What is meant by Document integrity?
The term "document integrity assurance" refers to measures and procedures aimed at ensuring the authenticity, immutability, and completeness of documents. The integrity of documents is particularly important in areas where information is legally binding or sensitive, such as healthcare, finance, or legal fields. These measures prevent unauthorized changes or tampering and ensure that documents retain their original content.
Typical software functions in the area of "document integrity assurance":
- Digital Signatures: Use of digital signatures to authenticate documents and confirm that they have not been altered.
- Access Control: Implementation of permissions that regulate who can view or edit documents.
- Version Control: Tracking and managing document versions to document changes and restore older versions when needed.
- Audit Logs: Creating logs of all access and changes to documents for integrity verification and traceability.
- Checksum: Use of hash functions to verify whether documents have remained unchanged since creation.
- Archiving: Secure storage of documents in a way that ensures their integrity over extended periods.