Industrial IP Protection & Trade Secret Security

Anexet gives manufacturers on-premise control over how drawings, CAD files, process know-how, and supplier data move — across email, removable drives, print, the clipboard, and the cloud.

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Why intellectual property walks out of the factory

On the plant floor and in engineering, the most valuable asset is rarely a server — it is the design that took years to perfect.

Manufacturers run on proprietary know-how: CAD drawings, bills of materials, tolerances, tooling and process documents, pricing, and supplier terms. Engineers, designers, and contractors all need access to it, and it travels easily through email attachments, USB sticks, cloud sync, and the print room.

Anexet runs on-premise inside your own perimeter, so the vendor never sees your files. Its agents watch how sensitive design and production data is used on the endpoint, alert you to risky moves, and block transfers that violate policy before a drawing ever leaves the building.

Where manufacturers lose ground

  • Design & process-secret exfiltration

    Drawings, BOMs, and tooling documents copied to personal email, USB drives, or cloud folders — quietly draining your competitive edge.

  • Flight-risk engineers and contractors

    Departing staff and short-term contractors taking project files, supplier lists, and know-how with them on the way out.

  • Email as the path of least resistance

    Specifications and quotes forwarded to private inboxes or the wrong supplier, far from any review or oversight.

How Anexet keeps know-how on the factory floor

One on-premise platform — data-leak prevention, employee monitoring, and IT inventory — set up around how engineering and production teams actually share files.

Anexet console showing intercepted file transfers and device activity

Lock down every route a drawing can take out

Corporate email, 25+ messengers and team chats, web uploads, and cloud storage are intercepted on the endpoint, while USB, print, and clipboard activity is captured with shadow copies — so a CAD file or BOM can't quietly leave through an unwatched channel.

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Anexet risk policies and flight-risk detection console

Spot the engineer already halfway out the door

Job-search and keyword thesauruses flag staff browsing vacancies or polishing a CV, and user-behaviour analysis surfaces unusual bursts of file access or copying. Content-aware rules built on digital fingerprints and labels (Premium) then block protected designs from leaving and quarantine the attempt for review.

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Anexet incident investigation and user activity console

Turn a suspected leak into a defensible case

When IP does go missing, full incident investigations (Premium) reconstruct exactly which files moved, where, and by whom — an attributable, court-grade trail. Feed those events into your SIEM (Premium) and analyze them locally with an optional on-prem AI model, with nothing sent over the internet.

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Capabilities engineering and security teams rely on

This solution leans on a few Anexet capabilities in particular:

Supports your compliance program

Anexet helps your organization support the data-protection and security obligations that apply to manufacturers, including:

  • GDPR
  • NIS2
  • Regional data-residency requirements

Anexet is a compliance-support tool. It is not a certification and does not replace your own legal or audit assessment.

The same on-premise platform behind every plan — here's how security teams work with it day to day.

  • Anexet console reviewing intercepted email, messenger, web, and cloud communications

    Review intercepted communications across email, messengers, web, and cloud.

  • Anexet console configuring security policies and automatic risk-based blocking

    Define security policies and risk rules — and block violations automatically.

  • Anexet console showing employee activity and productivity across applications and websites

    Monitor employee activity and productivity across applications and sites.

  • Anexet console generating incident reports and dashboards for investigations and audits

    Generate incident reports and dashboards for investigations and audits.

From shop floor to full control

Getting Anexet protecting your designs and production data is a short, guided path.

Tell us about your sites, the engineering tools your teams use, and the obligations you answer to.

1

Deploy on-premise and roll out cross-platform agents to engineering and production endpoints.

2

Switch on policies for the file types, channels, and devices that carry your IP.

3

Monitor, get alerted, investigate incidents, and refine rules as you add sites and teams.

4

Tell us about your sites, the engineering tools your teams use, and the obligations you answer to.

1

Deploy on-premise and roll out cross-platform agents to engineering and production endpoints.

2

Switch on policies for the file types, channels, and devices that carry your IP.

3

Monitor, get alerted, investigate incidents, and refine rules as you add sites and teams.

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Manufacturing protection by plan

StandardCore employee activity monitoring.
Network traffic interception
USB control
Printers monitoring
Messengers interception
Browsers interception
and 4 more
Includes:
Anexet Activity
Most popular
AdvancedAdds DLP and deeper visibility.
Standard plan included
DLP features
Network shares monitoring
Keylogger
Webcam pictures
and 4 more
Includes:
Anexet DLP
Anexet Activity
All-in-one
PremiumAll-in-one solution.
Standard + Advanced plans included
Advanced search (digital fingerprints, hash search)
File systems monitoring
User relations analysis
Risk analysis
and 6 more
Includes:
Anexet DLP
Anexet Inventory
Anexet Activity
Anexet Ultimate

Manufacturing FAQ

Common questions about using Anexet to protect designs and production secrets.

How does Anexet protect our designs and production secrets?

Anexet watches how proprietary data — CAD drawings, BOMs, tooling and process documents, pricing, and supplier terms — moves across email, messengers, web, cloud, USB, print, and the clipboard, and can block transfers that break your policies before a file leaves the endpoint, keeping shadow copies of what was attempted.

Yes. Job-search and keyword thesauruses flag staff researching vacancies, while user-behaviour analysis highlights unusual file access and copying. Content-aware rules (Premium) then block protected designs from leaving, and incident investigations (Premium) give you an attributable trail to act on.

Anexet helps your organization support obligations such as GDPR, NIS2, and regional data-residency requirements by controlling data movement, logging file operations, and producing incident reports. Anexet itself is not a certification and does not replace your legal or audit assessment.

Yes. Anexet is deployed on-premise inside your own perimeter, so all data stays on your infrastructure and the vendor has no access to it. That supports data-residency requirements, and an optional on-prem AI model analyzes incidents locally with nothing sent over the internet.

Pricing is available on request. Tell us about your sites and the number of endpoints, and we'll recommend the right plan — Standard, Advanced, or Premium.

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Protect your designs and production secrets with Anexet

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