"A risk assessment of the Piql Services" by FFI

the piqlBin in which it is placed and the exact location of that piqlBin in the piqlVault grid. Our example of the workflow can thus be expanded upon: the EWMS receives a request for the retrieval of reel ID P.367. It then matches that reel ID to local ID A.102. The EWMS then signals the piqlVault Controller to pick up the piqlBin in which the piqlBox with the local ID A.102 is placed. Having received the request for pick-up of local ID A.102, the Controller signals the robots to move to the right location and retrieve the correct piqlBin. These signals are radio signals sent through a 2.4 gigahertz (GHz) frequency 14 to two radio receivers on the grid, which in turn direct the signal to the robots. There are two radio receivers in case one of them is put out of commission for whatever reason. The radio signals from the Controller to the robots contain no information regarding what is in the different piqlBins, simply their location as specified by coordinates. The security protocol used by these radio signals is a protocol of the supplier of the AutoStore® system’s own design, the contents of which FFI has not been privy to. 15 Finally, the robots, having picked up the correct piqlBin containing the correct piqlFilm with local ID A.102, take the piqlBin to an operator port, where a human operator retrieves the piqlBox with the reel ID P.367. The piqlBox can now be transported wherever it is requested to go.

6 Selection of Scenarios

6.1 Scenario-Based Approach

Our assignment is to assess the threats and hazards that may harm the Piql Preservation Services today and for 500 years to come. With a timespan of this magnitude, many possible futures are conceivable, and the degree of uncertainty tied to which of these futures will come to pass is quite large. What we do know is that these futures consist of a huge array of possibilities, some of which will have great significance for our circumstances should they become reality. Examples include the negative effects of climate change, the manifestation of artificial intelligence, and so-called black swans. The term black swan refers to an event no one imagined could happen, yet one that did occur after all and its consequences were dire [36]. Although we cannot predict exactly what will happen, especially when considering less likely yet serious

14 Currently, the system uses a 433 GHz frequency. Element Logic will shortly switch to 2.4 GHz, so this is the frequency we use as a basis for analysis. 15 The information regarding the connection between the Controller and the robots was given during a meeting with Terje Skjølberg, Sales Manager at Element Logic AS, on 11.11.15.

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