According to the HIPAA regulations, any document that is created must be stored for at least six years after it was first created or last used. What is this an example of?

This is only one of many data retention requirements that might have an impact on an IT department and the data they are in charge of. Regulated data includes data retention requirements. Maintaining congruence between the goals and objectives of the IT department and the overall organization is what IT governance is all about. A license agreement is a contract between you and the software company that is offering you a license to use their software. GFS (grandfather-father-son) is a popular backup media rotation scheme.