Protection erodes quietly. People leave, systems change, vendors come and go, and the measures that looked solid two years ago no longer match how the business runs. A trade secret audit is how you find that drift before an opponent does. We assess where your protection stands, where it leaks, and what to fix first, giving you a clear-eyed read on whether your secrets would survive scrutiny in court.
Measuring Your Protection
We evaluate your existing safeguards against what trade secret law actually requires and what well-run programs do in practice. The most common finding is a gap between written policy and daily behavior: strong documents that nobody follows, or sensible habits that were never recorded. We surface both, because either one can sink a misappropriation claim when a defendant argues your measures were not reasonable.
Finding The Vulnerabilities
We trace how confidential information actually moves through your organization and where it escapes. That means examining access controls, system and physical security, departing-employee procedures, and the third-party relationships, contractors, partners, and integrations, that most often become the weak point. We map each risk to a real exposure scenario so you understand not just that a gap exists but what it could cost you.
Reviewing The Documentation
Your enforcement options depend on the paper trail. We review the agreements, marking practices, training records, and policies meant to support your protection, and flag where the record is thin, stale, or inconsistent. Missing or contradictory documentation is one of the first things opposing counsel exploits, so we identify those weaknesses while you still have time to cure them rather than discovering them mid-litigation.
Your Prioritized Action Plan
An audit is only useful if you can act on it. We rank what we find by risk and effort, separating the urgent fixes from the long-term improvements, and give you concrete steps rather than a vague list of concerns. You leave with a practical roadmap, scoped to your resources, that strengthens both your day-to-day protection and your position if you ever have to enforce.