It’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month, so all eyes are on digital networks and their vulnerabilities. However, when it comes to protecting a company’s trade secrets, the cause of a security breach can be virtual or human.
First, it’s important to define what constitutes a trade secret. Simply put, the legal community defines a trade secret as technical or non-technical information that provides economic value and a competitive advantage from not being generally known to the public, that is not readily ascertainable, is not a personal skill, and that the owner has taken reasonable efforts to protect.
