In the days before email, the only way for people to send documents outside an organisation was by posting them, faxing them or by hand. Today, employees are able to send emails with attachments to tens or hundreds of people in other organisations. A typical corporate will share information with hundreds of thousands of external people. This has created a very significant headache i.e. how do you protect vital information to stop it from getting into the wrong hands (e.g. your main competitors).

Content security or Digital Leakage has thrown up a number of business challenges. Corporates need to be able to ensure that if commercially sensitive information is sent via email, they can trust it to arrive without being hijacked and that the correct person will read it. It is a common factor that any information sent digitally can be misdirected or lost.

Even if the information is delivered safely to the recipient, how can you be sure that it is then not passed onto your competitor or the media? Any information that leaves the company’s offices has to have access control – including what you can do with this information for a specified length of time.

Knexus member Johnson Matthey was concerned that its monthly management divisional report, which is created by 40 executives managers based at different sites around the world, could be lost or misdirected. As a result, this FTSE 100 company has taken a lead in implementing Content Security to secure and control its IP and is ready to share its issues and forward-thinking approach with the Community through the presentation of a case study.

Johnson Matthey’s Content Security case study will provide an insight into:
* Reducing the business risk to digital leakage
* Improved business efficiency when managing reports
* Defining access levels including editing, printing, copying rights
* Providing a traceable route on user actions
* Turning off access on time-sensitive information

The case study will be followed by a moderated roundtable discussion where members can share knowledge and ideas, and harness collective expertise to help solve important business challenges associated with Content Security.

Digital leakage is an issue that is not going to disappear. By being able to distribute documents and yet stay in control, this will make a fundamental difference to companies’ attitudes to information sharing. If you are concerned or involved in content security, then you should attend this collaborative session.