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How to Protect Your Intellectual Property

The Startup Magazine

They simply didn’t take the proper steps to protect its intellectual property. If you aren’t sure whether you’re sitting on intellectual property, it helps to understand what intellectual property actually means. Think about intellectual property as anything you’d want to copyright, trademark, or patent.

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Traditional Security Methods For Business

YoungUpstarts

In the digital age of today, old school technologies are still a mainstream part of almost every businesses security systems. However, physical security is the key to keeping data and employees safe. This article will review methods of security that may never go out of style. Security guards and checkpoints.

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The Firewall Is Dead – What Can Businesses Do To Protect And Secure Their Brands?

YoungUpstarts

It doesn’t, however, change the fact that firewalls are still only perimeter protection devices and are limited to applying security policies against visible packets that travel through them. In other words, firewalls are only about as good as traffic cops when a security threat requires a well-coordinated SWAT team these days.

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Can You Replace Lawyers With Software?

The Startup Magazine

A business runs on diligence, passion, and creativity — but it also needs a whole lot of legal help. Regardless of your industry, your startup needs legal assistance to ensure its growth remains safe and secure. Thus, as with many other expensive aspects of starting a business, many entrepreneurs like you are turning to software.

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5 Risks You As A Consultant Should Know About

YoungUpstarts

Violating intellectual property rights. But even if you are not working in a creative field, intellectual property rights are something that should concern you. It’s a good idea to back up all documents, for example by using an external drive or cloud software.

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What intellectual property (IP) steps should a startup take?

NZ Entrepreneur

You need to have answers to the potential IP questions that may be raised by future investors or exit targets at the time of their due diligence. It is vital to know early on what IP protection a startup can have, what the benefits will be, and what the costs will be to secure such protection over time. Points to think about.

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Virtual Data Room Cybersecurity is the Latest Business Opportunity

The Startup Magazine

With the explosion of online cybercrimes, cybercrime security is undoubtedly the next lucrative venture any entrepreneur should think about. Also, these services can be focused on the cloud or virtual security data rooms. Companies use VDRs to share securely and store sensitive corporate data used during trade negotiations.