Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Protection
"IPR Protection in India - Ministry of External Affairs: November 21, 2006
India is a signatory of TRIPs in the Uruguay Round agreement of 1995 and complies with its international obligations under the TRIPs Agreement."
India is a signatory of TRIPs in the Uruguay Round agreement of 1995 and complies with its international obligations under the TRIPs Agreement."
Proteans respect the Intellectual Property Rights of customer and take various measures to protect customer IPR.
We sign an NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement) with customers to maintain full confidentiality of your information, even before signing the formal contract with you. We sign another NDA with all our employees so that there is a legal binding to protect your intellectual property. Your trade secrets remain safe with us. We also sign a “no reverse engineering” clause to keep your intellectual property (IP) rights safe and secure. Thus, your proprietary information stays with the best possible IP protection methods deployed by us.
Majority of the Intellectual property thefts occur through the electronic media. We have privileged access for your project and data, along with configured firewalls to restrict unauthorized access. All our network links are secure and closely examined so that your data is always secure and safe. Only authorized professionals have access to the systems at our development center after proper verification and authentication. We monitor our servers regularly for any traces of unauthorized access, and use stringent measures to avoid all types of hacking. We ensure that all security guidelines stipulated by the client is adhered at all times.
Source codes are password protected with restricted access and it is available only to the members working on that project. A proper version control procedure ensures effective tracking of the changes done in the code. Adequate back-up measures are available for data redundancy during the project life cycle. Backed up data is kept in a secure access area in the global delivery centers as well as in a well-defined offsite storage area to protect from natural disasters.
We give utmost importance to the physical security of the global delivery centers to protect your intellectual property (IP). 24-hour vigilance determines the flow of information. We have taken adequate measures to make our development center an impenetrable fortress.
Work area security
- Round the clock security is provided for the work premises
- Entry to the development premises is restricted with the help of access cards
- Developers belonging to different projects are grouped into different bays/cabins
Procedures for storage
- All the printed materials and files is catalogued and stored in a location protected by lock and key system
- The Project Manager is responsible for storing and locking all the materials after their usage and accessibility must be given only to the authorized personnel
- He ensures that the place is protected from fire, rodents, insects, etc. We take care of all the backups and their security
Authorization for access mechanisms
- The Project Manager authorizes only a select few members of the project for accessing your development tools and other proprietary information
- Other members are not authorized to have access to complete information about you. In case of any information requirement, they approach the authorized team member who will provide the needed information
- Any method of information transfer such as e-mails, fax, electronic file exchange, instant messenger, on-line meetings, paper documentation etc, must have their parameters for usage defined
However, we are also flexible to accommodate any specific requests from customer/s to enhance the safeguard measures if needed.