To provide ongoing visibility into the effectiveness and compliance of retention and disposal, enabling timely detection, escalation, and correction of issues.
Define monitoring activities, indicators, thresholds, logs, review frequency, and escalation criteria. Investigate deviations and track corrective actions to closure.
| FRAMEWORK CODE | FRAMEWORK NAME & DETAILS | FAMILY / CATEGORY | VERSION | ACTION |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CERT-IN | CERT-In Directions The CERT-In Directions issued under India’s Inform... Clause: Direction (v) – Retention of specified subscriber/customer and service-use information for 5 years (where the organization is an in-scope service provider) |
India
Direction
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v2022 | View → |
| CIS-V8 | CIS Controls CIS Controls are a prioritized set of cybersecurit... Clause: Control 03 – Data Protection: 3.4 – Enforce Data Retention; 3.5 – Securely Dispose of Data |
CIS
Best Practice
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vv8 | View → |
| COBIT2019 | COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f... Clause: 4.5 – Monitor, Evaluate and Assess (MEA) > MEA03 – Managed Compliance with External Requirements > MEA03.03 – Confirm external compliance. |
COBIT
Governance Framework
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v2019 | View → |
| DORA | Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis... Clause: Article 9(2) – ICT security policies, procedures, protocols and tools for resilience and data security Article 9(3) – ICT solutions/processes for secure data transfer and prevention of loss, unauthorised access and data compromise |
EU
Regulation
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vCurrent | View → |
| GDPR | General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The General Data Protection Regulation is a bindin... Clause: Article 5(1)(e) – Storage limitation; Article 17 – Right to erasure; Article 30(1)(f) – Time limits for erasure or periodic review |
EU
Regulation
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vCurrent | View → |
| IRDAI | IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements... Clause: §2.1-3.3 – Data Classification Process; §2.14-3.6 – Data Sharing and retention |
India
Guideline
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vLatest | View → |
| ISO27001 | ISO/IEC 27001 ISO/IEC 27001 specifies auditable requirements for... Clause: 7.5.3 – Control of documented information 9.1 – Monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation |
ISO
Standard
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v2022 | View → |
| ISO27002 | ISO/IEC 27002 ISO/IEC 27002 is a guidance standard containing a... Clause: 5.33 – Protection of records |
ISO
Standard
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v2022 | View → |
| ISO27701 | ISO/IEC 27701 ISO/IEC 27701 provides requirements and guidance f... Clause: A.7.4.7; A.7.4.7 – Retention |
ISO
Privacy Standard
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v2019 | View → |
| NIS2 | NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri... Clause: Article 21(2)(a) – Policies on risk analysis and information system security |
EU
Directive
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vCurrent | View → |
| NIST-CSF | NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev... Clause: DE.CM – Continuous Monitoring | DE.CM-09 – Computing hardware and software, runtime environments, and their data are monitored to find potentially adverse events ID.AM – Asset Management | ID.AM-08 – Systems, hardware, software, services, and data are managed throughout their life cycles |
NIST
Framework
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v2 | View → |
| NIST80053 | NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i... Clause: 3.19 – SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY, 3.10 – MEDIA PROTECTION; SI-12 – INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND RETENTION, MP-6 – MEDIA SANITIZATION |
NIST
Control Catalog
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vRev. 5 | View → |
| NPCI-ISR | NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont... Clause: Security Measures / Controls; Data Security – Storage; Data Security – Deletion |
India
Standard
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vLatest | View → |
| PCI-DSS | PCI DSS PCI DSS is an industry security standard maintaine... Clause: 3.2.1 – Account data storage is kept to a minimum through |
PCI
Standard
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v4 | View → |
| RBI-CSF | RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set... Clause: 1) Inventory Management of Business IT Assets – 1.3 Protection of data/information across storage, transmission, processing and access, inside/outside the bank |
India
Regulation
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vLatest | View → |
| SEBI-CSCRF | SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor... Clause: 3.3 PR.DS: Data Security |
India
Regulation
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vLatest | View → |
| SOC2 | SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting... Clause: C1.1 – Confidentiality – The entity identifies and maintains confidential information to meet the entity’s objectives related to confidentiality. C1.2 – Confidentiality – The entity disposes of confidential information to meet the entity’s objectives related to confidentiality. CC7.2 – System Operations – The entity monitors system components and the operation of those components for anomalies that are indicative of malicious acts, natural disasters, and errors affecting the entity's ability to meet its objectives; anomalies are analyzed to determine whether they represent security events. P4.2 – Privacy: Use, Retention, and Disposal – The entity retains personal information consistent with the entity’s objectives related to privacy. |
AICPA
Audit Framework
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vLatest | View → |