An organizational function to manage information in a company throughout its life cycle, from the time it is created until it is replaced. This includes identifying, classifying, storing, secure, retrieving or trading, destroying or permanently maintaining records.

The organization’s records preserve aspects of institutional memory. When determining how long records are kept, their reuse capacity matters. A lot of evidence is kept as evidence of activities, transactions, and decisions. The purpose of records management is part of the organization’s broader function of governance, risk management and compliance, and is primarily concerned with managing evidence of an organization’s activities as well as reducing or mitigating the risks associated