ASIS seeks comment on information asset protection guide

Jan 3, 2007 4:29 PM

ASIS International has released the Information Asset Protection Draft Guideline, which seeks to help organizations develop and implement a policy and comprehensive risk-based strategy to protect their intellectual property, proprietary information and other intangible assets.

Through its Commission on Guidelines and the Information Asset Protection Committee, ASIS will conduct a public review and comment period, ending Feb. 14.

The premise for the guideline is that an organization’s competitive edge is the result of information derived from the creativity and innovation of its personnel, and that the loss of this information would negatively impact the organization’s investment in personnel, time, finances, product and/or property. No matter what the specific information is — a trade secret, patent information or other intellectual property — organizations must take measures to protect this most valuable asset, and the Information Asset Protection Draft Guideline, when completed, will provide the necessary guidance in developing these measures.

“Organizations must have a plan to protect these intangible assets,” says Regis Becker, CPP, chairman of the Commission on Guidelines. “The guideline provides an excellent start to that plan, but can be refined and improved through the efforts of business and security leaders who take the time to lend their thoughts during the review period.”

To download the Information Asset Protection Draft Guideline for review and comment, go to ASIS’ guidelines Web site, www.asisonline.org/guidelines/guidelines.htm.

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