DAM News Round-Up – 28th April 2025
A selection of DAM-related articles from around the web, hand-picked by the DAM News editorial team.
Why you should take DAM security seriously
This recent post from open-source DAM platform provider ResourceSpace stresses the critical importance of security in Digital Asset Management systems – a factor that’s often overlooked during the vendor selection process. It outlines the major risks of insecure DAMs—such as data breaches, ransomware, and reputational damage—and identifies six essential security features, including role-based access, antivirus integration, and consent management. The piece is thorough and informative, clearly advocating for robust, customisable DAM security.
10 questions to a founder: Proof Portal
Visual tech expert and founder of online magazine Kaptur, Paul Melcher, highlights the growing threat of manipulated digital content to brand trust via an interview with the Proof Portal team. Developed by DataTrails, Proof Portal is a tool combining Imatag’s invisible watermarking and blockchain-style provenance to verify authenticity, offering an easy-to-integrate, tamper-proof solution against deepfakes without relying on new metadata standards. The article presents some startling statistics regarding deepfake attacks, along with a number of best-practice tips and guidelines to improve your own content security.
Featured Article: Digital Asset Silos Are Costing You: The Business Case for Unified DAM and PIM
In case you missed it, Canto’s Jeff Olsen contributed a feature article exploring the workflow benefits of integrating your DAM and PIM platforms, and how having to maintain two disconnected, silo-based systems can create multiple sources of truth, hinder collaboration efforts, and increase the risk of errors. Jeff explains the numerous advantages of unifying DAM and PIM into a single integrated platform, including faster time to market, streamlined workflows, and consistent brand messaging.
Metadata in motion: Making your integrations work smarter
This recent blog post from DAM provider QBank stresses that the success of DAM integrations relies heavily on strong metadata. Metadata ensures content moves accurately across systems like CMS, PIM, and creative tools, preventing errors and inefficiencies. Treating metadata as strategic infrastructure—planned, aligned, and maintained—is key to scalable, smart content workflows. The piece is clear, practical, and persuasive, offering concrete advice while underlining metadata’s critical but often overlooked role in effective digital asset management.
Overcoming economic uncertainty with digital asset management software
This article from DAM software provider Canto highlights how economic uncertainty challenges marketing teams, straining budgets and workflows. It argues that resilient brands prioritise agility, efficiency, consistency, and scalability. Digital asset management platforms are presented as crucial tools, helping brands centralise content, streamline operations, and protect brand integrity. The piece offers some decent practical guidance, effectively advocating DAM as a strategic investment for thriving in volatile times, though it does lean heavily towards promoting their own DAM solution.
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