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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 our customers:

IP Protection Policies and Agreements

• Contractual Safeguards ensure security of each and every contract made with our customers.
• Cordiant executes an NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) with each customer, 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 customer’s products or solutions
• ISV customers 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 customer’s 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 Cordiant customers
• 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.
• 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 customer may sign a personal Confidentiality Agreement with the customer
• 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 customer or project information in their resumes for any purpose during and after their employment with Cordiant.