Case Study: Dow Corning achieves enterprise-wide IP protection with Fortra data-classification solutions

How Dow Corning uses Fortra Data Classification Solutions to protect the most valuable assets of their business – their intellectual property

Dow Corning, a Midland, Michigan–based silicone technology company with more than 10,000 products, over $6 billion in annual sales and some 4,000 patents, needed to protect valuable intellectual property as it expanded globally and collaborated with partners. With thousands of emails and documents across R&D, marketing and other functions, the company required an enterprise-wide, easy-to-use way to ensure consistent handling and labeling of sensitive content across multiple legal jurisdictions and tens of thousands of users.

Dow Corning implemented Titus Message Classification and Titus Classification for Microsoft Office, adding a classification toolbar that prompts users to label emails and documents (and integrates with BlackBerry devices) within their existing Office workflows. The deployment delivered a clear global labeling standard with minimal added infrastructure, fast enterprise approval, high user adoption and lower training and management costs—helping secure IP, simplify compliance and support roughly 10,000 users worldwide.

Dow Corning

Mark Gandy

Enterprise Architect