Security News > 2024 > July > The NSA Has a Long-Lost Lecture by Adm. Grace Hopper
2024-07-12 11:04
The NSA has a video recording of a 1982 lecture by Adm.
Grace Hopper titled "Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People." The agency is refusing to release it.
Basically, the recording is in an obscure video format.
With digital obsolescence threatening many early technological formats, the dilemma surrounding Admiral Hopper's lecture underscores the critical need for and challenge of digital preservation.
This challenge transcends the confines of NSA's operational scope.
While the stewardship of these recordings may extend beyond the NSA's typical purview, they are undeniably a part of America's national heritage.