BrandPost: Protecting Digital Assets: Are You Doing Enough?

Nearly a decade ago, a disgruntled chemist in Valspar’s largest laboratory walked off with 44 gigabytes of the paint manufacturer’s most valuable trade secrets—intellectual property that had been developed through years of research. Once they discovered the loss, company officials quickly alerted the FBI, whose agents arrested the thief just before he boarded a flight to Shanghai. Though Valspar didn’t lose its valuable IP to Chinese competitors, victims of the thou