Grotabyte
Records Management

Records Management & Information Governance

Control the full lifecycle of your records — capture, retention, holds, and defensible disposal — with the audit trail to prove it.

WORM-backed · SEC 17a-4, FINRA, HIPAA & CJIS-ready · 60+ data sources

What is records management?

Records management is the disciplined control of an organization's records throughout their lifecycle — from capture and classification through retention, legal holds, and defensible disposal — in line with legal, regulatory, and business requirements. Strong records management (a core part of information governance) reduces risk and cost while ensuring you can find and produce any record on demand.

Key capabilities

Retention schedules
Granular, policy-driven retention mapped to each record type and the regulations that govern it.
Legal holds
One-click holds that preserve records unaltered and override retention until released.
Defensible deletion
Documented, consistent disposal of records past retention and not under hold — that stands up to scrutiny.
Classification & governance
Auto-classification, PII/PHI detection, and access controls to govern sensitive records.
FOIA / public-records workflows
Fast search, review, and export for FOIA and open-records requests.
Audit trail & chain of custody
Tamper-evident logs of every search, view, and export for accountability.

Why Grotabyte for records management

  • One governed archive across 60+ sources — email, chat, files, voice, video, and more
  • Immutable, WORM-backed records with a defensible chain of custody
  • Purpose-built workflows for FOIA, SEC/FINRA, HIPAA, and CJIS
  • Reduce risk, storage cost, and discovery scope with defensible deletion

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between records management and archiving?

Archiving is the capture and preservation of records in a searchable, immutable repository. Records management is the broader discipline of governing those records across their lifecycle — retention, holds, and defensible disposal — per legal and regulatory rules. Grotabyte provides both.

What is defensible deletion?

Defensible deletion is the documented, policy-driven disposal of records that have met their retention requirement and are not subject to any legal hold. Done consistently with audit trails, it reduces risk, storage cost, and discovery scope while withstanding legal scrutiny.

Does Grotabyte support FOIA and public-records requests?

Yes. Grotabyte provides fast search, review, legal holds, and defensible export across email and modern channels so agencies and public institutions can respond to FOIA and open-records requests quickly and defensibly.

See records management in action

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