Law firms, corporate counsel and other organizations face increasing challenges when deciding how to handle electronic data discovery. It's expensive, challenging and often unpredictable.

Over the last decade, e-discovery options for law firms have evolved dramatically. But whether a firm keeps it in-house, overseas or chooses some version of e-discovery managed services, vetting vendors has become even more difficult with the explosion of cybersecurity.

A day doesn't seem to go by without another news report about a major security breach—among the most recent, hackers in China infiltrated the U.S. Office of Personnel Management data, garnering personally identifiable information (PII) from about 4 million federal employees.