Digital Forensics & eDiscovery Software Development

Digital forensics software covers forensic evidence collection and imaging, chain-of-custody tracking, and forensic reporting for investigations. eDiscovery software covers litigation hold management, multi-custodian data collection, and document review for legal cases. The two overlap - both handle digital evidence under strict procedural requirements - but forensics is typically investigation-first while eDiscovery is litigation-first.

We build the technical chain-of-custody infrastructure: cryptographic hash verification at collection and every subsequent access, timestamped audit logs of every handoff, and tamper-evident storage. Whether a specific process satisfies your jurisdiction's evidentiary standards is a legal determination your counsel or forensic expert makes - we build the system to the requirements you define during discovery.

Both. Document review - search, tagging, redaction, privilege review, and production - is a common request alongside evidence collection, especially for firms trying to control the per-GB hosting costs of commercial platforms. We scope which capabilities you need during discovery; some clients want the full pipeline, others just need the collection and chain-of-custody layer.

Yes. Collecting data from custodians across email (Microsoft 365, Google Workspace), chat platforms (Slack, Teams), and cloud storage is a standard part of eDiscovery collection. We scope which platforms your cases actually touch during discovery and build the collection integrations accordingly, preserving required metadata.

A single-purpose tool - forensic evidence collection with chain-of-custody tracking - typically runs $35,000-$70,000 and takes 12-18 weeks. A full platform with litigation hold management, multi-custodian collection, and document review runs $90,000-$160,000 over 18-28 weeks. We scope a fixed cost after discovery, before any development starts.

Commercial eDiscovery platforms charge per-GB hosting fees that scale unpredictably as case data volume grows, and they're general-purpose tools, not built around your firm's specific workflow. Custom software makes sense when your case volume doesn't fit a per-GB model well, or when you need collection/chain-of-custody tooling feeding into a review platform you already use.

Yes. Litigation hold management - identifying custodians, sending and tracking hold notices, and confirming preservation - is commonly built alongside collection tooling. Missing a hold deadline creates real legal risk, so we build tracking and escalation to make hold compliance visible.