US Presidential initiative to protect trade secrets

Digressing a little from our regular staple of financial industry news, we thought readers might like a copy of the recent report into theft of trade secrets and the US President's initiative in this area.

Financial firms are certainly ripe targets for theft, be it proprietary software, confidential non-public info or simply current holdings.

The US may finally be getting serious about this issue and they have an opportunity to create laws and administrative structures that will protect so much of the US economic engine.

Good to see.

The full report is here.