Open Secrets? Guarding value in the intangible economy

Across multiple industries, businesses are deriving an ever greater proportion of their value from assets protected not by patent or copyright – but by secrecy. And from customer data to software algorithms, these critical ‘trade secrets’ are under constant and growing threat.

Cyberattacks, corporate espionage and employee leaks are increasing in severity and complexity as more business is conducted online and across borders. So, what tools and strategies can companies use to safeguard their most secret and valuable intangible assets?

In wide-ranging new research commissioned from The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), our CMS experts will share from an Asia-Pacific perspective how trade secret protection is rising up the corporate agenda, the perceived key threats to safeguarding secrecy – and how companies around the world are taking action.

The event is free and will be recorded.