A check of whether an organisation is actually meeting its recordkeeping obligations and standards in practice. Evidence includes policies, training records, system controls, and disposal documentation.
A recordkeeping audit tests practice against obligation. It may focus on high-risk systems and processes, and the evidence it looks for includes policies, training records, system controls, and disposal documentation, much of which a live register can produce on demand.
IAR turns terms like this into working practice: assets classified against your disposal authority, stewarded by position, and ready to evidence.