We have an obsessive commitment to the protection of our customers’ Intellectual Property.

Cordiant has undertaken the following measures to protect the Intellectual Property of ISV customers:

Policies and Agreements

• Contractual Safeguards ensure security of each and every contract made with ISVs.
• Cordiant executes an NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) with each ISV, ensuring that all information received and deemed to be confidential will be maintained in confidence.
• Cordiant issues an explicit undertaking that it will not reverse-engineer any of the ISV's products.
• ISVs may define a list of close competitors and Cordiant will not initiate work with any of them in the same application area.
• Confidential Documents Control Policy is in place to ensure protection of intellectual property.
• Any confidential information received from third parties and clients are held in strictest confidence.

Organizational Commitment and Culture Building

• Commitment of Top Management ensures that every activity at Cordiant is aimed to accomplish Information Security and Intellectual Property Protection.
• Regular awareness programs are conducted for employees on the essence of data and information security.
• Culture building activities with all team members at Cordiant ensures that every individual is aware of and respects the IP security rights of ISVs.
• Information coming in and going out of Cordiant are monitored using reliable software. This software also ensures proper access control on the usage of information.
• Random checks are made on emails that go out of the official mailbox.
• Effective backup policies and procedures safe-guard loss of data in any form.
• Unfair competitive practices cannot be used at Cordiant or upon termination of employment

Cordiant Employee and IP Protection

• Every employee undergoes a pre-employment background check through an internationally recognized agency before they come on board.
• At the time of joining Cordiant, every employee is required to sign an NDA and an Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement.
• Each Cordiant employee working for a particular ISV may sign a personal Confidentiality Agreement with the ISV.
• Employees cannot disclose or misuse any proprietary information directly or indirectly.
• Employees cannot use, copy, publish, summarize or remove any such information without prior consent of the company.
• Employees must disclose all ideas, inventions and relevant information to the company and will be the property of the company.
• Employees cannot use the name of the ISV or project information in their resumes for any purpose during and after their employment with Cordiant.