Multi-regulator ifs applications compliance archive engineered for aerospace, defence, energy, oil & gas and nuclear. WORM storage, cryptographic retention enforcement, ITAR-ready deployment, field-level GDPR redaction, regulator-ready evidence packs in minutes.
Generic cloud archives satisfy generic retention. IFS customers in aerospace, defence, energy and nuclear face overlapping retention regimes that the generic archive cannot enforce.
An IFS Applications tenant in commercial aviation MRO carries FAA 14 CFR Part 121.380 (life-of-aircraft + 5yr), ITAR/DFARS (5yr post-shipment with traceability), SOX (7yr financial retention) and GDPR (right-to-erasure on EU employee personal data) — all on the same dataset. An IFS tenant in oil & gas refining carries OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119 PSM (life-of-process), SOX, GDPR and often NERC CIP or pipeline regulator retention. A nuclear utility on IFS carries NRC 10 CFR 50 for the life of the facility plus decommissioning. The compliance burden is not satisfiable by 'send the data to cold storage and forget about it'. Each regulator has explicit access, traceability and evidence-pack expectations that an archive must enforce on every record.
Syntra ETL's ifs applications compliance archive is engineered around those regulators. Retention rules are versioned, signed and stored as code, one per regulator per data domain. The most restrictive rule wins for deletion eligibility. WORM storage enforces immutability cryptographically. Every access is captured in an immutable audit log. Evidence packs for routine regulator requests are pre-built and generated in minutes through the self-serve UI. Field-level GDPR redaction handles the always-conflicting personal-data erasure obligation without compromising the surrounding business record.
The same compliance archive supports two deployment profiles: standard commercial (multi-region cloud, SOC 2 Type II, KMS encryption) and ITAR-ready (AWS GovCloud US or equivalent FedRAMP-authorized regions, US-person access controls, FIPS 140-2 validated keys, signed deployment-of-record for ITAR self-disclosure). Customers in US defence, US aerospace and US-related allied programmes run the ITAR profile from day one without compromising on capability.
The capabilities a multi-regulator IFS environment actually demands.
AWS S3 Object Lock (Governance or Compliance mode), Azure Blob Immutable Storage, or GCP Bucket Lock. Even an account admin cannot alter or delete records during retention.
Retention rules stored as signed code, one per regulator per domain. Most restrictive wins. Rule applications audit-logged on every record.
AWS GovCloud US or equivalent FedRAMP region, US-person access controls, FIPS 140-2 validated keys, signed deployment-of-record for ITAR self-disclosure.
Personal data fields cryptographically redacted on verified erasure request while surrounding business record survives for conflicting FAA/ITAR/OSHA retention.
FAA inspection bundle, ITAR shipment trace, OSHA PSM walkthrough, SOX control sample, NRC operating record bundle — pre-built, signed, regulator-ready in minutes.
Every read, search, export and pack generation captured with user identity, timestamp, query and result hash. Logs ship to SIEM for SOC 2 + ITAR audit-trail completeness.
Every record in the archive follows the same five-phase lifecycle, enforced cryptographically.
Record extracted from IFS, hash-signed, retention rule(s) applied based on regulator profile (FAA, ITAR, OSHA PSM, NRC, SOX, EU MDR, NERC CIP, GDPR), written to WORM storage.
Record is queryable but immutable. Every access is audit-logged with user identity, timestamp, query and result hash. WORM tier prevents alteration or deletion.
Most restrictive retention rule approaches expiry; record flagged for compliance review. Regulator profile changes, legal-hold flags and litigation holds re-validated.
If no holds apply, record securely deleted under documented control. Cryptographic proof of deletion captured. Deletion event signed and audit-logged.
Audit log entries proving the record existed, was accessed appropriately and was deleted compliantly persist for the broader SOC 2 / regulatory audit window — typically 7+ years post-deletion.
The pre-built bundles regulators ask for routinely — generated by the compliance team in minutes.
Life-of-aircraft work-order history for a specific tail number, attached sign-off certificates, mechanic stamp records, AD/SB compliance evidence. Signed, timestamped, FAA-ready.
Export-controlled item from sale order → ship confirm → customs filing → end-user attestation. Full chain of custody, ITAR-audit-ready.
Process Safety Information, PHA, MOC records, operating procedures for a specific process unit across the inspection window. OSHA-compliant format.
AP three-way match, journal entry approval evidence, segregation-of-duties testing samples. Pre-formatted to external auditor expectations.
Configuration management, work-order history, surveillance test records for a specific reactor unit. NRC-format compliant.
Device documentation for 10–15 year retention windows depending on implant vs non-implant classification. Notified-body audit ready.
An ifs applications compliance archive is a purpose-built cloud archive over former IFS Applications data, engineered specifically to satisfy multi-regulator retention obligations: FAA 14 CFR Part 121.380 (aviation maintenance — life of aircraft + 5 years), ITAR and DFARS (defence export-controlled technical data), OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119 PSM (process safety information — life of process), NRC 10 CFR 50 (nuclear plant records — life of facility), SOX (7-year financial retention), EU MDR (medical device documentation), NERC CIP (energy infrastructure), and GDPR (with field-level erasure capability). The compliance archive enforces retention rules cryptographically (WORM storage tier), captures every access in an immutable audit log, and produces evidence packs on demand for regulator inspections and external audits.
Every retention regime IFS customers actually face. FAA 14 CFR Part 121.380: commercial aviation maintenance records, life-of-aircraft + 5 years. ITAR (22 CFR 120-130) and DFARS: defence export-controlled technical data, 5 years post-shipment with full traceability of access. OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119 PSM: process safety information and PHA documentation for the life of the chemical process. NRC 10 CFR 50: nuclear plant records for the life of the facility plus decommissioning. SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley): 7-year retention of financial records and supporting evidence. EU MDR (Medical Device Regulation): device documentation for 10 years post-manufacture (15 years for implants). NERC CIP: energy critical infrastructure records. GDPR: personal-data retention per privacy policy with right-to-erasure honored at field level — coexisting with the above multi-decade retention obligations.
Cryptographically and immutably. Retention rules are versioned, signed and stored as code (one per regulator per data domain). On archive load, each record receives the applicable retention rule(s) — a single MRO record can carry FAA 14 CFR life-of-aircraft + ITAR 5-year + SOX 7-year retention simultaneously. The most restrictive rule wins for deletion eligibility. Records under retention are stored in WORM (write-once-read-many) storage tier — typically AWS S3 Object Lock in Governance or Compliance mode, Azure Blob Immutable Storage, or GCP Bucket Lock — where even an account admin cannot alter or delete records during the retention window. Retention rule applications are audit-logged. Once retention expires, defensible deletion occurs under documented control.
Every routine regulator-driven evidence request, formatted to the regulator's expected layout. FAA inspection bundles: life-of-aircraft work-order history for a specific tail number, with attached sign-off certificates, mechanic stamp records and AD/SB compliance evidence. ITAR shipment trace: export-controlled item from sale order → ship confirm → customs filing → end-user attestation, with full chain of custody. OSHA PSM walkthrough: Process Safety Information, PHA, Management of Change records, and operating procedures for a specific process unit across the inspection window. SOX control samples: AP three-way match, journal entry approval evidence, segregation-of-duties testing samples. NRC operating record bundles: configuration management, work-order history, surveillance test records. Each pack is signed, timestamped, immutable and includes the audit log proving evidence integrity.
Yes — that's a defining capability. GDPR Article 17 right-to-erasure has to coexist with FAA, ITAR, OSHA PSM, NRC, SOX and other multi-decade retention obligations that explicitly require records to be preserved. The conflict is at the field level — not the record level. The Syntra ETL ifs applications compliance archive resolves this by field-level cryptographic redaction: when a verified GDPR erasure request lands, personal data fields (employee names, contact details, personally identifying information in documents) are replaced in-place with a cryptographically signed redaction tombstone. The surrounding business record (the work-order, the financial transaction, the asset history) survives intact to satisfy the conflicting retention obligation. Redactions are audit-logged and signed.
Yes. Syntra ETL offers ITAR-ready deployment profiles: AWS GovCloud (US) or equivalent FedRAMP-authorized regions for compute and storage, US-person access controls at the application layer, end-to-end encryption with customer-managed FIPS 140-2 validated keys, immutable audit logs of every access, and a signed deployment-of-record describing the security posture for ITAR self-disclosure. Customers in US defence, US aerospace and US-related allied programmes routinely run their entire IFS compliance archive in an ITAR-ready profile from day one. The same engine and the same business semantics run in the standard commercial profile elsewhere — the ITAR profile is a configuration choice, not a separate product.
Through three pillars. (1) Evidence-on-demand: standard evidence packs (FAA inspection bundle, ITAR shipment trace, OSHA PSM walkthrough, SOX control sample, NRC operating record bundle) can be generated by the compliance team in minutes through the self-serve UI; bespoke evidence requests are handled through structured query. (2) Read-only auditor accounts: external auditors get time-bounded scoped accounts that auto-expire, with role-based access limited to the LUs and BUs in their audit scope. (3) Audit-log proof: every read, search, export and evidence-pack generation is captured in the immutable audit log with user identity, timestamp, query and result hash — proving the evidence pack was generated from the archive and not tampered with. The audit log itself ships to SIEM.
Five distinct phases. (1) Ingest: record extracted from IFS, hash-signed, retention rule(s) applied based on regulator profile, written to WORM storage. (2) Active retention: record is queryable but immutable; every access is audit-logged. (3) Pre-expiration review: as the most restrictive retention rule approaches expiry, the record is flagged for compliance-led review (regulator profile changes, legal-hold flags, etc.). (4) Defensible deletion: once retention expires and no holds apply, the record is securely deleted under documented control with cryptographic proof of deletion captured. (5) Audit-log retention: even after the record is deleted, the audit log entries (proving the record existed, was accessed appropriately, and was deleted compliantly) are retained for the broader SOC 2 / regulatory audit window.
30-minute call. Walk through your regulator profile (FAA / ITAR / OSHA PSM / NRC / SOX / EU MDR / NERC CIP / GDPR), IFS module footprint and ITAR-readiness requirements — leave with a sized compliance archive proposal.