Advanced Discovery: Advanced Discovery Expands Riskcovery's Predictive Analytics Taxonomies to Identify and Mitigate Risk from Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Patented risk smoke detector customized to address widespread and underreported
intimidating, hostile and offensive work environments 

AUSTIN, Texas and LONDON, 2018-01-23 11:00 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Advanced Discovery, a global eDiscovery and risk management provider, today
announced the company has launched a new sexual harassment taxonomy with which
to identify and assess patterns of inappropriate workplace behavior within an
organization's electronically stored information. The new sexual harassment
template is part of the Riskcovery analytics suite. 

Riskcovery is a patented risk management solution built on an industry-leading
conceptual analytics technology to capture abstract meanings of written
communications, minimizing the need for time-consuming manual intervention. It
is an early warning risk smoke detector designed to alert corporate governance
to the possibility of compliance, ethics and even procedural issues so that
organizations can proactively identify and respond to risks in advance of
litigation. 

According to a recent ABC News/Washington Post survey, 64 percent of Americans
consider sexual harassment in the workplace a serious problem. The U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission estimates that 75 percent of all workplace
harassment incidents go unreported. Similar statistics are reported in the
U.K., with 52 percent of women having experienced workplace sexual harassment;
79 percent of these incidents are unreported. 

"Sexual harassment is bigger than the recent headlines from Hollywood and
high-profile executive resignations. It's a widespread workplace issue with
high-impact emotional and financial consequences," says Jim Burke, CEO of
Advanced Discovery. "Inappropriate and illegal workplace behavior also
increases enterprise risk with absenteeism, low productivity and staff
turnover, as well as financial settlements and litigation costs." 

Riskcovery can use predefined taxonomies to find and categorize documents based
on sample text which contains content with similar concepts of interest,
including sexual harassment. The sexual harassment taxonomy can be customized
to an organization's specific code of conduct, governing law or other relevant
input. The solution's AI-powered analytics engine refines and expands the
taxonomy's predictive capability with additional input and use. Riskcovery
connects to email servers and can ingest files from Gmail, OneDrive and Google
Drive or from any Windows-based file system. Additionally, ingestion of mobile
device data, one of the fastest-growing sources of ESI, including text and chat
messages, is supported. 

"Risk mitigation means identifying trends and potential violations quickly and
efficiently - well before they become costly problems for specific employees
and the broader organization," concludes Burke. 

The sexual harassment taxonomy is one of several Riskcovery conceptual analytic
templates, including Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and Departed Employee
Protocol. Advanced Discovery expert advisors can also consult to create custom
taxonomy templates to address a company's specific GRC requirements. 

Company expert advisors will be hosting reservation-only peer-to-peer
roundtables at the Warwick New York Hotel during Legalweek to discuss issues
and best practices on the topics of harassment and discrimination,
cybersecurity and eDiscovery expansion. In addition, they will be offering
private product demos of its complete suite of patented and patent-pending
solutions, including Riskcovery. To learn more or sign up to participate, visit
www.advanceddiscovery.com/events/legaltech-2018-january-30-february-1/ or email
[e-mail]. 

About Advanced Discovery

Advanced Discovery is an award-winning and leading global eDiscovery and risk
management company, partnering with law firms and corporations since 2002.
Advanced Discovery and its global family of companies, Altep, Millnet Document
Services and Legal Placements Inc., offer a complete suite of solutions to
clients around the globe, including eDiscovery, information governance,
Riskcovery and compliance risk assessment, cybersecurity, legal operations
consulting, data forensics and investigations, paper discovery and digital
printing, as well as legal recruiting and placement. The company employs
leading professionals in the industry, applies defensible workflows and
provides patented and industry-proven technology across all phases of the
eDiscovery and risk management life cycle. This devotion to excellence has
earned Advanced Discovery inclusion in the Inc. 5000 Hall of Fame for being
named to the fastest-growing companies list for six successive years and
recognition as the highest-level Best in Service Relativity solutions partner
for five consecutive years. 

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