Michael D. Moberly July 9, 2008
There are many new and yet to emerge challenges and vulnerabilities to information assets, some of which evolve from the rapidly accelerating interactions between (a.) intangibles, (b.) economics, (c.) technologies, and (d.) the fact that more business transactions have global impacts. One consequence of this is, significant voids are often left in enterprise information asset protection and value preservation programs. For example:
1. A significant percentage of information asset protection initiatives remain based on threat – theft scenarios rather than value dilution – loss scenarios…
2. The persistent adverse affects of predatorial and global competitor-business intelligence, information brokering, and data mining operations are routinely omitted from information asset protection – value preservation equations…
3. Computer/IT security still remains, in many respects, one dimensional, that is, it primarily protects stored and/or transmitted data and information. Characterizing computer/IT security and information asset protection as being synonymous constitutes a serious mis-calculation and misunderstanding about the content, format, value and most all, vulnerability of knowledge-based (intangible) assets.
4. Legal mechanisms to enforce – protect economic benefits – competitive advantages, innovators, holders, owners can rightfully expect from the commercialization, licensing, etc., of their intellectual property and/or intangible assets are generally reactive, not proactive. That is, they apply after losses, compromises, infringements, and/or counterfeiting has occurred, assuming of course, it becomes known in a timely manner!
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