Information security is currently one of the most
important issues in information systems. This concerns the
confidentiality of information but also its integrity and availability.
The problem becomes even more difficult when several
companies are working together on a project and that the
various documents "go out of" their respective information
systems. We propose an architecture in which the documents
themselves ensure their security and thus can be exchanged
over uncontrolled resources such as cloud storage or even USB
flash drives. For this we encapsulate within the document itself
some security components (e.g. access control, usage control)
to achieve an autonomic document architecture for Enterprise
DRM (E-DRM). Using such self-protecting documents, a company
can ensure security and privacy for its documents when
outsourcing storage services (e.g. cloud).