--- title: "Compliance & eDiscovery: Help Secure Legal Data | Commvault " type: "WebPage" language: "en-US" url: "https://www.commvault.com/use-cases/compliance-and-ediscovery" date: "2026-10-28T22:19:20-04:00" modified: "2026-10-28T22:19:20-04:00" description: "Easily search, classify, and hold data for legal and compliance needs. Prevent tampering with immutable backups, legal holds, and automated chain of custody tracking. " image: "https://www.commvault.com/ogimage/fb/44705/" breadcrumbs: - name: "Commvault Home" url: "https://www.commvault.com/" - name: "Use cases" url: "https://www.commvault.com/use-cases" - name: "Compliance and ediscovery" --- # Compliance & eDiscovery - [Home](/) - Use Cases - Compliance & eDiscovery use case ## Compliance & eDiscovery Commvault makes it easy to find data, protect it, and hold it for legal or compliance requirements. - [Explore Commvault® Compliance](/capabilities/compliance) ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/fullwidth-background-generic-11.jpg) --- SEARCH, FIND & HOLD ## Data management for eDiscovery & Compliance Commvault’s platform architecture enables advanced data management capabilities with a single interface to identify, categorize, and preserve data. --- ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Analytics-Engine-3_Crocus_RGB-7.svg) --- ## Easy searchability Find documents and files across your backups, including M365, Google Workspace, and more. ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Legal_Crocus_RGB.svg) --- ## Legal holds Prevent case-related files from being deleted due to standard retention policies by implementing legal holds. ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Referrals_Crocus_RGB.svg) --- ## Chain of custody Immutability and indelibility prevent data from being tampered with or deleted. --- AI Recovery Solutions ## Continuous recovery for the AI era Explore our portfolio of recovery solutions, purpose-built for the unique challenges of the AI–enabled enterprise, making your recovery continuous, complete, clean, and confirmed regardless of where data, identities, and AI systems live. ## CyberRecover Clean, isolated recovery when trust in the production environment is gone. 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Commvault Cloud gave us a way to dramatically lower those costs and keep them predictable, while simultaneously providing us with the data resilience needed to keep our business running.” > > Jacob Gsoedl > > CIO, Power Integrations --- RESOURCES ## Explore more of our resources [View all resources](/resources) ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Resource-men-in-suit-office-888x500-1.jpg) DATASHEET ## Commvault® Compliance Learn more about Commvault’s eDiscovery and Compliance capabilities. [Read the Datasheet about Commvault® Compliance](https://www.commvault.com/resources/datasheet/compliance-search-and-ediscovery) ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Resource_Modernize-Data-Strategy-AWS_888x500-4.jpg) EXPLORE ## eDiscovery Overview Learn more about eDiscovery and Compliance and how they come together. [Learn more about eDiscovery Overview](https://www.commvault.com/explore/ediscovery%20) ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Resource_Generic_888x500-3.png) capability ## Microsoft 365 Backup Data in Microsoft 365 is often the subject of holds, as it includes documents, emails, and messages. Learn more about our protection for M365 data. [Learn more about Microsoft 365 Backup](/capabilities/microsoft-365-backup%20) --- ## Frequently Asked Questions What is eDiscovery? eDiscovery (electronic discovery) is the process of identifying, collecting, and producing electronically stored information (ESI) for legal, regulatory, or investigative purposes. In IT terms, it involves indexing and searching across email, file shares, databases, and backups to locate relevant data quickly. Commvault supports this by enabling legal holds, metadata search, and role-based access to preserve and retrieve data without disrupting operations. It integrates with compliance workflows to reduce manual effort and risk. Essentially, it gives IT teams control and visibility over enterprise data when legal or audit requests arise. What are some required capabilities for an eDiscovery tool? An effective eDiscovery tool needs several core capabilities to help organizations comply with legal or regulatory requests, including: - Comprehensive data visibility: It must index and search across all relevant data sources, like email, file systems, databases, cloud apps, and backups. - Legal hold management: It should preserve data in place to prevent alteration or deletion once it’s part of an investigation. - Advanced search and filtering: The tool must support metadata, keyword, and contextual searches to locate relevant ESI quickly and accurately. How are eDiscovery and compliance related? eDiscovery and compliance are tightly connected because both deal with managing and governing data. eDiscovery focuses on finding, preserving, and producing electronic information for legal cases, investigations, or audits. Compliance involves meeting requirements for how data is stored, retained, and protected. This requires retention policies, access controls, and auditable records. Compliance helps build the foundation and specify what must be done, while eDiscovery leverages that foundation to respond efficiently when legal or regulatory actions arise. --- see it in action ## Schedule a free demo See how easily Commvault’s AI solutions can protect, defend, and allow for uninterrupted access to your data. 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