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Security Operations · Foundational

Legal Hold

A directive to preserve all potentially relevant information when litigation or investigation is reasonably anticipated.

Definition

A legal hold suspends normal retention and deletion policies for specified data, custodians and systems. Failure to preserve can lead to spoliation sanctions. Legal counsel issues holds, and IT implements technical preservation such as mailbox litigation hold.

Example

Placing executives' mailboxes on litigation hold after a lawsuit is threatened.

Exam tip

Legal hold overrides normal data retention and destruction schedules.

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