CryptoCAD is a software program for SolidWorks used to transparently encrypt design data. When CryptoCAD is implemented it will only be possible to read and use SolidWorks design files on authorized media, without the user noticing any differences from normal use of SolidWorks. It is a transparent product: it works automatically without the user noticing anything unless he attempts to move or copy the files without due authorization.

Now, on the internet, you can quickly reach and be reached by people all over the world: it's a wonderful communication tool but, at the same time, it poses a potentially devastating threat to persons for whom the added value of their business is represented by their know-how, ideas, designs and innovations. Economic investments and months, if not years, of work can be stolen in a few seconds, sent by e-mail, copied to a USB device, etc.

How can this be prevented?

It would be unthinkable to disconnect the company from the internet and disconnecting the design department from the company network would complicate work procedures and lengthen development times and, in any case, would not solve the problem: readily available on the market there are now memory devices with huge capacities: USB memory sticks with capacities of over 1 GB. These tools are marvellous but they also represent a huge threat. Thinking of disabling the USB ports of your machines? But what about your USB printer? And your USB scanner? It seems virtually impossible to keep control, at least without interfering greatly with your designers' work habits. How can you defend yourself without losing productivity?

Secure Network has found the solution: at last, with CryptoCAD, in a simple and transparent way, you can stop anyone copying months of work onto a device and taking it away with them.