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== Scope ==
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 modifica(contracted; show full)nt and manage information and content management systems in such a way as to guarantee the reliability, authenticity and integrity of the records contained within the system throughout their entire life cycles.  In addition to the requirements of normal business purposes, the need to ensure the reliability of records has come from legal mandates in the form of statutes and regulations, as well as well as admissibility standards as relate to legal proceedings.

Standard setting bodies such as ISO, ANSI and 
<ref>http://www.aiim.org/standards AIIM]</ref>AIIM have developed the concept of a “trusted system” in order to provide clear and concise, vendor neutral requirements for information and content management systems used to manage content as reliable and legally admissible records. AThis concept as defined by ISO 15801 <ref>ISO 15801 Document management -- Information stored electronically -- Recommendations for trustworthiness and reliability</ref>, a trusted system is “a system used to store electronic information in an accurate, reliable and usable / readable manner, ensuring integrity over time.” 
 
At a minimum, a trusted system stores at least one copy of the record on media that prevents unauthorized deletions and that is stored in a different location from the original content.  In particular, it meets the following criteria:

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The Trusted Storage standard (ISO 18759) for trusted storage environments addresses both these criteria and will therefore provide guidance to organizations seeking to meet diverse legal requirements and mandates as regards the production and management of their electronic records.