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The Value Proposition of Our Firm

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ProtectingCritical Information

In the Age of Economic Espionageand Identity Theft

Managing Riskin a Hostile World

Global Threat, Domestic Risk


Targeting U.S. Corporate Assets

• More than 100 nations targeting U.S. technology secrets.• People’s Republic of China is the number one offender.• Russia is second.• China and Russia have aggressive cyber acquisition and attack

systems.• China is rapidly becoming manufacturer to the world and

intellectual property rights enforcement is not anticipated until at least 2020, despite World Trade Organization agreements.

• U.S. commands 40 percent of the global research & development spend, making the U.S. a target-rich environment.

• Many companies have inadequate protections against economic espionage.

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Two At-Risk Information

PersonallyIdentifiableInformation

IntellectualProperty

&Trade Secrets

Both are corporate assets, both are targeted.


Information is stolen by governments, employees, and even byorganized crime, which sells stolen information as part of a $2 trillion

global money laundering.

High-Risk Information Targets

Personal DataEnergy Technology

Advanced MaterialsInformation Technology

Resource & Environment TechnologyBiotechnology & Advanced Agricultural Technology

Advanced Manufacturing and Automation Technology

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Privacy: Personally Identifiable Information

• As defined by state and federal statutes:– Personal identifiers

• First name• Middle initial• Last name• Address• Name of children• Social Security Number• National identification number• Telephone & fax numbers• Street address• Driver’s license number• Vehicle registration plate• Credit card numbers

• Face, fingerprint, handwriting• Digital attributes, such as passwords• Email• Certain URLs• Certificate & license numbers• Health plan beneficiary numbers• Full-face photographic images• Employer information• Household member information• Biometric identifiers, including fingerprints and voiceprints• DNA


About the Firm


Professional Services Rendered

ConsultingAdvice & Counsel

Syndicated ResearchSpecial Research Projects


Disciplines in Asset Protection

Administrative SecurityTechnical SecurityPhysical Security

Privacy ComplianceRisk-Based Privacy


STRATEGYPOLICY

TESTING &

ANALYSISREMEDIATION

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Legal Risk

Financial &

Investment Risk

RegulatoryRisk

ReputationRisk

Focus on Variable and Cascading Risk

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INTELLECTU

AL PROPERTY

TRADE SECRETS

PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION


The following slide reflects research conductedby ZeroPoint Risk Research on the role of

foreign country hosts in protecting third-party intellectual property and trade secrets.


Government &

Industry

TradeSecrets

IntellectualProperty

PersonalInformation

Company

Information

Assets atRisk M

ust Be

Protected O

ff-ShoreLegislation

Policy

Operations

Standards

Economic

Espionage

Global

Information

Theft

Denied

Safe Harbor for Critical Inform

ation Protection

Defensive Inform

ation Barrier

Foreign Country Role in Counter-Economic

Espionage

Proprietary Research Tools

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Every Enterprise Has a Strategic Risk Inflection Point™


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46 Conditions Analyzed

13 Survey Question Range

US Scenario:Privacy

Compliance

US Risk DataElements

598

US Scenario:Risk-Based

Privacy


598

US Scenario:Intellectual

Property


598

1,794 -7,176 Potential Enterprise Risk Data Elements per Country

ERX™ Thermal Map Identifies and Prioritizes Critical Concerns


Enterprise Risk Index™

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Trusted Community Development Model™

SecurityStandards

Agreement

PrivacyStandards

Agreement

Audit TermsAgreement

Defined

ComplianceTerms

Defined

EnforcementMechanisms

Defined

SpecificRisks

Defined

This tool is used to assess the risk to intellectual property and trade secrets based on service agreements with third-party companies, either domestically or in foreign countries.


Executive Research Fellows

• ZeroPoint Risk Executive Research Fellows possess backgrounds in privacy, information security, facility and data center security, forensics, national security, maritime security, defense, military, intelligence, risk management, internal audit, law, compliance, medicine, life sciences, media, and finance and accounting. These analysts come from many industries, including life sciences, financial services and investment management, banking, government, professional services, the armed forces, communications, and technology.


About the Chief Risk Analyst, MacDonnell Ulsch

• Served on United States Government Secrecy Commission.

• Authored security policy paper for United States Senator Sam Nunn.

• Industrial espionage and security analyst at National Security Institute.

• Vice President & Chief Analyst, Security, Dun & Bradstreet Dataquest.

• Director, Global Risk Management, PricewaterhouseCoopers.

• Sr. Director, regulatory compliance, Gartner, Inc.

• Author of the book, “Threat! Managing Risk in a Hostile World.”

• Author of global risk assessment tool intellectual property.

• Distinguished Fellow of the Ponemon Institute.

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By MacDonnell Ulsch


CONTACT

FIRM PARTNERS

MacDonnell UlschManaging Partner

[email protected]

John [email protected]

Lorie [email protected]

Susan [email protected]

Telephone (617) 878-2144

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