The modern regulatory and media climate increases the risk of litigation for your corporation. Your corporation is being watched! Even the appearance of impropriety or poor record keeping can cost millions of dollars and damage to your company’s reputation. A corporation that doesn’t have the necessary policies and procedures in place is at greater risk of being unable to defend against predatory lawsuits. Addressing compliance is often not core to a corporation’s business and results in confusion and uncertainty. With all of the options in the marketplace, it is essential to develop a strategy that properly addresses your needs.
Your compliance implementation is much more than just a storage service. By conducting an assessment, you will be able to identify components & tools that can be incorporated into your overall implementation/solution. You may already own these tools, but understanding how they all fit together is an area in which Atech excels.
Proven Methodology
Ascendant Technology Consultants apply their expertise to your company’s conditions with their working knowledge of compliance technologies, identifying potential risks and recommending process and software fixes.
Requirements Gathering:
We interview the legal team to identify compliance initiatives already in progress and identify industry regulations that your legal department needs to address.
Identify Goals:
Atech identifies corporate objectives your legal department is attempting to address. This may include defining a clear chain of custody, the need to institute legal holds, developing documented policies/procedures, and a solid eDiscovery plan.
Define compliance Applications:
Compliance application offerings are often diverse and we can help you determine the right combination of tools to fit your needs. This helps you make the most of underutilized tools, alternate available tools, and identifies potential solutions for your needs.
Departmental Needs:
Even within the most tightly knit companies, different business units have diverse needs. Ascendant Technology Consultants will spend time with your departmental leaders to identify different requirements and develop a scheme for a cohesive implementation.
Propose a solution:
here are a variety of tools developed for compliance systems. Atech can familiarize you to these new tools in order to resolve particular challenges. In addition, we can examine intra-company tools and make recommendations to maximize their usage in regards to your compliance challenges.
IBM Products
- InfoSphere Content Collector for eMail
- InfoSphere Content Collector for Files
- InfoSphere eDiscovery Manager
- InfoSphere eDiscovery Analyzer
- InfoSphere Enterprise Records
