choose to convert only those documents that will format properly, as certain documents may only display correctly in their native style. TIFF Conversion Widely supported and commonly used as the standard viewing format in many review platforms, TIFF files are critical, because converting a diverse set of electronic records into a consistent format enables your team to easily brand, bates stamp, and redact your documents. In addition, courts routinely accept TIFF files in litigation. Production 100% accurate. 100% of the time. With Kiersted s proprietary output tool and stringent output validation process, clients enjoy complete accuracy. Once project processing, delivery and load file specifications have been tested and approved, they are locked in to ensure that all future deliveries are consistent and complete. Our in-house experts bring a wealth of system knowledge and are available to provide guidance on delivery options and best practices across a variety of platforms. Relativity, Ringtail, Documatrix, Summation, Introspect, Concordance, and iconect are a few of the platforms we deliver data to on a weekly basis.

Forensics Services With defensibility dominating data discussions in modern e-discovery, Kiersted ensures that its forensic experts collect and preserve information with integrity, minimizing errors and metadata loss. Kiersted s Encase Certified forensics team focuses on sound techniques, industry best practices, and insightful analysis to create dependable, defensible forensic collections from a myriad of sources, including email, file server, desktop/laptop computers and mobile devices. We apply longstanding industry experience and a deep understanding of the needs of our clients to each project. Our client-centric philosophy leads to the highest quality work product at the greatest value. As an added bonus, material collected by Kiersted s forensics experts aligns seamlessly with our KEPS e-discovery processing engine so that it can be quickly and efficiently processed through the e-discovery project life cycle. Collections/Preservation Our experts adhere to industry best practices when retrieving data from designated sources, including file servers, backup systems, archives, workstations, and mobile devices, all while ensuring proper preservation and documentation of chain of custody. Expert Testimony Savvy clients understand that strong, reliable expert testimony can be essential in support of forensic collection. Kiersted s forensic specialists bring subject matter expertise, recognized qualifications, and familiarity with generally accepted forensic community protocols to bear in providing support for courtroom testimony. Data Destruction We offer unsurpassed procedures for eliminating unneeded electronically stored information. From recycling various drives and storage devices to forensic eradication and physical media destruction, our experts certify their work, log the complete process, and guarantee its permanence. Investigations Kiersted s forensic team has extensive experience with a diverse array of record keeping and data storage practices and protocols. That experience is combined with a variety of state-of-the-art investigative techniques to make us incredibly adept at locating, processing, and evaluating complex and even elusive data sets. Recovery Whether addressing electronic discovery and internal investigations, or supporting fraud prevention and disaster management, we recognize that data recovery is essential for identifying hidden or deleted files that are relevant to your case. Recovery can reveal historical actions and reactions, as well as intent, a key component of any argument.

Review Services As a Relativity Premium Hosting Partner, we bring nearly three decades of litigation support experience to one of the most popular, respected and feature-rich review platforms in the industry. We provide the best possible Relativity experience by combining exceptional project managers, talented developers, and a rugged, sophisticated infrastructure, including our proprietary KEPS processing engine. Our top quality service starts with our project management team, trained in Relativity and led by Relativity Certified Administrators, with years of experience in some of the most demanding e-discovery projects. This team is augmented by a pool of talented database administrators and developers, with the knowledge and expertise to make the most of Relativity s built in features, and to go beyond with proprietary custom applications and features. We ve optimized our proven and highly robust KEPS processing engine to work hand in hand with Relativity, ensuring that even massive projects are handled quickly and accurately. And it all runs from our sophisticated, secure, high-end data center. This powerful blend of technology and support makes for incredibly efficient analysis, review, and production. In fact, we have effortlessly supported over 300 concurrent users, reviewing more than 500,000 records with over 5 million images. To start with, we make the most of Relativity s flexible and automated workflow capabilities, text analytics and data visualization. Beyond that, we provide many additional benefits. They include: In-House Expertise With over a decade of experience with e-discovery, our in-house experts in technology, data processing, document review, and production help to ensure your project goes smoothly and stays on track. Integration with e-discovery Processing Tight integration with our KEPS e-discovery processing engine means incredible processing power, from data ingestion to document production. Use Kiersted Direct to rapidly cull collected data before loading into Relativity for a radically efficient review. Kiersted True Review Kiersted True Review is designed to help law firms and corporate legal departments improve accuracy and efficiency during document review. Integrated seamlessly into Relativity, True Review allows you to monitor individual and group performance, easily track progress toward deadlines, improve accuracy of billing, and identify and resolve training problems quickly. Kiersted s Relativity Application Suite Kiersted s Relativity Application Suite is a unique set of custom Relativity enhancements that helps ensure efficient, cost effective and accurate review projects, from docket management through production. Included in this suite, Kiersted Valid Review allows you to identify coding issues and quickly batch documents out for immediate issue resolution. Build coding validation rules using our visual rule creation form to fit the requirements of even complex reviews. Enforce consistency during different phases of your review. Allow review administrators the opportunity to spend less time crafting and running rote QC searches and more time strategizing about how to make the review more efficient. Other components of the suite include Docket Master, Media Master, Production Master, and Production Specification Master. Customized Reports In addition to Relativity s powerful out-of-the-box reporting and tracking features, our highly experienced technical team is available to deliver the custom reports your project demands. Rugged, Secure Infrastructure Our Relativity is hosted in a highly secure, rugged data center built to provide the highest possible levels of uptime. On-premises backup power generators are in place to continually provide power indefinitely, even if utility power is lost. Multiple redundant connections to the Internet backbone provide continuous access, even if one or more backbones were to be degraded. Physical and logical security protects all systems.