Monday, 18 July 2016

Take Action to Protect Your Long-Term Digital Information

The infographic showcases new research from the Information Governance Initiative think tank (sponsored by our client, digital preservation specialists, Preservica), which reveals that the majority of organisations do not have a coherent long-term strategy for their digital information, even though virtually all of them (98%) are legally required to keep information for ten years or longer.

Further, while 97% of information professionals understand the need for a specialised approach to these assets, only 12% are storing them in systems specifically designed to ensure long-term protection and access. 


This gap has global economic, legal, and societal implications (and follows Google's Vint Cerf's warning about us entering a Digital Dark Age.

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