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Records & Secure Handling · ISO 15489-1:2016 Records Management: Concepts and Principles

The international reference for records management, setting out how to create, capture and manage records so they remain authentic, reliable and usable for as long as they are needed.
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Issued by

ISO

Typical timeline

8-12 weeks

Assessed by

Gap assessment (not certifiable on its own)

Validity

Ongoing program

Overview

  • 01Regulated organizations with retention obligations
  • 02Legal, financial services, healthcare and public sector bodies
  • 03Teams consolidating document and records systems

Requirements

  1. 01Policies & responsibilitiesA records policy with clear ownership and accountability.
  2. 02AppraisalDeciding which records must be created, captured and kept, and for how long.
  3. 03Records controlsMetadata, classification schemes, access rules and disposition authorities.
  4. 04Records processesCreating, capturing, storing, migrating and disposing of records, monitored over time.

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.

Customer story

PHParallax HealthBoston, US
Sample

3

Frameworks in one program

Three frameworks, one fieldwork window, zero engineering fire drills.

SOC 2ISO 27001HIPAA

FAQ

No. It is a concepts-and-principles standard rather than a certifiable requirements standard. We assess your records program against it and align it with the certifiable standards you hold, such as ISO 27001 or BS 10008-1.

Typical timeline: 8-12 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. ISO 15489-1 shares substantial control overlap with BS 10008-1 and BS EN 15713, so we build one control set and map evidence across all of them.

Next framework

BS 10008-1

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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We handle audit readiness and auditor coordination. Your SOC reports and ISO certificates are always issued by independent, accredited auditors.

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