How to Protect Your Company from Consultant Espionage

An innovative project is a team effort, but bringing in external experts can feel like walking the tightrope. How do you use your skills without giving away your best ideas? Nightmare scenarios partner with consulting and agencies to help launch exciting innovations. It is a general fear, a growing fear. European Commission investigation It turns out that 20% of businesses face theft of confidential information, and nearly 40% believe that the risk is increasing. Our own survey of 230 construction companies showed that 79% fear that their partners will acquire and reuse their own knowledge without consent. This concern is not inherent to construction. Follow-up surveys across five different industries, including advertising, consulting, engineering, event management and film production, found that nearly 75% of respondents were somewhat concerned about the risk of leakage.