Trusted Storage specification

The ISO TC/171 SC1 standards sub committee has an active ISO project underway to define Trustworthy WORM, ISO 18759 - Trusted WORM Specifications and Functionality.

This International Standard specifies functional and technical requirements associated with storage sub-systems storing/managing organizational records, in a protected/secured fashion, during the lifecycle of the information. This standard provides sufficient detail enabling organizations, including product suppliers, to identify/specify functionality of all aspects of the information storage environment considered to be non-alterable storage environments (or Trusted WORM), preventing modification or deletion during the content lifecycle, and the ability to track, manage, and audit data integrity through the information lifecycle. These sub-system requirements will include identifying relevant history/audit related information that must be collected and stored by the controlling server. This standard does not mandate specific storage media types or configurations
Recognizing that storage technologies will continue to mature and morph over time, this standard is based on the concept that the overall trusted storage sub-system does not rely on specific storage technologies or media. Rather, this standard mandates functional requirements for storage technologies/media allowing organizations to maintain their information in a secure fashion.
This environment must operate regardless of the underlying storage sub-technology regardless of being optical, magnetic, electronically accessible microforms, or solid state storage technologies. This standard is based on the concept that access to the trusted storage sub-system is secured from any external access and once configured can only be access through a single channel that is audited. This standard will also identify reporting requirements for these sub-systems that must be transmitted to the ECM control "head" managing access control and provide information on other aspects of Trusted WORM storage integration related requirements.

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