The Salient EDGE - July 2024

This month we've got a newsletter packed with our expert insights. Read our latest series on the pitfalls and challenges of eDiscovery in Microsoft 365, find out how we saved a client three months of manual reconciliation work, and as a bit of light relief, we've shared a picture from a recent event, where we were 'quenching a thirst' for eDiscovery knowledge!

Expert insights into eDiscovery in Microsoft 365

Hot off the press this month we've got a new series of articles about eDiscovery in Microsoft 365. Microsoft Purview provides the legal team with a broad ranging tool for conducting eDiscovery activities. However, there are many hidden obstacles and pitfalls that can compromise your eDiscovery results. We've outlined our top tips to avoid mistakes and costly errors:

1. Introduction: the pitfalls and challenges of eDiscovery in Microsoft 365:

2. The risks of over- and under-collection

3. Beware of blind spots: the challenges of encrypted content in eDiscovery

4. Navigating the eDiscovery minefield of email archiving

5. How deep is your index? (And why it matters in eDiscovery)

6. Data residency, sovereignty, retention, and legal hold in Microsoft eDiscovery

If you are interested to explore how we could support your eDiscovery activities within your Microsoft 365 environment, get in touch at: [email protected].

This process spanned across four financial years, which saved us about three months of manual effort. Identifying the reconciling items and compiling the bank reconciliation over the four-year period (after the fourth round of results) took less than a week. This enabled us to post corrections on the accounting system and prepare information for the annual review quicker.

Cornelia Niemand, Independent Consultant.

Making sense of mismatching financial records

Salient were engaged to use forensic data analytics skills to identify and reconcile line items from cash book and bank statements. In the end, we saved the client three months of manual reconciliation effort. Find out more >>

Thirsty for eDiscovery insights?

This month, we've been out and about, networking at The Institute of Commercial Forensic Practitioners (ICFP) Financial Crime Conference in Johannesburg. Check out the Salient water bottles that were quenching attendees' thirst at the event!