Question

Melanie uses an old compact disk to store her company’s contract documents. She finds out that she cannot access any documents because the compact disk is not compatible with the computer devices in her company. What type of risk led to this complication?

Answer 1

The risk of obsolescence has caused this problem. Technologies come and go. There is a whole lot of computer data out there stored in unreadable formats. Fortunately this is starting to become less of a problem as we move away from removable media and are putting data in the cloud.