Any factor relating to the safety, security and integrity of the digital materials and the systems and architecture used to preserve them.

What are the Risks of not preserving digital materials?

Organization Type Risk Potential Consequences

All organizations

Data safety and security are compromised.

  • Data loss/corruption
  • Disruption of business/organisation’s functions
  • Confidence loss
  • Damage to reputation
  • Loss/reduction in funding/revenue
  • Unable to meet legal/regulatory requirements

All organizations

Rate of data creation outstrips capacity for storage, processing and preservation.

  • Important digital objects are not captured within the preservation system
  • Data loss/corruption

Business

Existing storage systems do not protect records from unauthorized change or corruption

  • Data loss/corruption
  • Disruption of business/organisation’s functions
  • Confidence loss
  • Damage to reputation
  • Loss/reduction in funding/revenue
  • Unable to meet legal/regulatory requirements

Business

Volume of data continues to grow without action being taken

  • Data loss/corruption
  • Disruption of business’s functions
  • Increased costs now and in the future
  • Loss of productivity/revenue

What Opportunities do preserved digital materials create? 

Organization type

Digital Preservation can…

All organizations

provide cost efficiencies through the greater automation of processes

Museums and Galleries

enable tracking of unauthorized changes, copies and access leading to greater trust and assurance

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