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By ShareDocs Editorial Team · Records Management · 11 min read ECM retention policy in 2026 — how to build document retention schedules aligned to RBI, SEBI, MCA, IT Act, and DPDP Act requirements. Practical guide for Indian compliance and records management teams. In This Article What Is an ECM Retention Policy? India Retention Requirements — RBI, SEBI, MCA, DPDP The Two Risks: Too Long and Too Short What We See in Practice How to Build a Retention Policy in ECM FAQ Most organisations know they should have a document retention policy. Far fewer have one that is actually enforced. The gap between "policy exists in a document" and "retention is automated in the ECM" is where compliance risk lives — in deleted documents that should have been kept, and kept documents that should have been deleted. In 2026, this gap has become more consequential. India's...

Data Loss Prevention · ECM Security · 2026 ShareDocs Editorial Team · 11 min read · ISO 27001 Certified // DLP in ECM — 3 threat vectors to govern: 1. Unauthorised internal access (over-permissioned roles, shared credentials) 2. Uncontrolled external sharing (email attachments, open links) 3. Exfiltration without visibility (downloads with no audit trail) Sections The DLP Threat Landscape for Indian Enterprises in 2026 ECM DLP Controls — 6 Layers of Protection DLP and ISO 27001 — The Control Mapping What We See in Practice FAQ Data loss prevention (DLP) in the context of enterprise document management is the set of controls that prevent sensitive documents from leaving the governed environment without authorisation — whether through accidental sharing, deliberate exfiltration, over-permissioned access, or insecure external collaboration. In 2026, wi...

By ShareDocs Editorial Team · ECM Security · Zero Trust · 2026 · 11 min read · ISO 27001 Certified "Trust but verify" was the old IT security model. In 2026, it is widely understood to be inadequate — particularly for enterprise documents where the most damaging exposures come from insiders with legitimate credentials accessing things they shouldn't. Zero trust replaces "trust but verify" with "never trust, always verify" — and ECM is the layer where this principle is most actionable. In This Article What Zero Trust Means for ECM 4 Pillars of Zero-Trust ECM Zero Trust and India's Regulatory Context What We See in Practice FAQ What Zero Trust Means for ECM Zero Trust ECM security is a document security approach where access is continuously verified and enforced at the user, device, session, and document level. Permissions are least-privi...