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In today's knowledge-based economy, up to 80% of a company's value is derived from intangible assets such as intellectual property (IP). These assets include patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets that can be crucial for driving business growth and maintaining a competitive edge. To protect these valuable assets and maximize their potential, companies should consider conducting regular Intellectual Property audits to review IP assets and their management, identify any potential legal risks, ensure proper ownership, and help businesses make informed decisions about their IP portfolio. 

Vaultinum's software IP audits provide a 360° analysis of IP risks linked to software and open-source. Download a software IP Audit example and see the insights Vaultinum can provide.

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Vaultinum's Software IP Audits help Legal Officers and IP Lawyers identify and manage IP risks linked to software and open source usage

Overall performance rating as compared to the industry​

Key IP risks and suggested remediations​

Type of open source used, compatibility and risks involved

Operational action plan, with associated cost and timing

We are a trusted independent third party specialised in the protection and audit of digital assets.
Since 1976, we have enabled thousands of digital creators, businesses and investors secure their innovations by providing solutions to protect their intellectual property, ensure the continuity of their business activity, and mitigate IP, cyber and software risks.

Download this IP Audit report example and discover how Vaultinum can help you manage your software IP risk

IP Audit report example

The importance of having a solid cyber-risk management program cannot be underestimated.  Even more, every executive board needs to come around to the idea that cybersecurity is never truly accomplished. Every day new technologies and security breaches are discovered. Every new employee or contractor is a new risk that needs to be managed. A hacker only needs to be successful once, while a company’s security measures must be successful 100% of the time. This report highlights the main risks and impacts associated with cyberattacks. 

INDUSTRY REPORT

Despite more global recognition of the magnitude of cyber risks, many organisations have not taken the necessary steps to create or adapt their cybersecurity policies in the face of these new threats. The document brushes a thorough picture of the state of cyber threats worldwide and highlights what is at stake. 

Risks related to the increase in the frequency and cost of ransomware incidents

Business disruption, increased liability, IP theft: understanding the consequences of cyberattacks

Cybersecurity risk mitigation: where to start

We are a trusted independent third party specialised in the protection and audit of digital assets.
Since 1976, we have enabled thousands of digital creators, businesses and investors secure their innovations by providing solutions to protect their intellectual property, ensure the continuity of their business activity, and mitigate cyber and software risks.

Full report on cyber security trends and threats in 2021, understanding the impact for businesses and how to identify, evaluate and fix cyber vulnerabilities.

Global trends in cyber risks | full report 2021 | Vaultinum

In global M&A, the technology sector now makes up 20% of the deals, making 2021 the biggest year for private equity since record keeping began. And behind every successful tech deal, there are in-depth evaluations of the technologies and frameworks in place. This tech due diligence is imperative to identify emerging tech risks such as: software failure, data breaches, privacy disputes, widening regulation, open-source software issues, cyber-threats, among a myriad others. This report will show you how Vaultinum approaches Tech Due Diligence and source code scanning and the depth of the recommendations we provide to help tech investors and companies make informed decisions.

The goal of Vaultinum’s Tech Due Diligence is to deliver to investors and corporate players the tools to gain critical knowledge of a company’s technology and operational environments, assess compliance, mitigate risk and facilitate growth. Whether the aim is to invest in new technology, prepare for the sale or purchase of a business, obtain funding, capture new clients, or improve operational structures, Vaultinum's technology due diligence delivers the information needed to help decision-makers make informed decisions.  

The Tech due diligence report includes the following chapters: 

Software Risk Analysis, including technical debt and human capital 

Overall scoring vs industry standards, recommendations and action plan

Download an example of our Cyber and Tech audit 360 report | Analyses cybersecurity, IP risks, software scalability and maintainability with a source code scan

Download a Technology Due Diligence report | Vaultinum

According to Standard and Poor's, intangible assets now account for over 80% of a company's value, which means that intellectual property has become a strategic pillar of a company's growth. Protecting intangible assets and intellectual property from competitors' greed is becoming increasingly difficult in our ever-connected world. Legal teams and lawyers are key in supporting innovation but technology is fast-paced and engineers don’t stop in the middle of a creative process to inform Legal of their new discoveries, creations, or ideas.  In this context, how can companies ensure that IP risks are under control and that they have the right processes in place to handle innovation?  How to make sure they beat competition to secure those rights? 

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Vaultinum's IP AUDIT CHECKLIST has been developed with Intellectual Property legal experts, to help investors, businesses and IP specialists evaluate IP risks: who owns the IP assets; have IP transfer contracts been signed with consultants or former employees who have created assets protected by copyright, such as software; is the organisation aware of all open-source software used by developers?

Vaultinum's IP AUDIT CHECKLIST should be used by:

investors about to purchase a software asset,

legal officers or lawyers in charge of IP protection

software publishers willing to self-assess their IP risks

Download our IP audit checklist to identify your IP strengths and weaknesses and increase the value of your IP assets

Download this checklist to assess your IP | Vaultinum

In 2021, Tech deals represented over 30% of all M&A deals closed that year. With rising cyber-attacks, it has become increasingly strategic for investors to ensure that they are able to mitigate software threats in Cybersecurity, Open-source usage, Intellectual Property, and Scalability. The best way to identify potential vulnerabilities in the source code is to run a thorough tech audit but this takes time. 
So to help businesses run a first assessment of their software, Vaultinum experts have put together this Tech Due Diligence Checklist, that highlights the key questions you don’t want to miss before investing in a software or tech company.

This Tech Due Diligence Checklist has been developed with our IT and legal experts, to help you understand whether your software is in line with industry development best practices and to help you identify potential software vulnerabilities in the areas of Cybersecurity, Intellectual Property, Scalability and Maintainability.

Vaultinum's Tech Due Diligence Checklist should be used by:

software developers and CTOs wanting to improve their development practices,

companies getting ready to sell a software asset.

WHO IS THIS TECH DUE DILIGENCE CHECKLIST FOR?

A due diligence checklist to help tech Innovators, Investors and Private Equities know what to look out for when investing in technology and software businesses

Download our tech due diligence checklist | Vaultinum

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In today’s world, assets are increasingly digital. As a result, escrow mechanisms are flourishing to both protect Digital Assets by storing them in safes or in electronic vaults and provide a secure way for potential Beneficiaries of such assets to access them.

This Software Escrow White Paper has been developed with our legal experts, to help software editors and their beneficiaries understand the benefits of entrusting the source code of a software asset with a Software Escrow Agent, to protect software Intellectual Property and ensure business continuity best practices.

WHITE PAPER

Vaultinum's software escrow white paper should help purchase managers responsible for buying software products, compliance officers in charge of their company's business continuity plan, legal officers in charge of IP protection and software editors looking to protect their Intellectual Property.

The white paper covers the following topics:

How does an escrow protect the source code?

How to choose the best software escrow agent?

Practical aspects of setting up a software escrow agreement

WHO IS THIS SOFTWARE ESCROW WHITE PAPER FOR?

Learn why it is important to protect software source code, what a software or source code escrow agreement is and how it works.

Download our Software Escrow Agreement White Paper

Did you know that in 2022 a company has fallen victim to a cyberattack every 11 seconds? And this number is on the rise. Therefore, the question is no longer whether a company will be cyberattacked but when. From basic cyber hygiene implementation to more sophisticated shields, companies must ensure that they are ready to cope with cyberattacks. The first step would be to run an audit, to assess the situation and evaluate their level of cyber-readiness. This checklist runs through a few basic cybersecurity-related questions, to help businesses identify potential cyber vulnerabilities in their systems.

This CYBER AUDIT CHECKLIST has been developed with leading experts in cybersecurity with the aim of helping companies improve their cybersecurity awareness, mitigate risks, and put in place recommended policies and procedures based on industry standards in order to help prevent cyber incidents from occurring and building resilience in the face of one.

Vaultinum's CYBER AUDIT CHECKLIST should be used by:

Chief information security officers (CISO), CIOs, and IT managers willing to assess their cybersecurity

Business owners and CEOs looking to strengthen their cybersecurity policy

Investors about to invest in a start-up or bigger-sized company

Download Vaultinum's cyber audit checklist and identify cyber vulnerabilities in the following areas: Organisation, Data Management, Certification, Office & Equipment, Infrastructure

A checklist to assess your cybersecurity | Vaultinum

It has been customary throughout the centuries to record the date of the event, in registers. The practice of associating a date or even a time with an event or a document, also called “timestamping”, has its roots in the need to produce evidence to assert or confirm a right or an obligation during a dispute or litigation. This white paper explains the ins and outs of timestamping in our modern digitized economy.

Vaultinum provides electronic timestamping services as part of its activities as a trusted service provider, particularly for the deposit and archiving of digital assets or for tracing and recording transactions of all sorts.

What is electronic timestamping and how does it work?

The legal admissibility of electronic timestamping as evidence.

Requirements for trust service providers.

Learn what electronic timestamping is and how it works, understand the importance of eIDAS certification, explore various use cases for timestamping

Timestamping White Paper | Vaultinum

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