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P2P file sharing networks - unintended gateway to trade secrets, employee sensitive information

Jackson Lewis LLP Joseph J. Lazzarotti The same software that allows you and your children to share music and movie files may be placing your company at grave risk. Commonly referred to as "peer-to-peer" or "P2P" networks, file sharing technology is being used by millions to share electronic files with one another. Absent due care, however, this technology can cause a range of problems for any organization by making sensitive corporate financial information, trade secrets, and other corporate information, as well as personal employee and/or customer information, readily available to anyone on the P2P network. This article discusses some of the risks of P2P, as well as preventive strategies to protect valuable company assets and reputation.

Full post as published by The Trade Secrets Vault on October 15, 2008 (boomark / email).