A Threatened Digital Environment: Secure Provenance Solutions for 3D Data Management

Museums are host to cultural treasures, such as fossils, but in an era of widely available high-quality 3D scanning and printing technology, there is the need to balance open access with authenticity. Research Casting International is an industry leader with over 35 years of experience delivering high-quality fossil specimen castings, now 3D scans and prints with updated client offerings to ensure best practice security protocols for client data management. RCI explores the risks of a changing digital environment and is in the stages of offering a solution to the secure tracking of 3D data. As a trusted custodian of legacy castings and 3D scans for museums around the world, RCI is uniquely positioned to establish an industry gold standard for certifying ‘one true file’ authentication of 3D data.