INFORMATION GOVERNANCE
Build Defensibility
Into Every Decision.
Establish policies, workflows, and audit-ready controls that reduce legal risk, improve compliance, and create a stronger foundation for every matter.
Create Defensible Governance From Day One
Information Governance provides the framework for managing enterprise data throughout its lifecycle. CDS combines governance consulting with Relativity Legal Hold and Exterro expertise to build policies, auditability, and operational controls that reduce legal risk while improving long-term data management.
Four Pillars of Defensible Information Governance
Data
Operational Governance
Standardize legal holds, custodian workflows, preservation obligations, and defensible collection practices across the organization.
Lifecycle Management
Control retention schedules, archive inactive information, and implement defensible deletion policies to reduce unnecessary risk.
Compliance Readiness
Maintain complete audit trails and documented governance processes supporting regulatory inquiries and litigation.
Storage Optimization
Identify dormant, duplicate and redundant data to improve efficiency while lowering long-term hosting costs.
Governance That Delivers Measurable Results
Lower Discovery Costs
Reduce review volumes through stronger lifecycle management.
Faster Legal Holds
Respond quickly with documented preservation workflows.
Reduced Legal Risk
Support defensible decisions with documented governance controls.
Continuous Improvement
Create sustainable governance programs that evolve with business needs.