Retention and holds

You can implement data protection and long-term retention by setting retention policies and holds on documents. Retention policies and holds are important components of an overall information lifecycle governance program.

Retention controls deletion by setting a date and time before which the object cannot be deleted. Although you can set and modify the date on each object individually, more typically retention defaults according to a policy expressed at the class level.

A hold is a means of preventing deletion of an object. Holds are typically used in litigation scenarios where a set of documents is identified as being relevant to a legal matter. The documents are then placed on hold so that they cannot be deleted until the matter is resolved. Holds can be applied by using eDiscovery Manager or IBM® Enterprise Records and are processed by Content Cortex. Storage level holds add security by pushing the hold down to the device level.