Posted: April 28, 2017

One does not simply keep disk images: ethical, risk tolerance, and sustainabilty issues with forensic disk image retention

Keith Pendergrass | BitCurator Consortium

Forensic disk images provide the best means of accurately capturing, and ensuring the authenticity of, all of the data on a physical carrier. However, unexpected, deleted, private or sensitive, and system data introduce ethical complexities for archivists and repository administrators when developing disk image retention policies. This session will explore ethical concerns, institutional risk tolerance, potential legal implications, and sustainability issues related to retaining forensic disk images.

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Keith Pendergrass. (April 28, 2017). One does not simply keep disk images: ethical, risk tolerance, and sustainabilty issues with forensic disk image retention. BitCurator Consortium.

One does not simply keep disk images: ethical, risk tolerance, and sustainabilty issues with forensic disk image retention

Keith Pendergrass | BitCurator Consortium

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