Intellectual Property Protection for Manufacturing Excellence
In today’s world of competition and global connectivity, almost every type of industrial company is vulnerable to potential threats to the company’s highest-value assets: intellectual property, product designs, and proprietary processes. With external cyberattacks, as well as internal threats to contend with, protecting sensitive manufacturing data is more important than ever. GTB Technologies® specializes in providing a purpose-built DLP solution to protect industrial IP in the complexity of global manufacturing environments.
Some of the world’s most important manufacturing companies rely on our platform to protect CAD files, process documentation, supplier communications, and industrial IoT (IIoT) data. GTB gives manufacturers visibility and control across sites, systems, users, and roles without disrupting business operations.
GTB DLP with patented fingerprinting identifies intellectual property regardless of file format, even if the content has been altered or obfuscated. This provides unique protection for CAD drawings, product formulations, process specifications, and other critical design assets. Whether it is an AutoCAD file, a SolidWorks design, or an internal specification sheet, GTB helps prevent sensitive content from leaving authorized boundaries.
For producers of industrial goods embracing Industry 4.0 technologies, GTB supports protection for industrial networks and IIoT protocols, including OPC UA, MQTT, and SMB/CIFS. This capability helps monitor communications from control systems, smart machines, edge devices, and gateways for attempts to exfiltrate sensitive data.
Secure collaboration is also critical in global supply chains. GTB provides role-based control over content sharing so external partners can access the data they need, such as BOMs, specifications, and approved documentation, while preventing access to crown-jewel IP. Vendor communications can be monitored and recorded to support internal data sharing policies.
GTB helps manufacturers support strict regulatory and contractual requirements such as ITAR, EAR, and CMMC. The platform can record access to controlled technology, help secure export-controlled activity, and create audit trails for compliance reporting.
GTB’s software is designed for multi-site operations and hybrid infrastructures. Whether the organization is managing cloud-based PLM systems, local production servers, supplier portals, or distributed facilities, GTB provides consistent policy enforcement across teams, regions, and geographies.
GTB also supports Linux-based and specialized industrial environments with protection designed to work across complex infrastructures. Combined with advanced threat detection, GTB helps identify suspicious access patterns and complex exfiltration attempts that traditional tools may miss.
Key Capabilities for Manufacturers:
GTB users can improve IP protection, accelerate compliance reporting, and enable safer third-party collaboration without slowing production workflows. GTB’s high-accuracy content inspection helps reduce false positives that could otherwise interrupt business operations.
Protection of CAD files, including AutoCAD, SolidWorks, and other design formats
Live tracking of design files, product documentation, and process specifications
Support for industrial and IIoT protocols, including OPC UA, MQTT, and SMB/CIFS
Secure supplier collaboration through role-based access controls
Support for ITAR, EAR, CMMC, and manufacturing compliance requirements
Protection for Linux-based, embedded, and specialized industrial systems
Scalable deployment across multiple sites, regions, and manufacturing facilities
Behavior-based threat detection for suspicious access and exfiltration activity