In: Computer Science
2CCA : E-Discovery: Don't Be Afraid to Be Smart—Select While You Collect ? 2-3 paragraphs in length
E - discovery or electronic discovery is a process of collecting electronic data from different sources in order to use it as an evidence in different sources. E- discoveries are generally performed on the orders of government agencies in order to investigate from any crime related activities. It has got a huge role in the field of cyber department. It can be done offline by confiscating a suspect's device or can be done online by invoking a malware into the suspect's device.
Moreover, e-discovery is much more convinient than manual searching due to the fact that it takes a lot less effort and time to search one's electronic device. Moreover, no one can easily delete a file from electronic storage devices as they can be recoverd by special recovery tools.
Data of all sorts acts as an evidence in e-discovery. This includes images, videos, text-based files, audios, databases, animations. Even malwares, spywares, etc can be made secured and investigated.