Water Companies: Protecting Long-Term Records
Eliminating retention risks for long-term digital records in Microsoft 365. In 2024 alone, global regulatory fines for data retention and compliance failures soared to $19.3 billion (1). Water authorities are among the most data-intensive and highly regulated of industries - are you fully prepared?
Are your records at risk?
Consider this short self-assessment & identify if your important project & compliance records are at risk from loss or corruption.
Why is ongoing readability & integrity so important?
Pipeline inspection footage, environmental and water use permits, infrastructure schematics, procurement contracts, water quality and safety compliance reports - all need to be safely stored and accessible.
Regulatory compliance
Information retained to comply with externally applied industry rules and legal mandates
Legal protection
Information needed for evidential purposes in the future and reputational risk management
Repurposing for value
Information having inherent value that can be leveraged to support daily operations or in the future
Common business reasons for archiving long-term & permanent information include...
- Project closures
- Compliance mandates
- ‘Decluttering’ SharePoint
- Retaining content of historical & cultural value
- File storage decommissioning
- Legacy system migrations
(1) Corlytics
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Dutch Government
Learn how government institutions in the Netherlands are preserving public records
Preserving North Brabant's Legacy: BHIC's Digital Archival Evolution with Preservica
In 2025, the New Archive Act will shorten BHIC's archive transfer time to 10 years, which poses challenges and opportunities due to increased digitization. BHIC has implemented Preservica's digital repository to ensure success by addressing financial, organizational, and personnel requirements.
