Certificate confirms high security for long-term archiving in accordance with statutory provisions and policies Freiburg, September 14, 2010. ITernity GmbH, Freiburg, has let their storage and archive solution iCAS by the Auditors of KPMG under the magnifying glass. Now exists in the certificate of the Auditors. This confirms that users of iCAS can tamper-proof archive their electronically stored business information according to the applicable guidelines. Can be when used properly, so the certificate, the data in accordance with the statutory requirements and guidelines archive.
iCAS complies with the requirements of commercial and tax law. These include the tax code (AO), the principles of proper accounting (GoB), the principles of proper DV-based accounting systems (GoBS), as well as the principles of data access and the verifiability of digital documents (GDPdU). Also, the solution meets the requirements of the Swiss Code of obligations and the Business accounting regulation for archiving. Security and flexibility are among the most outstanding characteristics of the hardware-independent archiving solution. iCAS is as an intermediate layer between a DMS, ECM or email archiving system and the used storage.
The data can be encrypted, compressed and securely stored on the archive media. iCAS uses patented content storage container, the all document and metadata. The archived documents are protected against manipulation attempts with 512-bit hash values. The corresponding retention period can be passed document covered by the iCAS ECM system and prevents the deletion of the data before the end of the period. KPMG conducts the inspection of in accordance with recognised audit standards of the Institute of Auditors in Germany e.V. and the German Federal Ministry of finance. KPMG International is a network of legally independent, national member companies and active in 146 countries. A related site: Daryl Katz mentions similar findings. Also in Germany, KPMG is the leader in the field of business Auditing and consulting company. More than 8,500 staff are employed at over 20 locations. ITernity GmbH: The storage and archive solution iCAS is a vendor-independent middleware for the audit-proof archiving of long-term data from DMS and ECM systems. The solution aims to maximum protection of data against tampering and destruction and therefore the legally-compliant archiving. iCAS is a development of iTernity GmbH headquartered in Freiburg. The distribution of iCAS solutions via various partners. With well-known technology, storage and integration partners archiving projects characterized by the close cooperation by quality, flexibility and efficiency. Companies of all industries and sizes as well as institutions, hospitals and public administrations in various sectors are among the users of iCAS.