Waters Edge is committed to driving change
through effective advocacy of new ideas and active participation in
venues and organizations that contribute to developing a global network
in which trusted information is a valued currency. We
speak truth and strive to listen carefully in order that we can be
trusted advisors to our clients.
Currently, Waters Edge team members are engaged in a variety of ongoing
projects and, as well, a number of publications. As well, through
the Waters Edge Community
, we hope to provide opportunities for further dialogue and consensus
development that can produce useful, incisive ideas for improving the
value of digital information.
Waters Edge works to contribute to the dialogues and discussion required to move toward improved thinking about the how, why and when of realizing trusted information.
See News for a list of recent conferences and organizations with which Waters Edge team members participate.
See Publications for our recent publications, as well as some of our current projects. in progress.
Publications
Waters Edge employs various publication channels to
distribute our work product that furthers our vision of trusted
information in a global network.
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The CastleQuest Discovery Library: Defending Electronic Mail as Evidence -- The Critical E-Discovery Questions Click here to Learn more and Order. |
December 15, 2008: Waters Edge Presents the Critical E-Discovery Questions Required to Defend E-Mail
Responding to overwhelming demand, Waters Edge introduces the tools
required to assess and defend e-mail inside, and outside, the courtroom.
E-mail remains the primary, most vulnerable digital asset of any
organization. By basing analysis on the questions that must be
answered to demonstrate authenticity, our publication identifies and
explains what processes must be enacted to create a defensible
record of electronic mail.
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Model Contract Terms for Certified Information Security Management Services |
Contracting for Information Security in Commercial Transactions: An Introductory Guide To learn more, click here To order, click here |
Buy or Build: The Impact of the New Federal Rules on the Corporate Law Department’s Management of E-Discovery
This article by Jeffrey Ritter, appearing in the November, 2006 issue of Digital Discovery & E-Evidence, evaluates the key economic decisions facing corporate law departments as they assess and select the law firms, e-discovery service vendors and internal assets required to effectively manage the legal risks under the new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Click here.
Discovering the Horizon: A Case Study of Learning Innovation in Progress
This article, appearing in the February 2008 issue of Professional Development Quarterly, examines how to use map-based visual learning to teach lawyers and legal professionals how to better understand the intersection of law and technology issues confronting their clients. A copy of the article is available here.
Making the Case for Enterprise Content Management Systems: Discovering New ROI by Counting Differently
Published July 2007
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Trusted Information: The Tsunami Upon Us
This brief essay by Jeffrey Ritter discusses the compelling forces converging at the beginning of the 21st century that are shaping the need to consider trusted information as a vital asset that should be the priority of any organization. Click here
Use of Rule Languages for Policy and Legal Compliance
This paper was authored by Jeffrey Ritter and presented to a Workshop on Rule Languages for Interoperability conducted by the Worldwide Web Consortium (www.w3c.org) in April, 2005. The paper proposes the essential concept that business rule languages be developed and endorsed which permit expression of the requirements of law in programmable code. Click here.
Use of Rule Languages for Expressing the Trustworthiness of Systems and Web Services
This paper was co-authored by Jeffrey Ritter and Said Tabet and presented to a Workshop on Transparency and Usability of Web Authentication conducted by the Worldwide Web Consortium (www.w3c.org) in March, 2006. The paper proposes the use of rule languages to automate the expression of security controls of entire systems. Click Here.
Waters Edge employs electronic rich media to capture the content of public presentations, lectures, classroom events and similar works, as well as deliver seminars and training. All you need to do is click on the title in which you are interested and you will be re-directed to an online presentation.
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Achieving Security Against the Lawyers: Confessions from the Dark Side
Jeffrey Ritter delivered this presentation to a meeting of the Silicon Valley Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association on November 1, 2006. The presentation discusses the impact of the new Federal Rules on Civil Procedure on information security professionals (5:51 minutes).
Presenting the Evidence of Compliance: The New US Rules on the Standard of Care
Jeffrey Ritter participated in an ISACA e-Symposium in June 2006, in which he addressed the new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and their impact on information security professionals (29:15 minutes).
Sarbanes-Oxley: Information Security Controls and Public Accountability
Jeffrey Ritter analyzes the impact of the US law on public accountability standards (Sarbanes-Oxley) on the information security professional (36:25 minutes).
Making the Business Case for Information Security
Jeffrey Ritter presents the keynote address for a day-long online conference presented by the IT Security e-Symposium.
This presentation by Jeffrey Ritter was delivered to the Washington DC ARMA chapter meeting on October 18, 2006. The presentation summarizes nine survival strategies which records managers can embrace for assuring success for their company in dealing with outside law firms under the new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Jeffrey Ritter, co-author of Waters Edge Consulting’s breakthrough book, explains why he and Karen Worstell wrote this book and its importance to realizing the vision of trusted information in the courtrooms of America.