This sample report reviews an organization’s record retention process and identifies associated risks.

Testing involved surveying all plant managers to identify existing procedures in place, defining the objectives of the record retention process, identifying the risks applicable to the record retention process, prioritizing risks based on the significance of the impact on the company if the risk occurred and the inherent likelihood of that risk happening, determining the key components to include in a record retention policy, and comparing the company’s existing practices to the key components necessary to achieve the process objective.