The GlaxoSmithKline stolen intellectual property case shows why businesses should be wary of insider threat

Sooraj Shah
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Companies can't be too careful when it comes to protecting their data

When US federal prosecutors charged five people, including two research scientists, with stealing trade secrets about drugs to treat cancer and other diseases from British drug giant GlaxoSmithKlin...

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