The challenges for organizations are that ESI:

• Is often stored in greater volume than hard documents;
• Is dynamic and often can be modified simply by turning off a computer;
• Can be incomprehensible when taken out of context;
• Often contains meta-data that offers greater context to the information.

And then there are the issues of creating - and enforcing - records retention policies within your organization, so you're prepared to respond effectively when summoned by the law.

In this session, David Matthews, Deputy CISO for the City of Seattle, will walk through electronic evidence issues of which you need to be aware, including:

• Recent case law;
• Case studies from the e-discovery trenches;
• New e-discovery issues inherent in cloud computing and social networking.

He is a participant and leader in regional information security organizations. He is co-chair of the US-CERT/DHS sponsored North West Alliance for Cyber Security (NWACS) and an active participant in the Agora, Pacific CISO forum (PACISSO), Computer Technology Investigators Network (CTIN), ISSA, ISACA, InfraGuard and ISC2. He participates on the local Critical Infrastructure Protection sub-committee of the Regional Homeland Security team, and also works with a national infrastructure protection group The Infrastructure Security Partnership. He is the winner of the West Region Information Security Executive of the Year award for 2008, and has presented at many conferences and organizations, including RSA, InfoSec World, and to the US Attorney's Office, REI and Starbucks.