Digital preservation policies

Digital Preservation Policy - Revista Política Internacional

In order to ensure availability and prevent loss or corruption of information in our publications, the content of Revista Política Internacional of the Diplomatic Academy of Peru Javier Pérez de Cuéllar is stored using three digital preservation methods.

Local Preservation - Publications are stored on external hard drives in the following digital formats: Microsoft Word (base editable format), Adobe InDesign® (design and layout), and Adobe PDF (secure distribution and exchange of electronic documents).

Update and Backup Period: Semi-annually.

Institutional Preservation - The content of Revista Política Internacional is also included in a dedicated external server (Hosting) located in the USA, ensuring availability and integrity against risks to local preservation. It has perimeter protection through an external web application firewall to mitigate OWASP attacks, as well as comprehensive protection through DDoS Protection against application, network, and protocol-based attacks. The hosting has a trusted SSL certificate to guarantee Internet security.

Update and Backup Period: Bi-weekly.

Preservation through OJS - Revista Política Internacional also undergoes preservation processes through the backup servers of the Open Journal System (OJS) platform using the PKP Preservation Network (PN) tool through LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) and CLOCKSS (Controlled Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe), thus ensuring its digital preservation.