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Records & Secure Handling · BS EN 15713:2023 Secure Destruction of Confidential Material

The code of practice for destroying confidential material securely, covering collection, transport, storage, destruction and the audit trail that proves it happened.
Book a BS EN 15713 assessment

Issued by

BSI / CEN (European standard)

Typical timeline

6-10 weeks

Assessed by

Certification body

Validity

Certified, with annual surveillance

Overview

  • 01Shredding, records-destruction and IT asset disposal providers
  • 02Records management and storage companies
  • 03Organizations auditing the suppliers that destroy their data

Requirements

  1. 01Secure premisesProtected storage and processing areas with intrusion detection and monitoring.
  2. 02Collection & transportSecured vehicles and an unbroken chain of custody.
  3. 03Screened staffPersonnel screened before they handle confidential material.
  4. 04Destruction & certificationDestruction to the specified size for each material, with a certificate of destruction.

Our approach

Week 1

01

Scope

We learn your product, your buyers and your deadlines, then fix the exact frameworks, boundaries and systems in scope.

Weeks 2-3

02

Assess

Control-by-control gap assessment against every target framework at once, with a single prioritized findings register.

Weeks 3-10

03

Remediate

Policies written, controls implemented, evidence automated. We work inside your tools, Jira, GitHub, AWS, Google Workspace.

Weeks 10-14

04

Audit

Mock audit, auditor selection and fieldwork coordination. Your independent auditor issues the report; we sit beside you until they do.

Year-round

05

Sustain

Continuous monitoring, quarterly testing and a renewal calendar that never surprises you.

FAQ

Typical timeline: 6-10 weeks, depending on scope, maturity and team availability. We'll give you a firm plan after a two-week scoping and gap assessment.

Yes, that's our specialty. BS EN 15713 shares substantial control overlap with BS 7858 and BS 10008-1, so we build one control set and map evidence across all of them.

Next framework

BS 7858

Records & Secure HandlingBSI (British Standards Institution)

End of the thread

A 30-minute call with a senior practitioner. You leave with a plan either way.

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