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Confidential Information Loss

US$600 billion & rising: Confidential Information & Trade Secret Theft

July 31, 2019

It is estimated by the US IP Commission that intellectual property or intangible asset theft costs the US economy between US$225 and US$600 billion annually – with China being pointed to as the main perpetrator. To put this into perspective, this equates to around FOUR times the value of gold is mined globally per annum…

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Confidential Information and trade secrets

Understanding Trade Secrets & Confidential Information

July 31, 2019

Countries – and companies – are collectively losing hundreds of billions of dollars a year through the loss of trade secrets and confidential information, with several Governments moving to make the theft of these assets a criminal offense. Today, the theft of these assets is the number one intangible asset risk companies face. However, many…

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Preventing the leakage of confidential information

Business Risk Insights: Preventing the leakage of confidential information

July 30, 2019

The first and most important intangible asset risk is the leakage of critical confidential information. Most companies, unfortunately, leak like a sieve and are constantly losing valuable intangible assets out through customers, suppliers, and employees – but how can you prevent this?

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