Defensibility
Court-tested processes
Ji2 deploys the largest team of EnCE certified forensic examiners in Japan and only uses proven and case-tested automation software to preserve ESI integrity.
Verifiable procedures
Ji2 uses documented and established chain-of-custody and ESI collection procedures such as custodian interviews and data hashing to provide potential litigation back-up for the ESI from the custodian to the court.
Proven track record
Ji2 has extensive experience with eDiscovery training and services for multi-national enterprises, law enforcement and government clients in Japan and the USA.
US court support
Certified experts are available in the USA to defend or to provide expert testimony regarding Japanese eDiscovery methods.
Identification, Collection and Preservation
Working with corporate contacts (legal & IT departments) and law firms, Ji2 identifies, collects and preserves ESI by methods that best fit individual case requirements. By utilizing proprietary and industry standard tools, Ji2 collection services help clients reduce costs, time and volume, while increasing defensibility.
Challenges in Japan:
Identification is a process to learn about the data, which may be required to preserve for cases. However due to the characteristic of Japanese language and its unique IT infrastructure as well as cultural differences for discourse rule, it is often hard to find the data or identify where they are located in the server.
Ji2 will not only identifying whether your clients store the relevant data or not and where, Ji2 also identify the data whether it is reasonably accessible or not. As a deliverable, we will provide a data map information as well as accessibility information which US law firm may takes few internal trips to get it.
Highly advanced forensic tools and write-blocking devices to prevent data alteration.
Standardized Chain of Custody Sheet and Acquisition Forms to maintain the integrity of the ESI.
Standardized custodian interviews to ensure no critical data will be overlooked.
Automated tools create target system information reports and inventories of relevant files and folders.
Custodian Hard Drives
- Imaging
- Most conservative and defensible
- Captures the entire image of the target hard drive
- Collects deleted data in slack and unallocated space
- Target Collection
- Most client-friendly, still defensible
- Takes less time, collects only the ESI stored under specified folders and saves costs for the client
- Network Collection
- Collect data over the network during normal business hours while the target machines are in use, with minimum business interruptions
- Simultaneously collects data from multiple locations via a single collection point
Deleted/damaged data recovery:
- Secure cleanroom facility with biometric lock
- Expertise as a forensic and data recovery solution developer