Introduction Today, business is driven by information. It is your most valuable asset. But every organisation has some information which is confidential and of interest to others. It's that information that this introductory guide, and its companion Protecting Business Information - Keeping it Confidential , will help you identify and protect.
Confidential information can involve research, design, prototypes, and key technologies.
Or manufacturing methods and processes. Information like this could cause considerable damage if it fell into the wrong hands. This could have an immediate impact - for example, loss of a key contract. Or it could be more gradual, as you are overtaken by competitors who have short-circuited costly parts of the product development process. You may never even realise that your information has been compromised.