Digital Archive Custody & Insolvency Risk Simulator

Topology & Preservation Tiers

Archive Payload 50 TB

Historical Span 70 Yrs (1954-2024)

Preservation Custody Tiers

Tier 1: Managed Cloud Cold Storage ONLINE

Proprietary single-vendor managed archive. Subject to vendor insolvency.

Source/Key Escrow Covenant

Tier 2: Multi-Cloud / S3 Mirror

Independent public cloud object vault with separate credentials.

Tier 3: Offline LTO-9 Tape Air-Gap

Physical magnetic media stored offsite with zero network attachment.

Tier 4: Local Station SAN / Optical Disk

Local broadcast facility copy for low-latency ingest & staging.

Insolvency Shock Mode

Topology Routing & Custody Boundaries SYSTEM ACTIVE

Preservation Audit Telemetry

Recovery Probability

18.5%

Legal & Recovery Est.

$145,000

Recovery Timeframe

14-26 Mo.

Overall Durability

Critical (F)

3-2-1-1-0 Preservation Rule Verification

3 Total Copies of Data FAIL (1/3)

2 Different Storage Media Types FAIL (1/2)

1 Offsite / Independent Location PASS (1/1)

1 Offline / Air-Gapped / Immutable Tier FAIL (0/1)

0 Errors (Automated Integrity Audit) WARN (No Hash Auth)

Active Risk Vulnerability Feed

❌ Sole custody with single private cloud operator

❌ No independent offline LTO or optical tier

❌ Lack of contractual source code/data escrow access rights