Article: It's 2004, Do You Know Where Your Data Is? (Part II).(Infotech)

Byline: CHAN CHEE KEONG, Managing Director Southeast Asia

Establishing a Data Retention and Protection Policy:

Tape, Magnetic Disk, or Optical Media?

SEC Rule 17a-4 specifies that data must be stored on "non-rewriteable, not-erasable" media. For other regulations, WORM storage is not explicitly required but may be a de-facto requirement. (Its like saying that firewalls and anti-virus software are not required by any law but no IT organization lives without them.) Organizations must examine their options and choose the best data-retention storage medium for their needs. In most cases, magnetic disk storage will be the medium of choice for several ...

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