Sarbanes-Oxley, Graham-Leach-Bliley, HIPPAA and many other standards are require to demonstrate compliance and paper trail. Then what are we to do with all the records that are stored (small, medium or large office)?

Brian Hettrick, GCC member of BRS indicates that SOx may propitiate the next generation of auditing.

The International Organization for Standardization publishes ISO 23081 as guidance for storage of records while concurrent use on-line. Another standard that relates to ISO 23081 is ISO 15489 (Information and Documentation - Record Management"). ISO 15489 address relevance of records-management that derive from business processes, as well address metadata.

ISO 23081 not only provides a basis for an effective management of records protocol but as well to improve upon record management. ISO 23081 provides to seek opportunities to reduce risks, manage cost effectively, et all a better corporate governance.