IP Protection: “We need a tool with a wider scope”

At the 2021 Apex Assembly Tech Leaders Northeast Summit in March, Fasoo hosted a discussion on IP protection in manufacturing. CTO Ron Arden spoke with GE Gas Power cybersecurity researchers Hillary Fehr and Chris Babie about protecting R&D, product designs, specifications, and other sensitive intellectual property (IP). * The typical person in a business creates and interacts with about 50 files a day. Most of this information is sensitive unstructured data or data contained...

At the 2021 Apex Assembly Tech Leaders Northeast Summit in March, Fasoo hosted a discussion on IP protection in manufacturing. CTO Ron Arden spoke...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

The potential landmines for compliance with CCPA is pretty high. One of the first things is that a lot of companies don’t know how to interpret the law. We saw that with GDPR for the year prior to it going into effect. CCPA is a lot like it, but there are likely still questions. Secondly, is the DSRs (Data Subject Requests) or the right to be forgotten. People are very in tune with their...

The potential landmines for compliance with CCPA is pretty high. One of the first things is that a lot of companies don’t know how...

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