Data Xposure: The Podcast for Data Risk Leaders

Legal teams are no longer just responding to litigation, investigations, or compliance demands after the fact. Today, they’re being asked to help organizations proactively manage risk across increasingly complex data environments shaped by AI, regulation, security threats, and rapid business change. In this episode of Data Xposure , we sit down with Linda Luperchio to explore how modern legal and...

After an attempted assassination at the 2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner, the FBI had limited time to reconstruct a suspect's planning, communications, movements, and intent from millions of digital artifacts. In this episode of Data Xposure , Harsh Behl, VP of Product Management & AI at Exterro, takes listeners inside one of the most time-sensitive digital investigations in r...

The headlines are hard to ignore. High-profile cases— the scrutiny of celebrity text messages and photos in the Depp-Heard litigation to the release of Epstein-related documents—have turned private communications into public evidence. What was once buried in legal proceedings is now playing out in real time, shaping reputations, careers, and corporate risk. But these aren’t edge cases. They’re sig...

What if the information your team relies on… isn’t as reliable as it looks? In today’s investigations, it’s never been easier to find information online. Social media, public records, data brokers—answers are everywhere. But in this episode of Data Xposure , we explore a harder question: Can you actually trust what you find? Justin Tolman sits down with Jessica Stutzman, an open source intelligenc...

Corporate legal departments are under constant pressure to control costs while managing growing workloads across litigation, investigations, and compliance. Yet many organizations still overspend, often because technology, vendors, and operational processes lack centralized ownership. In this episode of Data Xposure, Alayne Russom, Director of Legal Operations at Thrivent, explains how legal ops c...

Litigation risk isn’t just growing. It’s spreading. And too many legal teams are still responding the old way, collect everything remotely related to litigation, ship it out for collection and review, and hope for defensibility later. In this episode of Data Xposure , brought to you by Exterro, Greg Gruic, a computer science engineer turned Law Operations leader at Marathon Petroleum, explains how...

What’s really driving your data retention decisions: policy, or fear? In this episode of Exterro's Data Xposure podcast, host Fahad Diwan sits down with Ryan Zilm , Director of Information Governance & Privacy at H2O America and former ARMA International President, to confront one of the most common and dangerous cultural defaults inside large enterprises: “What if we need it?” Ryan share...

Litigation isn’t slowing down—and the stakes are only getting higher. In this episode of Data Xposure , host Jenny Hamilton, Exterro’s Chief Legal Officer, is joined by Patrick Butts, Director of Legal Operations and Information Governance at Hilltop Securities, to explore what it really means to be litigation ready in today’s data-driven world. They go beyond reactive crisis response to reveal wh...

In this episode of Data Xposure , host Jenny Hamilton sits down with Rasheedah Bilal , a senior litigation and eDiscovery leader at Bill.com , to explore an often-overlooked factor in litigation readiness: your team’s ability to execute under pressure, with the resources and people you already have. Drawing from Rasheedah’s journey from the military to the classroom to the corporate legal world, t...

On this episode of Data Xposure , forensic expert Robert Fried joins host Justin Tolman to unpack what true data loss prevention (DLP) requires in today’s volatile environment. This isn’t about box-checking software—it’s about building systems that protect your organization’s most sensitive assets without grinding operations to a halt. Drawing from decades of frontline investigations, Fried shares...

2026 will mark a turning point for organizations managing sensitive data across legal, privacy, security, and forensics. With AI creating new categories of discoverable data, regulators increasing demands for documentation, and courts penalizing manual, inconsistent processes, the old playbook is no longer defensible. In this webcast, Fahad Diwan , Jenny Hamilton , and Justin Tolman deliver a fast...

What does it take to build a privacy program from the ground up in a high-growth, cloud-native tech company? In this episode, host Fahad Diwan sits down with Jamie Massaro, Senior Privacy Analyst at Spectro Cloud—a platform that helps enterprises manage and scale data environments across cloud, on-prem, and edge—to unearth the practical lessons learned from the frontline. Together, they explore ho...

The Karen Read murder trial gripped the nation with its dramatic allegations—but behind the headlines, it was digital evidence that took center stage. From text metadata to mobile tracking and surveillance video, forensic data shaped both the legal arguments and the media narrative. In this episode of Data Xposure , host Jenny Hamilton, General Counsel at Exterro   sits down with Jeffrey Mayer, Pa...

When digital investigations hit a wall, the root cause is often hiding in plain sight: poor information governance. In this episode of Data Xposure , brought to you by Exterro , host Justin Tolman sits down with Allan Buxton, Managing Director of Data Breach and Forensics at Epiq Global, to expose the real-world consequences of governance gaps in forensic investigations. From ballooning costs to m...

California has just finalized sweeping new privacy regulations—and they cut straight into the daily operations of legal, privacy, and security teams. From automated decision-making tools that now require notice, opt-outs, and appeal rights, to mandatory risk assessments and independent cybersecurity audits, these rules are reshaping how organizations must govern data and technology. In this episod...

What happens when the sharpest minds in legal, privacy, and security come together to solve the world’s hardest data problems? Recorded live onsite at the close of Exterro’s XChange 2025 in Denver—the industry’s leading conference for managing enterprise data risk—this special edition of Data Xposure brings you inside the conversations shaping the future of data governance, compliance, and securit...

In the past year, several massive data breaches—impacting tens of millions of people—have exposed a troubling pattern: when legal, security, and forensics teams aren’t aligned, the fallout is faster, costlier, and harder to contain. In this episode of Data Xposure , host Justin Tolman talks with John Wilson, CISO at HaystackID and a veteran in digital forensics and incident response, to unpack how...

As AI reshapes the corporate landscape, legal teams face a pivotal choice: adapt—or risk being sidelined. In this episode of Data Xposure, host Jenny Hamilton sits down with Cecilia Ziniti—former General Counsel turned AI founder —for a candid, strategic conversation on how legal professionals can lead through disruption. Together, they unpack what AI can really do for legal today, the pitfalls to...

Host: Jenny Hamilton, Fahad Diwan, Justin Tolman Before we dive into data breaches, compliance crackdowns, and regulatory chaos—get to know the voices behind Data Xposure . In this special pre-release episode, you’ll meet the trio guiding this podcast for legal, privacy, and security professionals: Jenny Hamilton, General Counsel for Exterro and legal visionary; Fahad Diwan, privacy and compliance...