IP and Brand Protection

Protecting intellectual property such as research work or commercially sensitive information requires the techniques above together with additional levels of controls which cover, for example, classification and control of documents, personnel security, vetting and countering electronic eavesdropping. This would be implemented by training and education, access to specialist in-house expertise and equipment and contractor support.

The protection of the company's reputation includes techniques to counter:

product contamination
product counterfeiting and parallel importing
extortion
dealing with 'whisper campaigns' (e.g. that a company supports terrorism)
effective contingency plans will also assist in this area
preventing individual acts by employees, contractors or others to harm a company's reputation by, for example, causing environmental damage.

This would be achieved by training, education, regular visits, inspections and audits and specialist input. In the event of an incident or activity thought to be potentially harmful, crisis management support would be provided together with the supervision of in-house and external resources to counter the threat.