Neutral CAD File Protection
Protect CAD Files in Your Supply Chain
Keep your hard-earned innovations safe with persistent security, control, and visibility for neutral (interoperable) CAD files like step, iges, xt and popular flat files like dwg, dxf, and jt.
Trusted by industry-leading enterprises
Safeguard sensitive designs to retain your competitive advantage
Manufacturers often rely on third party designers, suppliers, and contractors to bring their products to market. They share CAD files with vendors and often have no choice but to rely on trust-based safeguards like NDAs, vendor risk assessments, and expensive audits or legacy perimeter based tools. Unfortunately these tools can be slow, unenforceable, and ineffective measures or simply add too much friction. This legacy approach puts years of research and development (R&D) at risk.
Seclore helps manufacturers achieve true CAD file security throughout their supply chains by offering persistent protection, tracking, and usage controls for neutral CAD files. Now designers and procurement teams can fearlessly share CAD files with their Tier 1 suppliers and subcontractors.
IP security in manufacturing supply chains
To standardize CAD files for external collaboration, manufacturers ‘externalize’ them into ISO 10303 neutral formats. Suppliers may also get access to unprotected prototypes and other IP early in the product development lifecycle, which can lead to sensitive data being leaked to competitors, or compromised when a supplier or subcontractor is breached. With Seclore’s EDRM for Neutral CAD, manufacturers can ensure that IP shared throughout their supply chains is always protected.
Supply chain IP visibility
Track location and activity information for neutral CAD files as they travel through your supply chain, including for subcontractors.
Persistent control for shared designs
Enforce granular access and usage controls for protected CAD files including geo-fencing and pre-set expiration dates.
Protection without disruption
Protected neutral CAD files can be accessed using most desktop CAD applications so authorized suppliers and subcontractors can readily access shared files.
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See our data-centric security platform in action, and learn how to protect and control your digital assets wherever they go
Learn more about:
- Digital asset security for every user, device, app, and cloud
- Granular access, usage, and privacy controls
- Never losing control or visibility of your digital assets
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Mitigate external threats
Data encryption
Neutral CAD files can be encrypted at rest, in transit, and in use with AES-256 bit encryption.
Access and usage policies
Limit access to specific users, groups, domains, and locations, and prevent certain activities like editing, printing, or copying text from a protected digital asset.
Real-time revocation
Set user access for protected digital assets to expire on a certain day and time, after a fixed period of time, or instantly revoke access at any time.
Automate protection using APIs & SDKs
Leverage robust APIs and SDKs to automatically protect design files and other digital assets when they’re checked out of PLM, PDM, ERP, and other applications or vendor or procurement portals.
Audit trail & activity reporting
Track all activity related to protected CAD files for internal and external users, and analyze reports to identify patterns, detect threats, and even generate reports for compliance audits.
Dynamic watermarking
Dynamic watermarks help investigators and reinforce responsible handling by overlaying labels, usernames, date, and times on protected files, which can also be a powerful deterrent to prevent leaks and insider threats.
Visibility of risk in supply chain
Gain perspective on risk throughout your supply chain and quickly remediate unauthorized activity by dynamically revoking access.
Capital equipment manufacturer
“We not only replaced our existing encryption solution with Seclore EDRM, but also integrated it into our PLM application. This allowed us to protect over 2.1 Million documents, many of which contained sensitive intellectual property (IP). We are now fully compliant with government and company-wide regulations, significantly reducing risk and enhancing operational integrity.”
Capital equipment manufacturer
Data-centric security related products
Add a layer of cybersecurity and regulatory compliance controls at the data-level to ensure protection is applied where it’s needed most.
Enterprise Digital Rights Management
Encrypt digital assets, limit access to groups or individuals, allow or deny specific actions, track usage, and revoke access at any time.
Risk Insights & Reporting
Get global insights for risk management as well as file & user level activity to quickly address unauthorized access or non-compliance. View this information in your preferred SIEM or dashboarding tool.
