Issues of Digital Data Security in Library Environment

Abstract

Every organization is giving importance to its digital collections. The digital assets are becoming major source of information in a library and the preferred mode of acquisition for collection development. The digital materials are not secure by its nature. The risk of unauthorized use of these materials is more. In general, the maximum efforts are made to create digital contents whereas the less attention is given to its security. The security threats are in many forms. The paper reflects the importance of digital data security as well as the process of making the data secure with reference to library collections.