By Claudia Currie

We recently hosted an online survey in the US to identify the key challenges organizations are facing regarding their e-discovery strategy. Over 50% of the respondents were from organizations with over 2,000 people, 35% of them were Director and VP level and 25% at C-level roles.

The survey highlights are below, and you can view the full results analysis here.

I hope you find it interesting to see what your peers are focusing on regarding their e-discovery strategy and that it will provide valuable insight into the challenges they are facing in relation to information management, and how they plan to address these issues.

Key Findings:

1. Decisions regarding e-discovery strategy are predominantly made by the general counsel, while decisions relating to e-discovery technology are usually handled by the CIO.
2. The greatest concerns regarding e-discovery are risk (of not having an appropriate strategy in place), lack of infrastructure and the potential cost of facing a request for e-discovery.
3. The primary obstacles to establishing an e-discovery strategy are insufficient understanding of e-discovery requirements and lack of funding.
4. The main types of information organizations are looking to address with an e-discovery solution are e-mails, office documents and data held in databases.
5. Around 50 percent of organizations are familiar with the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), the industry accepted model for e-discovery best practices.
6. Most organizations expect an e-discovery solution to comprise a mix of services and technology.

Following this first e-discovery survey we are now conducting a new survey on e-discovery best practices and their outcomes. If you would like to participate in this survey please click here.