Protection that worked two years ago erodes as you hire, grow, adopt new tools, and add partners. A trade secret audit checks whether your safeguards still hold up against current law and your current reality. We assess what you protect, how you protect it, and whether your stated policies match what people actually do, then hand you a ranked plan to close the gaps.
Policies Versus Practice
A binder full of policies means little if nobody follows them. We compare what your documents say against what happens on the ground: how information gets identified and classified, who really has access, which agreements are signed and current, and how protection gets recorded. The gap between policy and practice is where most enforcement cases fall apart, and it is the first thing we measure.
Testing Reasonableness Under Law
Trade secret status depends on whether your measures are reasonable under the law that applies to you. We weigh your existing controls against that legal standard and against what comparable companies do, asking whether your safeguards are strong enough to preserve secrecy without grinding legitimate work to a halt. Where the answer is no, we tell you exactly where you are exposed.
Where You Are Exposed
We hunt for the weak points: loose access permissions, thin physical security, unprotected systems, vendor and contractor relationships without proper terms, and employee onboarding or exit procedures that leak information. We also look the other direction, reviewing how you gather competitive intelligence and recruit, so your own practices do not expose you to a claim that you took someone else's secrets.
A Ranked Fix List
An audit is only useful if it ends in action. We sort every finding by risk so you know what to fix this week versus next quarter, and we give you specific, doable recommendations rather than vague advice. From there we can help you implement the changes and build a roadmap that keeps your program current instead of letting it drift back out of date.