[Moims-rac] Analysis of ISO 27001

[Helen Tibbo]

Hello everyone. I hope to be able to join you today at the conference now
that daylight savings time has been resolved. Certainly the nature of what
is being preserved makes a difference here. It's one think to keep data
safe, another to provide long-term preservation to authentic digital
objects. This comes down, at least in part, to what we mean by "authentic"
and what the essential properties are of the materials that need to be
preserved. While the shoe factory may have just as rigorous requirements as
any other repository, it probably doesn't. Length of time to preserve is
also a factor in the complexity of what must be understood, done, and
planned for. However, in theory I think the requirements could be same; in
practice they would probably be quite different.  -Helen


Dr. Helen R. Tibbo, Professor
School of Information and Library Science
201 Manning Hall
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360
tibbo at ils.unc.edu
Tel: 919.962.8063
Fax: 919.962.8071

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[mailto:moims-rac-bounces at mailman.ccsds.org] On Behalf Of Barbara Sierman
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 9:42 AM
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Subject: [Moims-rac] Analysis of ISO 27001

Dear all,

After having read the ISO 27001 and thecomments of Chris Rusbridge and David
Giaretta, I wondered whether we should not pay some attention to a
fundamental question (in my opinion): what is the difference between a long
term preservation environment and an information security management system
of let's say a shoe factory. Is there a difference? I think there is. If we
are able to determine these differences, we could also be more explicit
about the requirements. 
For example: Managing a long term preservation environment, could mean that
it is important to lay down the decisions made with regard to this system,
while this information might be crucial information to the next generations,
maintaining this material. Long term preservation also means that the
management of the "repository 'has some responsibility to the next
generations. In the shoe factory this is less important, after all the
system will be replaced after 5 years and after a conversion of the data,
the factory is just working with a new system.  
I'm sure there are more differences. I wonder what other people's opinion
is? May be something to discuss tomorrow?

Kind regards
 
 
Barbara Sierman
Digital Preservation Officer
 
Koninklijke Bibliotheek
PO Box 90407
2509 LK Den Haag, The Netherlands
 
+31 70 3140109
barbara.sierman at kb.nl

www.kb.nl


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