Ensure your organisation’s digital information remains authentic, accessible, and defensible over time with this comprehensive self-assessment on Data Preservation in ISO 16175. Designed for records managers, information governance professionals, and IT leaders, this programme delivers actionable insights to align your data management practices with international best practice.
Gain clarity on how ISO 16175 applies across your records management framework and identify critical compliance gaps that could expose your organisation to legal, operational, or reputational risk. This assessment empowers you to evaluate your current digital preservation capabilities against the rigorous standards set out in ISO 16175 Parts 1 to 3.
- Analyse your organisation’s adherence to the Principles of Trusted Digital Preservation and map requirements to existing governance, IT systems, and business processes.
- Design preservation-ready data architectures that embed essential metadata, fixity checks, and provenance tracking at the point of data ingestion.
- Optimise data models and storage tiers to support long-term usability, integrity, and compliance across technology refresh cycles.
- Assess the risks associated with proprietary formats and implement strategies using open standards to mitigate obsolescence.
- Clarify accountability by aligning roles across records, IT, legal, and compliance teams with specific ISO 16175 clauses.
- Integrate automated checksum validation and robust ETL processes to maintain data integrity through migration and archival.
Whether you're preparing for audit, building a business case for digital transformation, or strengthening information governance, this self-assessment provides a clear roadmap to compliant, sustainable digital preservation.
Take control of your data’s future—undertake the ISO 16175 self-assessment today and build a trusted, resilient information framework.