- IP protection during M&A: Mimecast Incydr helps SHAPE safeguard valuable intellectual property acquired through acquisitions, guarding against loss or leak during employee departures.
- Fast data capture: Incydr enables fast capture of all data residing on acquired devices, ensuring it can always be recovered if lost.
- Insider threat monitoring at scale: SHAPE used Incydr to protect IP and increase data security during the departure of more than 100 employees.
When SHAPE acquires a company, the seller’s IP is core to the deal’s value, but that data is easily put at risk by employee actions during the transition. ”Our initial goal is to get the data captured and backed up,” says Jeff Zuniga, Director of IT Operations. ”Some people have taken it upon themselves to delete files thinking they’re helping by cleaning things up.” SHAPE uses Incydr to quickly protect vulnerable data right after an acquisition closes, so it can be managed and consumed as needed.
As SHAPE drives efficiencies through organizational consolidation, protecting confidential data like drawings, cost information, and vendor lists from insider threats becomes just as critical. ”We have a lot of IP... we need to make sure we’re protecting our IP, that it’s not walking out the door,” Zuniga says. SHAPE relied on Incydr to safeguard that IP and strengthen data security through the departure of more than 100 employees during restructuring.