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Parts one and two of this article delved deeply into the complex overlap and equally stark differences between the current state of both e-discovery and cybersecurity with the hypothesis that the history of e-discovery is a predictor of the future of the cybersecurity when it comes to the job market. Part two concluded by putting the history of ESI into chapters: 2000-2004, The Wild, Wild West; 2004-2008, Standardization and Stabilization; 2008, Depression; 2009-2011, New Tools, Rules & Schools; 2011-2013, Massive Maturation; and finally 2013-2016, Consolidation.