Compliance and Regulatory AutomationPurpose
1.2. Automates evidence preservation for inspections, legal inquiries, and insurance purposes.
1.3. Ensures footage is securely stored, easily retrievable, and accessible only to authorized users for audit or investigation.
1.4. Automates the identification of files exceeding designated archive periods for deletion to maintain regulatory conformity.
1.5. Reduces risk of human error, automates audit trails, and automates notification of non-compliance risks.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Automates triggering upon new footage detection in specific directories or NAS locations.
2.3. Monitors footage size thresholds for automatic archival activation.
2.4. Automates triggers by external compliance audits or system health checks.
2.5. Automatically triggers on footage metadata age exceeding storage period.
Platform Variants
• Feature/Setting: S3 Lifecycle Policies — automate archival to Glacier; sample configuration: JSON policy for 90-day transition.
3.2. Microsoft Azure Blob Storage
• Feature/Setting: Blob lifecycle management — automates moving footage to cool/archive tier; configure rule via Azure Portal.
3.3. Google Cloud Storage
• Feature/Setting: Object Lifecycle Management — automates transitions based on object age; YAML rule for auto-archival.
3.4. Dropbox Business
• Feature/Setting: File Requests API — automate ingestion; Scheduled deletion; Example: API workflow for folder cleanup.
3.5. Box
• Feature/Setting: Retention and disposition policies; automate retention; Policy automation through Box Admin Console.
3.6. Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage
• Feature/Setting: Lifecycle management API; automate archival and deletion; JSON policy setup for archive triggers.
3.7. Backblaze B2
• Feature/Setting: Lifecycle Rules; automate file transition and deletion; Web dashboard configuration.
3.8. Synology NAS
• Feature/Setting: Hyper Backup; automate offsite archive; Scheduled backup configuration.
3.9. QNAP NAS
• Feature/Setting: Backup Station; automate cloud sync; Schedule archive jobs in QNAP console.
3.10. Nextcloud
• Feature/Setting: External Storage and Workflow automation; Automator scripts for movement to archive folders.
3.11. Veeam Backup
• Feature/Setting: Tape/VTL export automation; Policy-driven archival jobs.
3.12. IBM Cloud Object Storage
• Feature/Setting: Lifecycle configuration; automate tier transition; Policy JSON definition.
3.13. AWS Lambda
• Feature/Setting: Automates event-based file movement; example: Move on S3 putObject event.
3.14. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Automated workflow for file movement; set up "New File in Folder" trigger, auto-copy to archive.
3.15. Google Apps Script
• Feature/Setting: Automates Drive folder cleanup and archiving; Schedule scripts based on file age.
3.16. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Automated non-compliance alerts; Setup custom incoming webhook.
3.17. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Automated audit notifications; Power Automate connector for message posts.
3.18. Datto Cloud
• Feature/Setting: Automated scheduled archive; Backup policy with retention periods.
3.19. Egnyte
• Feature/Setting: Automates file archival based on folder rules; Egnyte Workflow Automation setup.
3.20. Oracle Cloud Storage
• Feature/Setting: Object Lifecycle Policies; automate move to Archive Tier; CLI or web rule setup.
3.21. Filebase
• Feature/Setting: Bucket lifecycle management; automate file transition; Dashboard rule definition.
3.22. Tresorit
• Feature/Setting: Automate folder retention; Automated scheduled folder moves/expiry.
3.23. FileCatalyst
• Feature/Setting: Automate transfer and scheduling; Create automated job for security footage folders.
Benefits
4.2. Automator standardization reduces operational and legal risks.
4.3. Automating storage reduces costs with timely deletion and tiering.
4.4. Automated notifications mitigate missed deadlines and audit failures.
4.5. Ensures automated archival logs and traceability for audit defense.
4.6. Scalable automatable approaches enable frictionless adaptation to changing regulations.