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Unlike any other software provider, Exterro makes it easy for organizations to understand their data and take swift action.

Exterro empowers organizations to manage data risks with a complete platform for e-discovery, data privacy, cybersecurity and governance, and digital forensics. Exterro's AI-driven solutions provide accurate, actionable insights, enabling businesses to ensure compliance, reduce risks, and streamline operations while lowering costs. With Exterro, organizations gain the clarity and confidence needed to address their most critical data challenges. Exterro's FedRAMP-authorized solutions for eDiscovery, Digital Forensics, and Data Privacy, Security, and Governance are available in the AWS marketplace through the AWS ISV Accelerate program. For more information, visit www.exterro.com

10/26/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐤𝐞? 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

AI can now research someone deeply in minutes and craft a message that's personal, convincing, and genuinely hard to question. Add deepfakes and government ID spoofing into the mix, and verifying who's actually on the other end of a transaction has quietly become one of the harder problems in consumer lending.

On the newest episode of Data Xposure, Fahad Diwan, JD, FIP talks with Rudy R., who holds a rare dual role as Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Privacy Officer at Avant, about exactly this shift, and a few other things worth knowing:

- 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞. The tools used to verify identity have to keep evolving at the same pace as the tools being used to fake it.

- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐀𝐈 𝐯𝐬. 𝐀𝐈. Vendor risk questionnaires that are clearly filled out by a model get reviewed by a model on the other end too, turning what used to take days into a fraction of the time.

- 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. A growing share of what's logging into company systems isn't a person at all, it's a bot or an AI agent, and most security programs aren't built to tell the difference yet.

If you're in security, privacy, or risk in any form, this is a genuinely useful listen, not the generic "AI is scary" take, but a real look at how the defenses actually have to change.
https://www.exterro.com/resources/most-of-the-things-accessing-your-data-arent-people-anymore

10/23/2026

Every industry has people who make you think, “𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨.”
In eDiscovery, we want to help make that happen.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟐𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐲, founded by Exterro, brings the eDiscovery community together to share ideas, learn from one another, and celebrate the people moving the profession forward. And this year, we're adding something new to that celebration: the first-ever 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬!

The awards will recognize five practitioners with five years or less in the field who are already making a meaningful impact on the profession.

Maybe it's a colleague bringing fresh ideas to the table, someone doing fantastic work behind the scenes, or a professional who's already making a difference in their organization. Whoever comes to mind, we'd love to hear about them. Self-nominations are welcome, too!

The five Rising Stars will be announced live during the eDiscovery Day keynote on December 3, with their stories featured across the event partners' podcasts, publications, and websites.

Nominations close November 6.
Who's the first person that comes to mind? Nominate them: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/rising-stars-of-ediscovery-nomination?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=edd_risingstars

10/21/2026

𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧. It's a machine, a bot, or an AI agent, and most security programs still aren't built to tell the difference.

On the newest episode of Data Xposure, Fahad Diwan, JD, FIP sits down with Rudy Ristich, who holds a genuinely rare combination of titles: Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Privacy Officer at Avant. Two roles that are usually split across two people, now sitting with one because, as Rudy puts it, it all comes back to the same thing: the data, and the controls around it.

A few things worth knowing from this one:

- Your data inventory is probably already out of date. Ask ten stakeholders what data their team holds and you'll get ten honest, well-intentioned, slightly wrong answers. A human conversation only ever captures a point-in-time guess, not what's actually there right now.

- AI is quietly raising the stakes on fraud. In consumer lending specifically, deepfakes, identity spoofing, and deeply personalized phishing attempts are getting easier to pull off than ever.

- Even the attackers are using AI now, so the defense has to match it. Vendor risk questionnaires that are clearly AI-generated get reviewed by AI on the other end too, turning what used to take analysts days into a fraction of the time.

- "Identity is the perimeter" means something different now. It's not just about verifying humans anymore, it's about knowing the identity of every agent and machine operating inside the environment too, because they're functionally just another worker with access.

If your team is still treating "data inventory" as something you check once a year, this conversation might change that: https://www.exterro.com/resources/most-of-the-things-accessing-your-data-arent-people-anymore

10/20/2026

𝐀𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫.

Subpoena response puts AI to the test in ways that a controlled demo might not reveal. Real-world data is messy, relevance isn't always straightforward, and legal teams need more than a convincing summary to trust the outcome.

A few things matter when putting AI to work in this process:

→ Finding the right evidence without missing relevant information or pulling in unnecessary data

→ Keeping human judgment in the workflow so consequential decisions, approvals, and exceptions don't happen without oversight

→ Maintaining a defensible process that makes it possible to explain how evidence was identified, reviewed, and ultimately produced

These aren't just implementation details. They're what separate AI that looks impressive from AI that can be relied on in a high-stakes legal workflow.

In his article for The AI Journal, Exterro's Bryant Bell breaks down why subpoena response is a particularly challenging use case for AI and what legal teams should consider before putting it to work.

If you're evaluating AI for eDiscovery, take a look at Bryant's article. It offers a practical perspective on what it takes to make AI useful when accuracy, accountability, and defensibility matter: https://aijourn.com/why-subpoena-response-is-a-tough-place-to-deploy-ai/

10/19/2026

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞'𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 "𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬?" 𝐀𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞'𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 "𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐭?"
AI can execute a playbook - contract terms, clause language, process. What it can't do is play the long game. Give up a point here to win leverage later? That's strategy. Still needs a human.

In litigation, the stakes are higher. AI-generated content in actual court filings, hallucinations and all, isn't a "someday" risk, it's happening now.

Full automation on legal work product isn't a milestone to chase. It's a line most legal teams shouldn't cross without real human review.

Andrew Hansell said this on an episode of Data Xposure, and it's only gotten more relevant since.

The teams getting this right aren't moving fastest. They're asking "should we?" as often as "can we?"
It's the same principle we build around at Exterro. AI that moves fast, but still pauses for a human before anything consequential.

Full episode: https://www.exterro.com/resources/when-data-preservation-isnt-free-andy-hansell-on-proportionality-legacy-data-and-the-ai-arms-race

10/15/2026

𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.

Exterro has been named 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 at the 2026 LegalTech Breakthrough Awards 🏆

As data volumes grow and legal matters become more complex, legal teams need more than tools to manage information. They need smarter ways to find what matters, reduce manual effort, and move from data to actionable insight.

That's what we're working towards at Exterro: bringing AI and automation into eDiscovery to help legal teams work smarter and focus on what matters most.

We're grateful to the LegalTech Breakthrough team for this recognition, and to our customers and partners who continue to push us to do better.

The recognition is a milestone. The work to move eDiscovery forward continues.

10/13/2026

AI adoption is changing legal work. The industry's understanding of that change needs your perspective.

How AI is being used, where it’s delivering value, what risks remain, and what legal professionals want from it next, the answers will help shape the industry's understanding of AI's role in legal work.

Add your voice to the picture. Take the 𝐞𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐀𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲 and help build a clearer view of where the industry stands today and where it needs to go next.

As an added benefit, you'll also have a chance to win an Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS) 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 and invest in your professional growth.

The 𝟏𝟐𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐲, founded by Exterro, brings the eDiscovery community together to explore the questions shaping the profession. This year, we're proud to bring it to you in partnership with Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS), EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model, eDiscovery Today and LegalOps.com.

Your experience matters. Take the survey and help shape the industry's AI story: https://www.e-discoveryday.com/

10/12/2026

𝐀𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤.

You still need to track down the source, verify the information, connect the dots, and figure out what needs to happen next. And when you're dealing with complex legal matters, investigations, or compliance workflows, getting those steps right matters just as much as getting the answer.

What if AI could do more than tell you what to do? What if it could help move the work forward?

That's the thinking behind Exterro ARMOUR - an agentic data risk and governance platform that turns what you ask into governed action, helping orchestrate work across relevant data and tasks while keeping people in control.

See how Exterro ARMOUR helps turn questions into action: https://www.exterro.com/armour

10/08/2026

𝟏𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐒𝐀𝐌 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞. 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.
Now imagine doing it in an afternoon.

That's the shift happening in law enforcement and internal investigations right now. And it's why teams who were hesitant about AI are suddenly all in.

Here's the nuance: investigators are already comfortable with generative AI helping them search and summarize. Autonomous AI is a different ask. It means stepping back and letting AI actually drive parts of the investigation.

That's a harder leap of trust.
But when a 4-day review turns into a 4-hour one, the math makes the decision for you.

That's the story Robert Bond, (Senior PMM - Digital Forensics) shares on the latest episode of Data Xposure, alongside Bryant Bell (Senior PMM - eDiscovery) and host Fahad Diwan, JD, FIP (Director - Product Marketing). Together they break down why legal, forensics, and compliance teams are finally converging around AI instead of working in silos.

If you're trying to make sense of where AI is actually moving the needle in data risk, not the hype, the real numbers, this one's worth the listen: https://www.exterro.com/resources/agentic-ai-and-the-changing-data-risk-playbook-xchange-2026-recap

10/07/2026

𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤.

At EDI, join Exterro leaders Bobby Balachandran, Tim Gray, and Brenda Dodd, CEDS to discuss how legal, compliance, and investigative teams are applying agentic AI to complex work.

Bring a use case you’re considering, a workflow that needs to move faster, or a question about keeping AI governed and accountable. Compare perspectives on where agentic AI can deliver practical value and what it takes to put it to work with confidence.

If you’re at EDI, come find Bobby, Tim and Brenda. We’d love to talk.
https://go.exterro.com/l/43312/2026-08-29/ftpnkp

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