GGO is committed to maintaining the highest level of electronic document veracity and integrity. All data handling processes and procedures are modeled after the e-discovery amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 16. During this phase, we focus on preservation and capturing the entire scope of electronic media which is then available for follow-on analysis and identification.

Acquisition: Document Acquisition and Preservation Services

  • On-site acquisition and forensically sound document capture
  • Protocols and QA for client acquisitions
  • Focus on email, hard drives, servers, removable media, PDAs and backup tapes
  • Preservation “fingerprinting” and electronic logging of all captured documents
  • Strict chain of custody and control

Chain Of Custody: Secure Document Management Services

  • Process: Identify, collect, manage chain of custody, return, and destroy
  • Constraints: The FRCP relating to electronically stored information (ESI)
  • Security: Physical safes, secure server rooms, encrypted data stores
  • Logs: Reproducible custody logs, evidence logs and media control numbers
  • Audit: Electronic audit directory with log files for all processes
  • End of Life Disposition: Data destruction and erasure, audits and declarations