Corporate e-discovery is increasingly defined by demands for greater security and efficiency, and lawyers are looking to new technologies to meet their marks, according to BDO Consulting’s “Inside E-Discovery & Beyond” survey of more than 100 senior in-house counsel at corporations across the United States.

Given the sensitive data they handle, those polled for the survey listed cybersecurity as their top concern. Almost three-quarters (74 percent) of those surveyed ranked data breaches as their organization’s biggest legal risk, as the attacks essentially leave the companies vulnerable to legal actions. Meanwhile, 53 percent also ranked data privacy as a top risk.

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