Governance Risk Compliance
A directive to preserve all forms of relevant information when litigation or investigation is reasonably anticipated.
Quick answer: A directive to preserve all forms of relevant information when litigation or investigation is reasonably anticipated.
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A directive to preserve all forms of relevant information when litigation or investigation is reasonably anticipated.
Legal Hold matters because it supports clear communication in Governance Risk Compliance contexts for SOC Analysts, Security Engineers, and Incident Responders. It also connects to aviation training and exam language such as CISSP, CompTIA Security+, and CEH.
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In this glossary, Legal Hold refers to: A directive to preserve all forms of relevant information when litigation or investigation is reasonably anticipated.
In cybersecurity communication, this term appears in contexts such as: "A legal hold must be issued to preserve evidence once a lawsuit is anticipated."
Legal Hold matters because it supports clear communication in Governance Risk Compliance contexts for SOC Analysts, Security Engineers, and Incident Responders. It also connects to aviation training and exam language such as CISSP, CompTIA Security+, and CEH.
Legal Hold is mainly used by SOC Analysts, Security Engineers, and Incident Responders.
In this glossary, Legal Hold is grouped under Governance Risk Compliance. Related pages in this category explain adjacent procedures, commands and operational concepts.
This definition is sourced from ISO 27001, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, MITRE ATT&CK and published by Protermify Cybersecurity as a static cybersecurity reference page.
A directive to preserve all forms of relevant information when litigation or investigation is reasonably anticipated.
A legal hold must be issued to preserve evidence once a lawsuit is anticipated.
English reference definition
ISO 27001, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, MITRE ATT&CK
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