Documentation and Evidence Management Questions

Practices and controls for creating, preserving, and structuring documentation and evidentiary records produced during investigations, incidents, audits, or legal processes. Topics include what to record and how to record factual observations versus conclusions, structuring investigation files and metadata, chain of custody and forensic preservation, immutability and timestamping, redaction and minimization to protect privilege and confidentiality, retention policies, preparing materials for regulatory review or legal proceedings, balancing transparency with legal privilege and confidentiality, collaboration with legal and compliance teams, and documenting decisions and actions to support reproducibility and accountability.