Artech House

Information warfare and organizational decision-making.

Kott (who has worked with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on computational approaches to adversarial reasoning) examines computational techniques relevant to such problems as planning and command of military operations against an enemy command organization, military and foreign intelligence, antiterrorism and domestic security, information security, organizational design, military psychology and training, management practice, and organizational computing. Nine chapters discuss acquisition, representation, and management of knowledge about adversary organizations; approaches to identifying and modeling the hidden enemy organization; deriving organization structure from communication records; approaches to impact adversary decision-making processes; common malfunctions of organizational decision-making; inducing and mitigating a self-reinforcing degradation; destabilization of an organization by injecting suspicion; quantitatively estimating impacts of probes and interventions on an enemy organization; and design of attack-resistant organizations. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Litigating with electronically stored information.

Riedy, a partner in an e-litigation consulting firm, sheds light on matters related to electronically stored information (ESI), defined here as "everything other than traditional paper documents and microfilm." The book is divided into parts that roughly correspond with the chronological stages of a lawsuit. Material on practicing with new procedures looks at the 2006 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 34, and accessible versus inaccessible data. Chapters on ESI discovery cover targeting the right evidence, computer forensics, litigation support software, and discovery from third parties. Discussion of ESI and the attorney-client relationship encompasses the client's duty to preserve evidence, ethical issues, and ESI management. A section on ESI in the courtroom examines authentication, hearsay, preservation orders, sanctions, and transaction surveillance by the government. While the book is aimed at litigators and trial attorneys, there is material of interest to all attorneys and clients, including a chapter on developing an effective ESI management policy. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)