From Capture to Court: Rethinking the Digital Evidence Management Lifecycle

Executive Summary 

Digital evidence now underpins how organizations investigate incidents, demonstrate accountability, and withstand external scrutiny. Organizations across the public sector and regulated industries continue to rely on fragmented systems and manual workflows that were never designed for the scale, complexity, or expectations that define today’s environment.  

• Why legacy approaches to digital evidence management can no longer keep pace with modern requirements 
• How managing evidence as a continuous, governed lifecycle strengthens integrity, defensibility, and control 
• Where breakdowns most commonly occur across capture, management, review, sharing, and disposition 
• The foundational principles organizations must adopt to handle digital evidence securely, consistently, and with accountability