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eDiscovery Certification Council

Professional Training Course • Vendor-Neutral • Self-Paced Online

Certified eDiscovery Tools Professional (CeDTP)

Build hands-on capability in the tools, workflows and quality controls used to process, review and produce eDiscovery data.

Course Details

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Duration 5 Hours and 10 minutes
Exam Language English
Exam Expiration 1 Year from Purchase
Study Guide eCourseware / Self-paced online

Detailed Course Outline

The course covers the subject areas below, based on the detailed curriculum published for this programme.

Course Overview

  • Overview of the Course

1 – Introduction

  • Certified eDiscovery Tools Professional
  • Evolution of eDiscovery
  • Key stakeholders
  • Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM)
  • Common challenges
  • Career opportunities
  • Quiz

2 – Legal & Regulatory Foundations

  • Landmark case law
  • Data privacy and compliance standards
  • Ethical considerations
  • International regulations and cross-border transfers
  • Sanctions
  • Quiz

3 – eDiscovery Processes and Workflow

  • EDRM stages
  • Developing an eDiscovery response plan
  • Risk assessment and scoping in ECA
  • Project management
  • Collaboration tools
  • Metrics for efficiency
  • Quiz

4 – Data Types and Sources in eDiscovery

  • Structured vs unstructured data
  • Common data sources
  • Emerging data types
  • Data mapping and custodian interviews
  • Legacy systems and archived data
  • Data volatility and spoliation risks
  • Quiz

5 – eDiscovery Tools Overview

  • Categories of eDiscovery tools
  • Popular tools and software
  • Open-source vs proprietary tools
  • Tool-selection criteria
  • Cloud vs on-premises
  • Integration with other systems
  • Operating-system forensics guide
  • Quiz

6 – Data Preservation and Collection Tools

  • Legal-hold processes and tools
  • Forensic imaging and collection
  • Remote collection
  • Encrypted and password-protected data
  • Chain-of-custody documentation
  • Defensible collection best practices
  • Quiz

7 – Data Processing and Analysis Tools

  • Deduplication, filtering and culling
  • Data-processing tools
  • Text analytics and keyword searching
  • Concept clustering and email threading
  • Foreign languages and OCR
  • Error handling and quality control
  • Quiz

8 – Demo

  • How to Perform Digital Forensics Using Autopsy
  • Microsoft Purview
  • How to Use Microsoft Purview
  • Microsoft Purview – Conducting eDiscovery Search

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Course fee: $149 • Self-paced online eCourseware

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