Data Security

Data Security is extremely important in today's ever changing world of technological advances. I work for a manufacturer that has been delving into outsourcing components and assemblies to overseas markets for a couple of years, now. We have the vendors sign confidentiality agreements and our intellectual property is labeled as such, but who's to say what happens to our data once it arrives on the other side of the world. We've already seen some knock-offs of our products (for which we have US patents) being manufactured and marketed by overseas companies. It's a catch 22 of sorts - manufacturer's almost have to utilize the growing overseas markets, but we're taking a chance in losing some of our market share doing it. What's a company to do? There may just be an answer out there to this burning question...

From the Pinionsoftware.com Data Security website:

Every day business and technical professionals find themselves in a quandary:

How to share high-value, sensitive information and intellectual property while ensuring that it's kept safe and used legitimately. Pinion Software shatters the myth that these goals are mutually exclusive.

We bring digital rights management (DRM) to the world of CAD by way of our Technical Rights Management (TRM) solutions. Simply put, our software lets you secure your information so you can share it with confidence.

Using AutoShred-DWF from Pinion Software which utilizes the DWF platform, manufacturers have the ability to shred or erase files from viewers’ computers
automatically based on set command options, protecting their intellectual property. It's sort of like a spy movie where "this message will self-destruct in 3 seconds" becomes "this document will erase hard drive ." I'm going to pass this along to our IT, Engineering, and Purchasing Departments to get their input...