Intellectual property is a great asset to your company.

In every company, employees, partners, customers and competitors continually generate electronic information about the business. Each disk, PDA, laptop, personal computer, network and mainframe system is its own repository. This "intellectual property" is a great asset to your organization. It includes information about every aspect of the business and is often not only confidential but also sensitive.

This asset is also your biggest liability. Computers never forget - they automatically retain information such as who, when and where data was last accessed and whether it has been tampered with, copied or deleted.

It is also your biggest liability.

Unfortunately, computer information is often not adequately protected and computer-related crime is rapidly growing. The ability to discover and investigate the misuse or theft of sensitive information is becoming increasingly important if the information you store electronically is to remain intact and, more importantly, within your control.