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The Salient Edge

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 Expert. Innovative. Trusted. The Salient Edge is Salient’s podcast series examining the practical realities of digital forensics and eDiscovery. Hosted by David Fisk, the podcast is aimed at corporate investigators, law firms, and forensic accountants who are navigating growing volumes of data, evolving regulatory demands, and complex investigative challenges. Across each episode, David is joined by industry experts to share experience-led perspectives on eDiscovery workflows, DSAR and regulatory response, forensic data analysis, and the effective use of technology in investigations. The conversations focus on defensible decision-making, proportional approaches, and the critical role of human judgment - helping professionals stay informed, confident, and effective as data complexity continues to grow.Solid Gold Podcasts and Audiobooks Ökonomie
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  • Beyond eDiscovery: How OSINT Transforms Investigations and Due Dilligence

    Beyond eDiscovery: How OSINT Transforms Investigations and Due Dilligence
    Feb 5 2026
    Inside Deep Dive's Knowledge Engine for Open Source Intelligence, EDD, and Risk Insight.

    Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) has become a powerful parallel capability to traditional eDiscovery — unlocking insight far beyond corporate systems and internal data. In this episode of The Salient Edge, host David Fisk is joined by Dave Pope, COO of Deep Dive, to explore how OSINT is reshaping investigations, enhanced due diligence (EDD), and risk-based decision-making.

    Drawing on more than 25 years of experience in fraud investigation, identity verification, and intelligence platforms, Dave explains why traditional search engines fall short for investigators — and how Deep Dive’s “knowledge engine” approach transforms vast volumes of publicly available information into structured, defensible intelligence.

    The conversation unpacks how Deep Dive automates the most time-consuming aspects of OSINT research while keeping humans firmly in the loop. From multi-language global searches and entity resolution to AI-driven analysis, source reliability scoring, and adversarial AI quality controls, this episode provides a practical look at how modern investigations can move from manual research to intelligence-led analysis.

    Key topics include:
    • What OSINT really is — and why it matters in investigations and eDiscovery
    • The difference between a search engine and a knowledge engine
    • How AI accelerates investigations without introducing bias or hallucination
    • Person-centric vs entity-centric investigations (and what’s coming next)
    • Using OSINT to support EDD, KYC, fraud investigations, onboarding and reputational risk decisions
    • Why OSINT enables investigators to spend less time researching and more time analysing

    Rather than replacing investigators, modern OSINT platforms are designed to reduce the time spent on manual research and data gathering, allowing teams to focus on analysis, judgment, and decision-making.

    By automating source discovery, data aggregation, and initial structuring of open-source information, OSINT enables investigations and due diligence exercises to be conducted more efficiently, consistently, and at greater scale — particularly in complex, multi-jurisdictional matters.

    The value lies not in speed alone, but in repeatability, coverage, and confidence. Investigators gain a broader, more structured view of risk while maintaining human oversight and defensibility throughout the process.

    Key takeaway: OSINT enhances investigative workflows by streamlining research and improving visibility, enabling teams to deliver clearer insight within tighter timeframes — without sacrificing quality or control. Visit our website
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    24 Min.
  • DSARs Decoded: Managing Risk, Context, and Proportionality in Data Subject Access Requests

    DSARs Decoded: Managing Risk, Context, and Proportionality in Data Subject Access Requests
    Feb 5 2026
    Why DSARs are more than PII searches - and how technology, people, and defensible process must work together.

    Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs) can strike fear into even the most mature organisations. Tight deadlines, complex data environments, and significant reputational risk mean these requests are far more than an administrative exercise.

    In this episode of The Salient Edge, host David Fisk is joined by Juan Di Luca of Data Analysis Services (DAS) to unpack the practical reality of responding to DSARs in a defensible, proportionate, and risk-aware way.

    The conversation explores why DSARs are often weaponised by disaffected or former employees, why organisations must pause before diving into data collection, and why understanding the motivation behind a request can be just as important as identifying the data itself. While technology — including AI and machine learning — plays an important role, Juan explains why DSARs remain a highly contextual, human-led discovery task.

    Key topics covered include:
    • Why DSARs should be treated as eDiscovery and potential pre-litigation exercises
    • The risks of over-disclosure and accidentally releasing third-party PII
    • Why spotting PII is easy — but understanding context is not
    • Proportionality, defensibility and the limits of automation
    • The importance of legal oversight and structured workflows
    • How machine learning can support elusion testing and outlier detection
    • Managing redactions, exceptions, secure delivery and regulatory deadlines
    • How hybrid review models combine technology, workflows and specialist teams to reduce risk and cost

    Juan also shares real-world insights into how organisations misjudge DSAR risk — either by under-responding or relying too heavily on automation — and why reputational damage often outweighs regulatory fines.

    Key takeaway: DSARs are not about speed alone. They are about balance — between transparency and confidentiality, automation and human judgment, and efficiency and defensibility.

    This episode is essential listening for legal teams, corporate investigators, compliance leaders, forensic accountants, HR professionals, and IT stakeholders navigating the growing complexity of data privacy and discovery obligations. Visit our website
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    23 Min.
  • Bridging the eDiscovery Gap: Translating Technology for Lawyers, Investigators, & Business

    Bridging the eDiscovery Gap: Translating Technology for Lawyers, Investigators, & Business
    Feb 5 2026
    Why collaboration between legal, IT, and eDiscovery specialists is critical to defensible, cost-effective investigations.

    In this episode of The Salient Edge, host David Fisk explores one of the most persistent challenges in modern investigations and litigation: the growing gap between eDiscovery technology and the business users it serves.

    Joined by Adam Bown, Managing Director of Salient Discovery with over 20 years’ experience across forensic investigations, data analytics, and eDiscovery, the discussion unpacks why lawyers, investigators, IT teams, and service providers often talk past one another - and what that disconnect really costs organisations.

    As eDiscovery platforms evolve to include machine learning, generative AI, audio and video transcription, translation, and conceptual clustering, many legal teams struggle to understand how (and when) to trust these tools. At the same time, IT teams understand data environments deeply but may not appreciate the legal, evidentiary, and defensibility implications of data identification, preservation and collection decisions.

    This episode covers:
    • Why lawyers aren’t technologists — and technologists aren’t lawyers
    • The risks of over-collection and under-collection in investigations and litigation
    • How poor collection decisions inflate review costs, risk spoliation and weaken defensibility
    • The reality of machine learning and generative AI in document review
    • Why mobile device collection is a “one bite at the cherry” exercise
    • How forensic accounting and business context improve investigative outcomes
    • The critical role of a quality eDiscovery service provider in bridging legal, IT and technology gaps

    The conversation reinforces a core message: successful eDiscovery is a collaborative partnership. Neither side knows what they don’t know — and value is created when service providers translate complex technology into business-ready, legally defensible outcomes.

    Whether you’re a lawyer, investigator, forensic accountant, or in-house leader, this episode decodes the complexity and shows how the right expertise can reduce risk, control costs, and improve results. Visit our website
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    25 Min.
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