The IP Protection Capability More Manufacturing IT Leaders Wish They Had

• March 24, 2021
• Data security, Insider threat, IP Theft, Sensitive Unstructured Data

•   Global manufacturers in innovation-driven industries are ramping up their document protection against intellectual property theft. Can you guess what tops their priority list when selecting or expanding enterprise-wide digital rights management (DRM)? Here’s a hint. But first, a quick look at the court dockets. Did you hear about that lawsuit filed by Intel in February against a former employee who joined Microsoft? Talk about an IP theft textbook case. Intel accuses [PDF] a...

•   Global manufacturers in innovation-driven industries are ramping up their document protection against intellectual property theft. Can you guess what tops their priority list...

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Manufacturing: 5 Top Factors to Consider When You Select Enterprise DRM

• February 18, 2021
• Data breach, Insider threat, Sensitive Unstructured Data

• The rising wave of industrial espionage and intellectual property theft has manufacturers on edge. Are you tasked with finding the right Enterprise Digital Rights Management (EDRM) solution for your company? Check out these five tips from IP protection experts in manufacturing.  * Are you looking into EDRM solutions to ramp up your organization’s IP protection?  Congratulations, buckle up and hold on for the ride.  Because this is mission-critical to your company’s future, it’s only...

• The rising wave of industrial espionage and intellectual property theft has manufacturers on edge. Are you tasked with finding the right Enterprise Digital Rights...

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Go Beyond Compliance to Reduce Cyber Risk and Insider Threat

• December 16, 2020
• Data breach, Data security, Insider threat, Sensitive Unstructured Data

• Data breaches make headlines every day and companies across the globe struggle to meet changing privacy regulations, such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the upcoming California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) and of course, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Data security is very high on the list of corporate priorities with most concentrating on protecting databases containing personally identifiable information (PII). Sensitive information subject to privacy or industry regulations is not found...

• Data breaches make headlines every day and companies across the globe struggle to meet changing privacy regulations, such as the California Consumer Privacy Act...

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Trade Secrets and Insider Threats – Levandowski’s Are Everywhere

• May 17, 2020
• Data security, Insider threat, Sensitive Unstructured Data

• Insider threat has been an issue for many years, but the consequences of these events have a strong and long-term impact on your business. If competitive advantage isn’t enough reason to protect sensitive data, how about the legal costs? The risk posed by insiders is again, in the spotlight as Anthony Levandowski, a founding engineer at Google’s autonomous vehicle project, now known as Waymo after it was spun off in 2016, is convicted and...

• Insider threat has been an issue for many years, but the consequences of these events have a strong and long-term impact on your business....

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How Can Your Remote Workforce Collaborate Securely?

• April 29, 2020
• Data breach, Data security, External collaboration, Insider threat, Print security

• Never has there been a better litmus test for seeing how agile your business is than responding to a pandemic. A recent survey by leading research firm Gartner confirmed that most businesses will shift some employees to remote work permanently as a result of COVID-19. Even from home, employees need to collaborate securely with colleagues, partners and customers to stay productive and meet deadlines and goals. While video chat and instant messaging lets you...

• Never has there been a better litmus test for seeing how agile your business is than responding to a pandemic. A recent survey by...

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Collecting Laptops From Terminated Employees? Protect Unstructured Data

• April 16, 2020
• Cybersecurity, Data breach, Data security, External collaboration, Insider threat, Privacy

• I read a Tweet recently from “Accidental CISO” about collecting laptops from terminated employees during the pandemic that I deemed retweetable (if that is a word).  Some comments focused more on the hardware – how to get it back – but this got me thinking more about what is actually on the hardware. What sensitive information, like intellectual property, might reside on them?  It also made me think, in a situation like this, how...

• I read a Tweet recently from “Accidental CISO” about collecting laptops from terminated employees during the pandemic that I deemed retweetable (if that is...

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Pandemic Sent Your Workers Home? Reminders for Best Data Security Practices

• April 2, 2020
• Cybersecurity, Data breach, Data security, External collaboration, Insider threat, Print security, Privacy

• Overnight, companies across the globe were forced into a fully remote workforce.  If you are prepared, under the best of circumstances, it can still be a challenge, but if you are not, the challenges are even greater and some things can potentially fall through the cracks.  People working from home can lead to a few unintended bad habits. With business continuity being the priority, data is even more at risk as hackers and thieves...

• Overnight, companies across the globe were forced into a fully remote workforce.  If you are prepared, under the best of circumstances, it can still...

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Please Steal My Password

• March 23, 2020
• Data security, Insider threat

• How many times have you seen passwords attached to monitors on sticky notes?  How about people who use the password “password” or “123456”?  With a lot of us having to work from home because of COVID-19, data security and privacy has become more important than ever, since we are not in the protective confines of an office and many of us may have to use our home computers. In 2020 we have a lot...

• How many times have you seen passwords attached to monitors on sticky notes?  How about people who use the password “password” or “123456”?  With...

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Tariffs Hitting the Automotive Manufacturing Industry Is Bad Enough, But Intellectual Property Protection is of Huge Concern!

• October 1, 2019
• Cybersecurity, Data breach, Data security, External collaboration, Insider threat, Privacy

• Intellectual property is a valuable asset in manufacturing, and more specifically the automotive industry.  It is particularly vulnerable to theft.  In our Webinar “Close the Gap on Insider Threat: Granular Access Controls & Behavior Analytics” , we cited a Deloitte survey where the respondents put the automotive industry at the highest risk of insider cyber threat.  Executives, IT and security groups need to put serious consideration into protecting their intellectual property in files, especially...

• Intellectual property is a valuable asset in manufacturing, and more specifically the automotive industry.  It is particularly vulnerable to theft.  In our Webinar “Close...

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It Takes a Village to Raise a Child, Right? It Takes a Team to Develop a Data Governance Strategy!

• September 10, 2019
• Cybersecurity, Data breach, Data security, Insider threat, Print security, Privacy

• The phrase “It takes a Village to raise a child” is true.  But it is also true that it takes a team to develop a data governance and policy management strategy! Teamwork is important when developing a data security strategy. As part of that process, data governance and policy management needs to be part of the equation. It’s becoming more and more clear that organizations struggle with policy management – particularly with unstructured data....

• The phrase “It takes a Village to raise a child” is true.  But it is also true that it takes a team to develop...

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