Modernizing chat review: Magnet Axiom Cyber’s new RSMF grouping for eDiscovery
Chat and messaging data now sit at the center of many internal investigations, HR matters, and eDiscovery workflows.
Whether the source is Slack, Teams, WhatsApp, iMessage, or any other modern communication platform, the volume and density of conversations can quickly overwhelm reviewers if it isn’t presented in a clean, structured way.
Now with an enhancement to its RSMF (Relativity Short Message Format) export workflow, Magnet Axiom Cyber addresses that challenge.
Introducing RSMF exports in configurable groupings
Axiom Cyber now allows examiners to export RSMF files in standardized time-based segments: 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, or 1 year.
Instead of pushing a single, monolithic RSMF file containing months or years of messages, examiners can now generate controlled, review-ready slices of conversation history.
This granular export option solves several pain points that private-sector teams experience when delivering chat evidence into review platforms like Relativity or Nuix:
- Improved reviewer usability: Reviewers no longer have to scroll through enormous message threads to find relevant content. Breaking chats into logical time segments mirrors natural communication patterns and reduces navigation fatigue.
- Better alignment with eDiscovery unitization practices: eDiscovery has long relied on date-based batching to make document sets more manageable. Chunked RSMF exports bring chat evidence in line with that same principle, treating conversations more like discrete, reviewable “documents.”
- Targeted privilege and responsiveness review: Attorneys can quickly isolate time periods associated with key events, custodians, or suspected policy violations, without loading irrelevant historical data.
- More efficient processing and hosting costs: Smaller RSMF files can be processed faster and often hosted more cheaply, helping legal teams control eDiscovery spend.
Why grouped chat exports matter for private sector investigations
In corporate environments, investigations rarely revolve around a single message. They focus on patterns in communications. Segmenting chat exports lets organizations analyze those patterns more precisely, map communication flow to business events, and better correlate messages with logs, documents, or system artifacts.
For eDiscovery teams, grouping RSMF exports also reduces the risk of over-collection. Instead of sending an entire multi-year thread to outside counsel, teams can deliver only the periods linked to litigation holds, claims, or compliance triggers. That means tighter scoping, reduced review effort, and clearer defensibility.
A more defensible and manageable way to deliver chat evidence
By giving Axiom Cyber users the ability to export RSMF in day-, week-, month-, or year-level segments, Magnet Forensics is aligning digital forensics workflows with the realities of modern eDiscovery. It’s a practical upgrade that helps DFIR professionals, legal teams, HR investigators, and compliance personnel handle chat data with more structure, speed, and confidence.
As message-based communication continues to dominate corporate operations, these kinds of innovations aren’t just conveniences; they’re necessary to keep investigations efficient, defensible, and aligned with legal review standards.
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