From collaborating on multi-user projects to taking part in tenders, here’s 5 ways Secude’s HaloSHARE secures and streamlines your project workflows.
According to the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), software supply chain attacks are Europe’s most pressing cybersecurity threat.
But no matter if you’re working on critical infrastructure projects in the EU, transport networks in North America, tender processes in the UK or US Department of Defense contracts, digital supply chain resilience and efficiency is vital for all organizations.
In particular, organizations that collaborate on large multi-partner projects need to secure their digital supply chains to protect them from attacks and also streamline their digital workflows to ensure efficiency.
How strong is your internal IT security? It doesn’t matter. Even the most resilient organizations are vulnerable to digital supply chain attacks through external partners, with third-parties involved in 15% of all reported cybersecurity breaches in 2023. In multi-partner projects, every external supplier, contractor or consultant is therefore a potential security risk - especially if they're smaller and less security-focused.
However, HaloSHARE extends Microsoft Purview Information Protection (MPIP) to files placed within shared project folders, encrypting sensitive information with adjustable sensitivity labels. These authorization controls limit access to critical assets and prevent unauthorized personnel from infiltrating your data even if they are lost or stolen.
Be it aerospace engineering or building power grids, multi-partner projects require seamless digital workflows. But for every project partner, you increase the risk of unauthorized file access, accidental file sharing and unintentional file modification.
HaloSHARE provides customized protection for specific file types and partners. For instance, HaloSHARE’s adjustable sensitivity labels can configure encryption per file type within shared folders (i.e. financial documents are read-only) and set custom permissions per user (i.e. only engineers from Partners A and B can access specific drawings or designs). What’s more, partners can add labels to sensitive files in bulk using drag-and-drop.
As such, you can work closely and securely with external suppliers without impacting the end-user experience.
Organizations that work in critical industries and collaborate on sensitive projects (i.e. energy networks or missile design) are prized targets for cyberattackers, with Chinese hackers particularly targeting US businesses in critical infrastructure. If you share your IP regularly on these projects - such as designs on CAD files - there’s even more reason to secure your digital supply chain as any IP theft or leak can endanger your company’s future and make you ineligible to work on specific projects (i.e. if you lose files that are considered controlled unclassified information (CUI), you would be CMMC non-compliant and unable to work on DoD contracts).
HaloSHARE enables you to protect and track sensitive IP data contained in CAD files. With HaloSHARE’s Zero Trust label capability, you can monitor CAD files placed in shared folders and control access to them wherever they travel. As such, it’s easy to prove CAD file security and compliance.
Not all data shared via digital supply chains contain your secret sauce. In fact, taking part in multi-partner projects often requires public dissemination of internal documents in tender processes (i.e. as part of a request for proposals). Although you may need to share drawings, models or blueprints that do not contain your detailed IP, you still don’t want these documents widely shared without your permission.
With HaloSHARE, you can automatically watermark files with both visible and discreet markings in bulk, and apply metadata to shared documents notifying suppliers of the document’s sensitivity level (i.e. Do Not Share). With HaloSHARE’s watermarking, your partners can access shared files without additional software and you can easily see who files are shared with and when.
With AI and machine learning increasingly prevalent in digital workflow processes, your supply chain security cannot simply rely on human involvement. While human administrators will set custom sensitivity labels and access controls, you need a tool that can instantly update these settings across multiple project partners without human intervention.
HaloSHARE is a valuable workflow automation tool for processes beyond file-sharing. Be it exporting files to other file formats or marking internal files for internal monitoring and storage purposes (i.e. knowing where all files that are CUI are stored), HaloSHARE’s automated technology can improve your internal productivity.
Want to find out more? Check out our HaloSHARE product page or download or latest solution brief.
