Digital Risk and Asset Management

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

1. Critically analyse the landscape and identify relevant trends and developments which affect the management of digital assets, particularly those required for operational, evidential or archival purposes.
2. Categorise key information risks facing organisations and critically analyse different risk management approaches
3. Articulate historical and current theoretical approaches, and systematically assess their value for addressing the challenges facing professionals
4. Apply current solutions for managing information in practical scenarios and interpret the implications of current research
5. Elaborate on the educational, research and ethical challenges facing professionals responsible for digital risk and asset management
6. Create policies, plans and procedures to ensure the security, authenticity and integrity of data, information and records and ensure they meet legal admissibility requirement within a risk framework
7. Critically reflect on the methodologies which have evolved and are evolving to address the issues associated with email, web sites and web 2.0 for example and propose innovative and flexible approaches to the technological advances to come.

This 30 credit module addresses the principles of risk and asset management in the context of modern organisations and the digital landscape. Students obtain a grounding that balances theory and practice, with specific emphasis on the impact of risk and technology. The linking of computer networks and the divergence of the global market places growing pressure on organisations to respond. This module prepares records, archives, information managers and others interested in briader information asset management to take a pivotal role in organisational policy-making, joining ranks with other specialists to address the issues of governance, accountability and compliance.

Context and current trends
Overview of landscape and the systems currently employed.
Definitions and understanding of the evolving information ecology and the risk management framework in which digital assets now function.
Research and solutions
Current research and theoretical considerations regarding the appropriate methodologies for dealing with the issues: standards and best practice guidance.
New Frontiers
Challenges posed by new technologies as they emerge – future proofing, including the significant and specific problems relating to security, preservation and continued access.

This module is at CQFW Level 7