Paperless office: What does "audit-proof" mean?
In a 7-part blog series, the IT service provider Clavis IT from Herisau describes the path to a paperless office and provides important practical advice from its experience. The first part was about the legal retention periods for documents. The now following second part deals with the topic "audit security".
Data security is more important than ever in the age of digital working. Documents in digital form can be exposed to manipulation just as they are in paper form if the corresponding security is not right. For this reason, the legislator requires compliance with certain regulations in relation to digital documents. The technical term for this is "audit security". But what does "audit-proof" actually mean?
This question is the subject of the second part of the blog series of the IT service provider Clavis IT from Eastern Switzerland. First, the term "audit security" is clarified and the legal basis is discussed. Furthermore, it is explained what role data integrity plays and what the most important points are for ensuring general due diligence when dealing with documents. How data can be kept available and thus remain audit-proof, as well as the use of permissible information carriers, are also explained. The relevant passages of the Business Records Ordinance GeBüV are also cited.
The next part then deals with the various types of documents that arise in companies and which hold particularly high potential in the area of digitization.
