Raise your hand if you've either participated in or managed a group of contract attorneys sitting in rows of cubicles (or "stations") redacting documents for production. Whether your tool of choice was a black marker or a cursor, I'm betting it was a thankless, tedious, pain-staking job and you hated it. Wouldn’t it have been nice if you could've taught the computer how to recognize the patterns of PII (private identification information) and have it make the redactions itself?
Well, guess what, Valora heard your anguished cries and we've built an AutoRedaction engine that rivals any group of manual redactors. With blazing speeds, impressive accuracy and astounding savings, our PowerHouseTM system literally autoredacts paper and ESI documents in seconds.
Capitalizing on our extensive experience with pattern-matching technology[1], Valora has built a custom software program that automatically determines the presence of sensitive PII, confidential or privileged information, and then redacts out that information on the image. AutoRedaction takes the form of a black block, with or without a representative stamp, such as "Redacted" or "Employee 123." Redactions can be made permanent, such as for production purposes, or kept temporary, with a technique for "lift and peek," when desired. Redactions can also be made to the underlying text, or on both text and image, if desired.
[1] For more on Probabilistic Hierarchical Context-Free Grammars, see this link on Google Scholar.
About the Author
Sandra E. Serkes, President & CEO of Valora Technologies Inc.
Ms. Serkes is a dynamic leader with an extensive background spanning over 20 years in software marketing, product management and corporate strategy, particularly in document processing, computer telephony and speech recognition. One of Valora's original founders, Ms. Serkes has been actively involved in Valora since its inception in 2000. Today, Ms. Serkes oversees Sales & Marketing, Finance & Administration, Operations, Engineering and Corporate Strategy.
A graduate of both Harvard Business School and MIT, Ms. Serkes is a frequent industry speaker and panelist. She is an active participant in the Women Presidents' Org., The Commonwealth Institute, the MIT Enterprise Forum, the Massachusetts Software Council and the Network of Harvard Alumnae. Ms. Serkes serves on the boards of several technology and service start-ups. Ms. Serkes was named a 2006 "Woman to Watch" by Women's Business Magazine.
About Valora
- Valora Technologies Inc.
- Bedford, MA, United States
- Valora Technologies, Inc. is the leading supplier of automated document processing solutions for litigation support and other industries reliant on manual database-entry. Our products and services are used to automate a wide range of manual processes - saving significant time and money, and increasing quality.
About the Guest Authors
Aaron Goodisman is a software industry veteran with over 20 years experience in engineering management, software architecture, and product development. Prior to founding Valora Technologies, Mr. Goodisman served as Vice President of Engineering at SilverStream Software, acting as both manager and visionary for this award-winning application server product and its associated development and deployment tools.
Mr. Goodisman received his undergraduate and Master's degrees in Computer Science from MIT and is considered a world expert in Java industry standards and UI design. He is a frequent industry speaker and has authored several articles for industry publications. Mr. Goodisman is named as the inventor on several U.S. patents and currently pending patent applications.
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