Introduction to Intellectual Property and Security Minitrack

We have heard and read many times in the last several decades that the most important asset of an organization is the knowledge of its employees. To allow an easy access to knowledge, organizations are implementing Knowledge Repositories. While this type of automation made it easy to store and distribute knowledge, it also made it easy to move knowledge outside the boundaries of a company. Organizations put in place many technology-based security measures (firewalls, filtering systems), yet they shouldn´t overlook the human-side of security practices. An organization can have the best security technology in place, yet a careless employee talking or emailing or posting on Facebook about the ´new development´ at the company bypasses all this security technology with ease. Furthermore, one can find lot of information about current projects done by a company by searching the web. How can an organization effectively protect its intellectual property remains an answered question. What type of security and intelligence techniques are out that that can protect the IP? What are the best ways to train employees so that they would spot potentially criminal activity among employees? Could crowd sourcing be used in this case, meaning asking employees to vote on a particular issue to determine whether it represents a potential threat? This mini-track seeks papers that investigate issues related to security and protection of intellectual assets and explore how organizations can use security measures to protect their KM practices.