A Solution That Protects CAD, Source Code, and High-Value Files Even While They’re Open.
For years, cybersecurity professionals have faced a glaring blind spot, the security gap around high-value unstructured data, specifically complex engineering and design files. While standard documents like PDFs are locked down, vital assets like CAD drawings, source code, and design specifications are left exposed.
This vulnerability is massive. The cost of Intellectual Property (IP) theft from businesses is estimated at a staggering £9.2 billion per annum in the UK alone. The single biggest risk is sharing these files with essential partners in the supply chain.
GuardWare has stepped in to close this critical gap with the launch of GuardWare PROTECT Design. This solution is globally unique, delivering persistent protection by ensuring design files are secured with “in-use” encryption.
According to Ian McKinley, UK executive director of GuardWare “For years, attackers have targeted design files precisely because they knew they were the weak link in an organisation’s data protection strategy. Perimeter defences all fail eventually. With PROTECT Design, that vulnerability is eliminated. We’ve created a solution that makes stolen data unreadable and useless, empowering security teams to protect what truly matters without hindering innovation.”
GuardWare PROTECT Design gives IT and security teams unprecedented control over their most sensitive design assets, whether they are inside the network or traveling through the supply chain.
