This refers to information which is not required on a day to day basis, but which needs to be retained for a certain period, and also information which is retained in perpetuity and referred to infrequently but periodically. Such data is often removed from your day-to-day processing, thereby reducing the overhead on storage and processing resources.

• Weaknesses in the longevity of the media used for archives can result in a failure to restore the required data when, eventually, it is needed.

There are multiple Key Actions providing safeguards against this Information Security Issue. These are available in the registered version of RUSecure™.

• Archived data can often be retained in a proprietary format which is no longer supported by your present systems, thus frustrating attempts at access.
  
  N.B. This is a real risk that has yet to be fully quantified. With the accelerating evolution of operating systems, processor technology, and applications software, it is uncertain which of the late 20th century and early 21st century 'standards', will still be in use say in 10 years time, when the need arises to restore the data files from pre-2000.

There are multiple Key Actions providing safeguards against this Information Security Issue. These are available in the registered version of RUSecure™.