Abstract: Methods and systems for securing data and tracking actions upon data. The systems may include one or more access points each including a driver, a storage system including one or more protected containers, an authentication system, a time stamp authority, an artificial intelligence and/or machine learning system, and/or third party systems. The methods may include commissioning or activating a driver of an access point, approving access for a user of an access point, commissioning a new protected container, approving user access to protected data in a protected container of the storage system, retrieving and decrypting the protected data, recording a retrieval indication in a chain of custody ledger of the protected container, and/or providing the user with access to protected data.