Case Study: Cutting-Edge Automotive Parts Supplying Company achieves global IP protection and reduced data risk with Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention

At This Cutting-Edge Automotive Parts Supplier, Intellectual Property Protection Has Kicked into High Gear

This global Austrian manufacturer and leading supplier of cables and wires (2,000+ employees across eight countries) supports high-profile automakers and faced rising risk to its own and clients’ intellectual property as competition in electric and autonomous vehicle technologies accelerated. With sensitive schematics and development plans frequently in motion and the company expanding into countries with high IP-theft risk, it needed better visibility and controls to prevent corporate espionage and preserve customer trust.

The company deployed Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention, using centralized policy management, encryption for data in transit across 80+ countries, and rules tuned to detect crown-jewel data (source code, engineering drawings, trade secrets). Combined with organizational policy guidance and user self-remediation prompts, the solution enabled rapid identification of risky users, reduced voluntary data movement, and delivered centrally managed, customizable DLP policies — with ongoing partnership to continuously fine-tune protections.