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Hello adam,
As 2026 planning moves from strategy to execution, one theme continues to surface: organizations that act earlier and intentionally reduce downstream risk, cost, and friction. That principle applies across investigations, review, and governance.
This month, we lean into investigation readiness, the evolving role of digital forensics, and the broader conversations shaping how legal teams prepare for what could be next as data volumes expand, environments fragment, and regulatory pressure increases.
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Digital Forensics Is Becoming a Strategic Advantage
Digital forensics is moving from scramble to preparedness. Data now lives across laptops, phones, cloud apps, and third-party systems, and investigation teams are expected to move quickly without sacrificing defensibility.
The answer isn’t just speed. It’s better collection and processes: earlier visibility into what matters, tighter scoping before collection, and workflows that avoid wasted effort while still standing up to legal and audit review.
These same pressures — data growth, outside dependencies, and AI-generated content — are shaping how organizations plan their 2026 readiness strategies.
Read more about what’s driving change
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How Mazars Modernized Investigations Across Teams
As a global audit, tax, and advisory firm with a dedicated digital forensics and investigations practice, Mazars faced increasing investigation demands in both volume and complexity. They needed more than faster processing. They needed clearer visibility, tighter control, and confidence that their findings would hold up under scrutiny. Their goal was not just faster investigations, but a smarter, proactive, repeatable model that reduced risk before it escalated.
By modernizing their forensic workflows with Exterro, Mazars reduced manual friction, streamlined collaboration, and created a more scalable investigation model. The result was not just efficiency, but smarter execution, with earlier insight, fewer handoffs, and outcomes that could be confidently explained when it mattered most.
See how they did it
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Data Xposure Episode 11 | Playbook-Driven Litigation Readiness: The Strategy Legal Leaders Can’t Skip
In the latest episode of Data Xposure: The Podcast for Data Risk Leaders, host Jenny Hamilton, Chief Legal Officer at Exterro, speaks with Patrick Butts of Hilltop Securities about why litigation readiness cannot be left to improvisation. As data volumes grow and timelines tighten, organizations are under increasing pressure to respond quickly while maintaining defensibility.
Just as forensics teams are formalizing investigative readiness, legal teams are evolving their approach across the litigation lifecycle. Their conversation centers on the value of playbook-driven strategy, focusing on building documented, repeatable processes that help teams respond faster, control costs, and strengthen defensibility before pressure escalates. They discuss how narrowing scope earlier, aligning stakeholders, and formalizing workflows can reduce chaos and create outcomes that hold up under scrutiny.
Listen to the episode
We’re Heading to Legalweek 2026
The conversations around AI, defensibility, and smarter data workflows continue at Legalweek 2026, and we’re looking forward to connecting in person. If you’ll be in New York, join us to discuss investigation readiness, review strategy, or what’s shaping 2026 across data risk.
To make those conversations more meaningful, we’re hosting a limited number of sessions ahead of the conference, with opportunities to continue the discussion through Exterro-hosted New York experiences. Availability is limited for these pre-event conversations.
Connect with us at Legalweek
Exterro INFORM: Where the Forensics Community Comes Together
Exterro INFORM returns on March 17, bringing digital forensics professionals together for a full day of expert-led, region-specific sessions focused on today’s real-world investigation challenges. Throughout this virtual event — from 50-minute deep dives to forward-looking discussions — each session delivers practical techniques and insights you can put to work right away.
Hear from global forensics leaders, innovative practitioners, and community voices shaping how investigations are conducted today and where the discipline is headed next. Most importantly, INFORM is about connection. Join a worldwide community of peers to exchange ideas, sharpen skills, and stay ahead of what’s coming in digital forensics.
Register Now
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Exterro FTK Imager Pro: Elevate Your Evidence Collection
FTK Imager has been the standard starting point for collecting digital evidence for years. FTK Imager Pro builds on that — not by adding noise, but by removing delays investigators deal with every day.
You can perform advanced iOS logical collections without complicated workflows. Encryption is automatically detected, and credential-based decryption is handled in the tool rather than through manual workarounds. You can also access live, decrypted BitLocker data directly, avoiding the wait and storage overhead of full-disk imaging when it isn’t necessary.
The benefit is simple: you see what matters sooner. Fewer handoffs, fewer stalled examinations, and evidence you can defend when findings are questioned.
Good investigations don’t start with analysis. They start with clean, reliable collection.
Explore FTK Imager Pro
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The teams that stay ahead are the ones that prepare early and act intentionally. Here’s to executing with clarity and advancing smarter investigations and processes in 2026.
The Exterro Team
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